Since leaving the EU, the UK has continued to cooperate with the EU on digital topics, such as AI, cybersecurity, cyber threats, foreign information manipulation and interference (FIMI), platform ...

The seventh EU UK Parliamentary Partnership Assembly will take place on 16 and 17 March 2026 in Brussels. One of the three breakout groups in the meeting will see participants discussing mobility ...

The key debate of the March I 2026 plenary session was on the preparation of the upcoming European Council meeting of 19‑20 March 2026, focusing on broader geopolitical developments, including the ...

EU joint procurement has acquired renewed urgency in light of a worsening security environment, yet collaboration remains limited despite record defence spending of in 2025 and longstanding EU ...

In 2024, the number of international migrants worldwide amounted to 304 million, representing 3.7 % of the total population, according to data from the United Nations (UN). Their share of the ...

On 16 December 2025, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation to simplify the rules governing medical devices in the EU.

Russia's war on Ukraine has been a wake-up call for many EU Member States in terms of defence budgets. Rising from €218 billion in 2021 to an expected €381 billion in 2025, there are significant regio ...

This EPRS paper analyses how the European Commission is delivering on the policy agenda set by its President, Ursula von der Leyen, and her College of Commissioners since taking office in December ...

The EU’s digital partnerships with like-minded countries across the globe establish a comprehensive framework for bilateral cooperation on digital issues. Written by Maria Niestadt. The EU launched ...

The internet has received much negative news coverage in recent years. Articles focus on major privacy scandals and security breaches, the proliferation of fake news, rampant harmful behaviours like ...

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 ...

In response to United States (US) tariffs, and citing national security interests as a reason, China introduced two waves of export controls for rare-earth elements (REEs) in April and October 2025 ...