On 21 April 2026, the CJEU adopted its judgment in case C-769/22 Commission v. Hungary. This is the first time that the Court found a violation of human dignity, as well as for an autonomous violation ...

Parliament’s co-rapporteurs call for a significantly more ambitious 2028-2034 Multiannual Financial Framework.

The Commission proposal for a performance framework regulation is part of the the 2028-2034 multiannual financial framework, and defines the following horizontal spending principles: climate and ...

Since 2024, the EU has started developing a coordinated approach to providing affordable and sustainable housing.

The key debate during the April 2026 plenary session was with the Council and the European Commission on the European Union's strategy in response to the ongoing Middle East crisis and its ...

Members gather for the April plenary session with an agenda addressing trade, multilateralism, violence against women, and greenhouse gas emissions. Parliament will also review the 2024 financial year ...

April in Ayia Napa and Lefkosia, Cyprus for their customary bi-annual informal meeting hosted by the rotating Council Presidency of the EU. The meeting started on a high note, with the adoption ...

In 2026, Australia and the EU came closer through a free trade agreement and a security and defence partnership. This briefing provides a concise overview of the latest developments ...

China's unbalanced economic growth model is increasingly shifting the burden of adjustment to its trading partners which for many years have been insisting that the second leg of China's growth ...

Users are spending an increasing amount of time on online platforms. In its preliminary findings published on 6 February 2026, the European Commission found TikTok in breach of the Digital Services ...

As of May 2025, 29 countries were full members of the Schengen area, where checks at their internal borders with other Schengen states are abolished (see Figure 3): • Germany, Belgium, France, ...