Citizens are calling on the European Parliament and the European Union to act in response to the government crackdown on protesters in Iran. Many citizens have written to the President of the European ...

Cancer is currently the second leading cause of mortality in the EU, after cardiovascular diseases. In 2024, around 2.7 million people were diagnosed with cancer in the EU and around 1.27 million died ...

In 2025, citizens from across the European Union (EU) and beyond engaged actively with the European Parliament and its President, Roberta Metsola, through the Citizens' Enquiries Unit (Ask EP). The ...

A number of stakeholders have warned that civic space in Europe is shrinking, with civil society organisations (CSOs) facing a growing range of threats, from attacks on their staff to smear and ...

The highlight of the first plenary session of 2026 was the celebration of the 40th anniversary of Spain and Portugal's accession to the European Union, marked with a formal sitting addressed by His ...

A special plenary session will take place in Brussels on 27 January, International Holocaust Remembrance Day. The date marks the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration and extermination ...

This briefing is about a timely and cost-efficient modernisation of the European energy infrastructure, which is one of the key challenges in the ongoing energy transition in the EU.

Tax fragmentation across Member States continues to undermine the functioning of the EU single market. Legal uncertainty and administrative complexity create persistent obstacles to cross-border ...

Particularly since the 2015 refugee crisis, migration has been at the forefront of European politics. Over the last 10 years, the European Union (EU) as well as individual EU Member States have ...

The European Parliament is fully committed to ensuring an ambitious EU long-term budget that meets the Union’s many challenges in the years to come. Therefore, Parliament’s two co-rapporteurs on the ...