With 🇱🇹 Finance Minister @Taurimas on his first visit to @EU_Commission in his new role. Lithuania will take over the @EUCouncil presidency at a crucial moment for the next #EUBudget.

🇱🇹🇪🇺 Starting a series of meetings in Brussels. Finance Minister @Taurimas Valys met with EU Commissioner @Piotr_Serafin to discuss preparations for Lithuania’s Presidency of the Council of the EU in 2027, with a focus on the next EU long-term budget.

150 citizens. One Citizens’ Panel. One final chapter 🇪🇺 Yesterday, we invited citizens back to Brussels to share their experience and watch a short film about their journey Together with DG BUDG & DG COMM colleagues, they reflected on the Panel and the future of the EU budget

Hungary has taken important steps to strengthen the rule of law and protect the Union’s financial interests. And reforms deliver results. Today, we are proposing to unlock €4.2 billion and reopen the doors of Erasmus+ and Horizon Europe to Hungarian students and researchers. I am very glad that they will once again fully benefit from the opportunities our Union creates. link.europa.eu/YTp6cp

EU funds must always be protected from corruption and misuse. Hungary has taken important steps to safeguard taxpayers’ money, paving the way for a Council decision allowing billions to flow again 🇭🇺🇪🇺 ec.europa.eu/commission/pres…

I welcome today’s agreement on strengthening security in the Arctic and North Atlantic. My visit to Greenland earlier this month underscored the strategic importance of the region and the scale of the challenges. Challenges we will face together. As always, the EU will work closely with Denmark and Greenland and our international partners.

The next #EUbudget focuses more than ever on competitiveness, defence & security. This is necessary to tackle challenges that no one can address alone. We did not simply add new spending to the old. A serious change in priorities is already reflected in the Commission’s proposal.

What does the EU Budget have to do with cows in Galicia? Eu funds support @innogando develop smart technology that makes livestock farming more efficient, while giving farmers more time, improving their quality of life and making the sector more attractive to a new generation 🎥

Back for the 8th edition of the Capital Markets Seminar🎤 On 30 September, I will join the panel discussion “Financing Stability and Performance” alongside experts from @EIB, @ESM_Press & @DeutscheBank. Watch last year’s recap🔽 More info: link.europa.eu/r4rrcK

💶€11 billion in EU-Bonds raised in the latest syndicated transaction! These funds will continue to finance key EU priorities, such as: 🌱Green & digital transition 🤝Support for Ukraine 🇪🇺 EU's resilience & defence capabilities Read more: link.europa.eu/Ftwn3B

The future needs investment. Investment needs a budget. And a modern EU budget needs new own resources. A clear message from President @vonderleyen at today’s State of the European Union. Rewatch her address: link.europa.eu/NTFNgq #SOTEU

💶⚕️ The EU budget, through STEP, is advancing Europe's health innovation From pioneering gene therapy research in Warsaw to AI-powered diagnostics in Lombardy, it supports researchers and innovators develop the healthcare technologies of tomorrow link.europa.eu/6jdQym

What’s next for Europe? On 16 September, the President of the European Commission will present the State of the European Union (SOTEU). A chance to hear what’s on the agenda and what the year ahead could bring. More: link.europa.eu/xRM4FD #SOTEU2026

Ahead of next week’s State of the Union address by President @ursulavonderleyen, here’s a recap of some of our biggest achievements over the past year ⬇️ Our Achievements - link.europa.eu/v9vtvh SOTEU 2026 - link.europa.eu/xRM4FD

The EU extends beyond its 🇪🇺continental borders & counts 9 Outermost Regions! The newly adopted strategy ensures that the EU budget continues to fund an ambitious approach to boost the regions' socioeconomic growth & unlock their geostrategic potential🗺️ link.europa.eu/J4YHjF

Concluding my visit to Japan with a meeting with the Ambassadors of EU Member States at @EUinJapan. Thank you, Ambassador Giorgio Aliberti @EUAmbJapan, for hosting me in Tokyo and for a very useful exchange. 🇪🇺🇯🇵

Continuing my visit to Tokyo with meetings with Japanese investors and market participants to promote EU bonds and investment opportunities in Europe’s capital markets. 🇪🇺🇯🇵

The EU budget, through STEP, is driving innovation across Europe's regions In Lombardy: • MIRAGE (€3M) uses AI and autonomous robotics to protect critical infrastructure • O-MAI (€3.7M) uses AI and advanced diagnostics to personalise healthcare 🔗link.europa.eu/6jdQym

Pleased to meet in Tokyo with Bank of Japan @Bank_of_Japan_e Deputy Governor Ryozo Himino. It was a pleasure to discuss how the EU is building a deeper and more diversified investor base for its bonds, offering investors safe and predictable European assets. 🇪🇺🇯🇵

Productive meeting with Japan’s Minister of Finance @satsukikatayama in Tokyo. Japan and the EU are very close partners, both politically and economically. I appreciate Japan’s strong interest in and support for the development of the EU bond market. 🇪🇺🇯🇵