Simone Veil, the first President of the directly elected European Parliament in 1979, and the first woman to hold the office, died on 30 June 2017, at the age of 89. A prominent French public figure ...

This briefing provides key facts and figures about the European Parliament. It looks at both the current parliamentary term (July 2019 to June 2024) and the eight previous five-year terms since direct ...

The EU Recovery Instrument – Next Generation EU (NGEU) was specifically created to help Member States address these challenges.

You probably use your phone or laptop every day, so you surely want to know your data is stored safely. In 2021, media organisations broke the story that several EU and non-EU governments had used ...

Asylum is a fundamental right and an international obligation for countries, as recognised in the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees (Geneva Convention) whose parties also include all ...

Globally, it has been estimated that four billion people are facing severe water scarcity. While the situation is not yet critical in Europe, water stress is already a serious issue and climate change ...

Living in Europe, we benefit from the fundamental rights and values enshrined in the Treaty on European Union.

Whether you are watching TV, using your phone to navigate a new city, or a farmer steering your tractors across fields using GPS, you probably use satellite communication every day.

If you are reading this during a heatwave, or an unusual tropical rainstorm, climate change may be on your mind.

Russia's unjustified, ongoing aggression against Ukraine signalled the return of high-intensity warfare to Europe.

The establishment of the Schengen area without checks at internal borders (Schengen Agreement and Schengen Convention) has been one of the major achievements of European integration. Secondary ...