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.