Youth mental ill-health in the EU-27 is high, rising and increasingly associated with digital environments. Around one in five young people live with a diagnosable mental disorder, with anxiety and depression leading ...

Diversification can help European farms – especially small ones – cope with the challenges of a fast-changing world, adopting strategies to stabilise or increase income while also creating employment opportunities...

The Taxation Simplification Package aims to simplify EU tax rules, reduce compliance burdens for businesses, while maintaining the level of protection against tax fraud, evasion and avoidance.

The Annual Report on European SMEs 2025/2026 analyses the performance of SMEs in 2025 and their expected performance in 2026 and identifies key developments in SME productivity in its special chapter. In its main part...

Stronger Cities. Stronger Industries. A More Competitive Europe.

This is the report of the Industry 5.0 Community of Practice Plenary Session held on 20 March 2026 in Brussels with 125 participants. The report summarises the event, including keynote speeches, panel debates on compe...

Living in dignity is a fundamental right and the EU has committed to respect it and protect it. The cost of non-action to combat poverty is significant and multifaceted. Poverty undermines social cohesion, weakens dem...

Europe is facing years of maximum danger. Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine is grinding on, and its hybrid pressure against Europe is intensifying just as uncertainty grows over future US engagement in Euro...

Clean hydrogen is universally recognised as indispensable for reaching global net zero - and yet the path to get there has grown more complex. Despite a global project pipeline of c. 440 GW of announced electrolyser c...

Gender gaps in the EU labour market are gradually closing. Nevertheless, women working in the marine living resources sector (production, processing and distribution of fish products) of the blue economy represent a s...