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The European Commission has welcomed the result of today’s vote in the European Parliament, endorsing the political agreement on the Pact on Migration and Asylum.
![Left to right: Dr Ruth Freeman, Mr Donal Sheehan, Cllr Frank O'Flynn, Mayor of the County of Cork, EU Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, Cllr Kieran McCarthy, Lord Mayor of Cork City, Noelle O'Connell, CEO of the European Movement Ireland and David Kelly, Director of the Southern Regional Assembly](https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-04/Cork-event-speakers.jpg?h=a21def44&itok=iOoAYwWM)
Commissioner Mairead McGuinness, the Lord Mayor of Cork City Kieran McCarthy and the Mayor of the County of Cork, Frank O’Flynn joined today an event that looked at what European co-operation means on the ground for Cork and discussed the future EU opportunities for the region.
![Commissioner for Crisis management Janez Lenarčič with the Tánaiste and the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Defence, Micheál Martin, at the launch of the FUTUREPROOF-IE project report](https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/lenarcic-11-report.jpg?h=e167ff58&itok=5-b4E4YR)
EU Commissioner for Crisis management Janez Lenarčič was in Dublin today for the presentation of the results of the ‘Futureproof-IE' report together with the Tánaiste Micheál Martin.
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The European Commission has presented three initiatives to advance transnational cooperation between higher education institutions, with the ultimate goal of creating a European degree.
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Ireland has submitted a request to the European Commission to add a REPowerEU chapter to its recovery and resilience plan
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Delivering on its commitment to ease administrative burden for EU farmers, the Commission has proposed to review certain provisions of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), aiming to deliver simplifications while maintaining a strong, sustainable and competitive policy for EU agriculture and food.
The European Commission has decided to refer Ireland to the Court of Justice of the European Union for failure to apply the Habitats Directive to protect sites designated for raised bog and blanket bog habitats from turf cutting.
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The European Commission, Germany, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, the Republic of Cyprus, the United Arab Emirates, the UK and the US have announced their intent to open a maritime corridor to deliver much-needed humanitarian assistance to Gaza.
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The European Commission has launched an online survey to gather directly the views of EU farmers. The survey is open from 7 March to 8 April 2024.
![Tree planting event in Kilternan on 4 March 2024 - Commissioner McGuinness with pupils and teachers from C of I Kilternan NS, Ambassadors of EU countries and European Commission staff](https://ireland.representation.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2024-03/tree-planting-2-official-group-with-Commissioner-and-MS-Ambassadors-and-Head-of-Rep.jpg?h=a1e1a043&itok=8lFu8PDH)
Commissioner Mairead McGuinness helped get National Tree Week off to a great start by at a tree planting event this morning with children from Kilternan Church of Ireland National School, ambassadors from a number of EU countries and European Commission staff.