Digital tools being used to track people as never before
The internet and new digital tools are being manipulated as never before to infringe on people’s right to free assembly, the UN’s top rights...
EU budget 2021: An annual budget focused on European recovery
The Commission has today proposed an EU budget of €166.7 billion for 2021, to be complemented by €211 billion in grants and approximately €133...
EU-China Summit: Defending EU interests and values in a complex and vital partnership
The European Union and China held their 22nd bilateral Summit via videoconference on 22 June 2020. President of the European Council, Charles Michel, and...
European Innovation Scoreboard 2020
What is the European Innovation Scoreboard?
The annual European Innovation Scoreboard (EIS) provides a comparative assessment of research and innovation performance of in EU countries,...
Human Rights Council calls on top UN rights official to take action on racist violence
The UN’s top rights official, Michelle Bachelet, is to spearhead efforts to address systemic racism against people of African descent by law enforcement agencies,...
EU continues to open up markets outside Europe in midst of rising protectionism
Thanks to the European Union's successful intervention, European companies generated €8 billion in additional exports in 2019. The high number of new restrictions that...
Future EU-UK relations: next steps
The UK leaving the EU is not the end of cooperation. Talks are ongoing to determine how the two will work together on anything...
Human Rights experts call for global opposition to Israel’s annexation plans
Nearly 50 independent human rights experts are calling for the international community to oppose Israel’s plan to annex significant parts of the occupied Palestinian...
Good neighbours: EU relations with countries on its eastern borders
The EU values good relations with other countries, especially those along its borders. Through a variety of initiatives from free trade agreements to partnerships,...
Explainer: Next Generation EU – Legal Construction
The proposed architecture of the exceptional financing is based on three pillars:
The Own Resources Decision authorises the full amount of the borrowing, to be...