Access to stable and adequate financial resources is a crucial condition for the realisation of the global goals of intergovernmental organisations (IGOs).

Many citizens have written to the President of the European Parliament on this subject since July 2025, calling for stronger ecological standards, transparency, and regulation of EU fishing activities ...

The agreement reached in the European Council meeting of 10‑11 December, which should unblock the adoption of the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) agreed last month, means that ...

The link between terrorism and organised crime is widely recognised; indeed some recent terrorist profiles have been linked to the trade in illegal drugs, as well as looting of heritage sites, and ...

The Council of the European Union – often referred to as the Council of Ministers, or simply the Council – forms one part of the legislature and the budgetary authority of the Union.

As the latest wave of the coronavirus pandemic intensifies and some highly infectious new mutations of the virus spread, a growing number of countries have increased restrictions on travel and some ...

Read this ‘At a glance’ on ‘ European Union response to coronavirus threat ‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament. Read all EPRS publications on the coronavirus outbreak ...

Erasmus+ is the EU programme for education, training, youth and sports for the 2021-2027 period, established by a 2021 regulation of the European Parliament and the Council. It is a successor to the ...

Article 107(3)(b) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union provides for the possibility of approving state aid for 'important projects of common European interest' (IPCEIs).

Written by Bozena Destin Bobkova. Smart and sustainable transport plays a significant role in advancing the EU’s green and digital transitions under the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF), the ...

The EU's cultural and creative sectors (CCS) are a European Union economic and societal asset, providing an important contribution to GDP, and shaping identity and diversity.

Written by Desmond Dinan and Gaby Umbach, A Parliament unlike any other? Academic perspectives on the EP The European Parliament (EP) has long been a magnet for academic inquiry, especially since the ...