From the non-negotiables to the ‘just one more’ sides, we asked our social media team for their Christmas dinner favourites, and let’s just say, it makes for quite the feast! 🎄🍽️
🥂 What would you add from your country?
Europe is making a list, checking it twice… and upgrading its trains to high-speed – nice! 🚄
While you are sipping hot chocolate, we are cooking up 200+ km/h rail magic:
✨ Faster journeys: Berlin → Copenhagen in 4hr instead of 7hr
🚆 New routes: Lisbon–Madrid–Paris and Tallinn–Riga–Vilnius–Warsaw
🌙 More night trains for long trips
🎫 One ticket for your whole journey, and easier booking across borders
By 2040, your holidays might just start on the rails.
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This week, our rules on reducing plastic pellets, a major source of microplastics in the environment, came into force:
🧹 companies must have spill clean-up and risk management plans for packaging, handling, and equipment
🚛 non-EU carriers must have an EU representative
📃 operators handling >1500 tonnes of pellets annually need to obtain a certificate of compliance
⛴️ requirements for maritime transport
For us, our oceans and wildlife.
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🐾🎄Travelling with your pets for Christmas and New Year's? Totally paws-ible! Just ask your festive furry friend.
They spotted the holiday suitcase and knew it was time to jingle all the way, grabbing the essentials:
✅EU Pet Passport
✅Microchip
✅Rabies vaccine (depending on the destination)
✅Holiday treats (ho ho ho!)
✅Maximum festive cuteness
The best holiday cheer sometimes comes on four legs with a jingly collar and a waggily tail! 🐶🐱
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The United Kingdom is coming back to Erasmus+!
Negotiations for the United Kingdom’s association to Erasmus+ in 2027 have been concluded.
It will offer significant opportunities across education, training, sports, and youth, giving people the chance to connect across borders once again.
This follows the EU-UK Strategic Partnership agreed at the first ever Summit in May.
A step forward for youth, education, and cooperation, together again. 🤝
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