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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

On 24 February 2026, the European Parliament held an extraordinary plenary session in Brussels, to mark the four-year anniversary of Russia's ongoing war of aggression against Ukraine.

The global security situation has deteriorated since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. The European Parliament firmly supports Ukraine, and calls for a more unified European defence ...

You can use our collection of graphs, charts, tables and maps with statistical data for any purpose (just please credit the European Parliamentary Research Service). The images were created by the ...

Russia’s escalating hybrid attacks, including drone incursions, have prompted NATO’s Operation Eastern Sentry and the European Union’s (EU) plans for a European Drone Wall and Eastern Flank Watch. The ...