College read-out / Press conference by European Commission Executive Vice-President Raffaele FITTO and European Commissioner Apostolos TZITZIKOSTAS on a European strategy on sustainable tourism
4 November 2026
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European Commission
Follow its sittings00:00 - 00:32
Speaker 2
Good morning and welcome to the readout of today's College meeting and the press conference on the first ever European strategy on sustainable tourism. And we have the pleasure of having with us today Executive Vice-President Raffaele Fitto and Commissioner Apostolos Tzitzikostas. EVP, the floor is yours.
00:32 - 02:44
Speaker 1
Thank you, good afternoon and welcome to our readout of today's College meeting. Today, the College adopted a European strategy on sustainable tourism which we will present to you in a moment. But first, let me briefly mention the other initiatives adopted by the College today. We adopted the Commission's work programme for 2027 together with a report on simplification, implementation and enforcement. Commissioners Šefčovič and Dombrovskis will join you here in the press room after this press conference to present this initiative in greater detail.
The College also adopted the 2026 enlargement package consisting of a communication and 10 country reports. High Representative Kallas and Commissioner Kos will present the package here in the press room later this afternoon, following Commissioner Kos' presentation to the European Parliament. Furthermore, the College adopted a package of measures on education and skills, which Executive Vice-President Mînzatu will present here in the press room on Thursday afternoon. Let me also mention that we decided to nominate Ms. Anna Jarosz-Friis for the position of Deputy Director-General in charge of Neighbourhood East and Turkey in the Commission's Directorate-General for Enlargement and the Eastern Neighbourhood. The date of effect of this decision will be determined at a later stage.
That concludes the readout of today's College meeting. And we can pass to the today decision of the sustainable tourism strategy, as I said before. I would like to start by thanking my colleague, Commissioner Tzitzikostas, for his excellent work and for the close cooperation throughout the preparation of this strategy. I am particularly pleased that we can present this important initiative together today. Commissioner Tzitzikostas will explain the strategy and its concrete actions in greater detail.
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