No surprise visits from the ‘No Internet’ T-Rex this Christmas 🎄🦖 While you enjoy the festive fun, we’re keeping you connected 🎁 With EU roaming rules, you can use your mobile data across our border-free Union just as you do at home, at no extra cost! And, with the WiFi4EU app, you can also enjoy free, high-speed WiFi in public spaces across Europe. Stay close to what matters as you enjoy a well-deserved year-end break ✨

Complacency is over. Security is our shared responsibility. Here’s what we achieved in 2025: ✅ Cut red tape to rebuild European defence capabilities ✅ Readiness Roadmap 2030 to close gaps and boost EU industry ✅ €150 billion to support national defence investment ✅ Identified flagship projects for drones, air defence, and space security ✅ Cut regulatory barriers for rapid troop movement ✅ Innovation boost in AI, Quantum, drones, and space Readiness 2030 starts now 👉

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Defence

Find out how the EU is prioritising building a true European defence union by strengthening the competitiveness and innovation of the European defe...

One port, one cable, one Europe. This holiday, unwrap the power of one: USB-C for all. Yes, not just phones, tablets, and laptops. In three years, every charger will be under the same tree. Because less waste, smarter choices, mean more for everyone, all year long.

Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

The EU common charger

The common charging solution promotes the use of common chargers for mobile phones and other portable electronic devices.

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas, in all our EU languages 🎄 Joyeux Noël! Frohe Weihnachten! ¡Feliz Navidad! Buon Natale! Feliz Natal! Весела Коледа! Veselé Vánoce! Glædelig jul! Häid jõule! Καλά Χριστούγεννα! Nollaig shona! Sretan Božić! Priecīgus Ziemassvētkus! Džiaugsmingų šv. Kalėdų! Kellemes karácsonyi ünnepeket! Il-Milied it-Tajjeb! Vrolijk kerstfeest! Wesołych Świąt! Crăciun fericit! Veselé Vianoce! Vesel božič! God Jul! Hyvää joulua!

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. 👉

Mobility and Transport

High-speed rail plan

Connecting Europe, shortening travel time.

Santa can keep the toys… What we really want for Christmas: people before algorithms.

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. 🔗

Environment

New law reducing microplastic pollution enters into force

The new rules will help ensure fair competition across the Single Market and support Europe’s transition to a sustainable economy.

🐾🎄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! 🐶🐱 More →

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Travelling with your pets in Europe

Travelling with your pets in the EU? Find out which documents you need to take, including EU pet passports and animal health certificates.

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. 🤝 More:

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Joint Statement by Commissioner for Trade and Economic Security, Interinstitutional Relations and Transparency Maroš Šef\u010Dovi\u010D and HM Paymaster General and Minister for the Cabinet Office The Rt Hon Nick Thomas-Symonds MP

In May, the United Kingdom and the European Union held their first ever Summit and agreed to strengthen cooperation through a new strategic partner...