Initiatives to restore European primary forests and thereby reverse centuries of decline are gaining traction. Such restoration could deliver significant ecological, environmental, climate-related and ...

Written by Tim Peters and Jakub Przetacznik with Ana Luisa Melo Almeida. In response to Russia’s full-scale war of aggression against Ukraine, which started in February 2022, the European Union (EU) ...

Written by Clément Evroux and annastiina Papunen. The central task of the Members Research Service is to ensure that all Members of the European Parliament are provided with analysis of, and research ...

The agenda for the European Parliament's June 2025 plenary session has a strong focus on the rule of law and advances several important files through the legislative procedure.

Read this ‘at a glance note’ on ‘ Review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement ‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

Ukraine was granted EU candidate status in June 2022. Accession negotiations were opened in June 2024. While bilateral screening meetings of three thematic clusters have been completed, negotiations ...

Differences between the United States (US) and the European Union (EU) over the regulation of online platforms have taken on a new dimension under the Trump administration. Senior members of the US ...

Citizens are calling on the European Parliament to address the export of pesticides that are banned in the EU. Many citizens have written to the President of the European Parliament on this subject ...

Written by Maria Margarita Mentzelopoulou. Between 2021 and 2023, at least 51 433 unaccompanied minors were reported as missing across Europe, averaging nearly 47 children a day. Over 18 000 migrant ...

The Panama Canal is an artificial 82-kilometre (51-mile) waterway that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean, making it an important trade and logistics hub.

Russia's war on Ukraine has been a wake-up call for many EU Member States' defence budgets. Rising from €218 billion in 2021 to €326 billion in 2024, a further increase of at least €100 billion is ...

The US Trump administration has set its sights on Ukraine's vast mineral resources, and proposed a deal: to secure a portion of Ukraine's rare earths in exchange for US support in the war against the ...