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Brussels, Belgium ec.europa.eu/stories/2024-2… Joined June 2010

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European Commission @EU_Commission 4h

Freedom makes everything possible. But it should never be taken for granted.

The EU is supporting the technology, expertise and cooperation needed to help protect it.

Because freedom needs protecting. Every day. Together.

Protect what matters. 🇪🇺

A person wearing glasses sits at the controls inside an aircraft cockpit, with the European Union flag emblem in the upper left corner and the text "EUROPEAN DEFENCE PROTECT WHAT MATTERS." overlaid in the lower left section.

A SAAB fighter jet in flight against a blue sky, with the European Union flag icon in the top left corner and the text "EUROPEAN DEFENCE PROTECT WHAT MATTERS." overlaid at the bottom.

European Commission @EU_Commission 1d

In solidarity with the Polish people, the European flags in front of our headquarters in Brussels have been lowered to half-mast following the tragic events in Kraków.

Europa łączy się z Polską w bólu i solidarności.

An image featuring European flags flying at half-mast outside the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels

European Commission @EU_Commission 2d

We're unlocking €1.8 billion to back Europe's most promising deep tech entrepreneurs and researchers.

As the final EIC package under Horizon Europe 2021–2027, the programme will help turn breakthrough science into market-ready tech.

We're scaling Europe's strategic technologies for the future. 🇪🇺

🔗 link.europa.eu/kWVpWm

European Commission @EU_Commission 2d

Today, we celebrate Marie Skłodowska-Curie's birthday and her remarkable achievements: the first woman to win a Nobel Prize, the first scientist to win it in two different categories, and the only laureate in two scientific fields.

Her name lives on through the EU's Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions, supporting researchers across Europe and beyond, helping advance scientific discovery.

👏 Here's to Marie and the next generation of scientific pioneers!

A scrapbook page featuring a colorized vintage photograph of a young Marie Skłodowska Curie standing next to a table, taped with yellow masking tape. Next to the photo are drawn test tubes and a dried leaf. Text at the bottom reads: "Marie Skłodowska Curie. Born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867".

A scrapbook page about Marie Curie's achievements, featuring a colorized photo of her working in a laboratory, alongside a smaller historical group photo. Typewriter and handwritten-style text reads: "She was the first woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize ...and the first person to win the prize twice".

A scrapbook page featuring a colorized photograph of Marie Curie holding glowing test tubes in a laboratory. It includes scientific illustrations of glassware, handwritten notes, and a famous quote: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood”.

The final scrapbook page featuring a colorized portrait of an older Marie Curie inside a Polaroid-style frame with her signature ("M. Skłodowska Curie") below it. The page is decorated with dried flowers and scientific illustrations, with script text reading: "Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less".

European Commission @EU_Commission 3d

We preliminarily found that TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed has a harmful design.

It shows users endless and repeated exposure of personalised videos, even when those have a negative effect on mental health.

While TikTok has implemented measures to mitigate this risk, we consider them insufficiently effective and call for readjustment.

🔗link.europa.eu/Tpc7kc