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• Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020
• Europe 2020 - a new economic strategy

  The strategy builds on what has been achieved and the lessons learned. The first priority must be to hasten the exit from the crisis, but the strategy must also provide the building blocks for growth that will be sustainable in the future.

• Financial Crisis - Europe's response

  The global economy is facing a financial crisis involving banking systems, stock markets and the flow of credit. Seeking common strategies to solve the difficulties, European institutions are coordinating national responses and making recommendations to improve the financial system.

• Energy and Climate change

  Climate change and energy security are among the biggest challenges facing mankind. The EU has taken global leadership by committing to cut its emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases by at least 20% of their 1990 levels by 2020. It has also set itself the target of obtaining 20% of its energy supply from renewable energy sources by the same deadline. A package of binding legislation ensures these targets will be met.

• European Year of Volunteering 2011

  2011 has been designated the European Year of Volunteering (EYV) in order to draw public attention to the importance of volunteering in creating a more democratic, caring and responsible society.

• Lisbon Treaty

  European leaders signed the Treaty of Lisbon on 13 December 2007 in order to respond to existing political, economic and social changes with new rules. The main improvements brought about by the treaty include: more efficient decision-making processes, more democracy through a greater role for the European Parliament and national parliaments and more coherence externally.

• The EU’s role in the world

  The EU is the world’s biggest trader and its currency, the euro, is the second one in international financial markets. It has a web of bilateral and multilateral agreements covering most countries and regions of the globe and spends a billion euros a month in assistance projects in all five continents. Its significant role on the global stage is indisputable.

• Haiti, one year after the earthquake

  On 12 January 2010, Haiti was hit by a devastating earthquake; it caused the death of 212 000 people and massive destruction of critical infrastructure. Over recent months, the European Union, fully mobilised, provided both humanitarian assistance and development aid to help rebuild the country. Helping Haiti remains an EU priority.