This publication presents findings from an EU-wide survey on public attitudes to children’s use of social media. It presents people’s key concerns and their views on the minimum age limits for accessing social med...

Ukraine is losing the war: Implications for Europe

The LIFE Programme is the EU’s funding instrument dedicated to environmental and climate action, supporting projects that contribute to the implementation of EU policies and legislation. This brochure provides an ov...

Industrial Reinforcement Actions (IRA) are a key component of the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP). With over EUR 700 million of funding, IRA is EDIPs largest component and aims to ramp-up defence production...

This study provides an in-depth analysis of the role of EU Cohesion Policy in supporting SMEs operating in critical technology areas, with a particular focus on biotechnology, artificial intelligence, advanced connect...

Tobacco is one of the leading causes of death in the EU and globally. While tobacco health effects are widely explored and updated, recent studies on tobacco costs for society are lacking. The aim of this work is to e...

Increasing damage from natural disasters has prompted a better integrated approach to disaster risk management in Europe. Although the current European Union budget supports ex- ante action (prevention and preparednes...

The EU Industrial Maritime Strategy will strengthen Europe’s shipping and shipbuilding industries in order to safeguard the EU’s economic security and strategic autonomy

In summer 2024, the European Commission requested the European Union Agency for Railways to perform a study on climate resilience of the railway system within the technical specifications for interoperability revision...

Businesses still face considerable barriers when providing services in another EU member state. Focusing on the EU Services Directive, this audit assessed whether the Commission was effective in removing barriers to c...

This study provides country-specific data and analysis on the potential impacts of the proposed revision of the EU Tobacco Taxation Directive (TTD). Using the Tobacco Excise Tax Simulation Model, it focuses on nine Me...

Tobacco consumption is the single most preventable cause of illness and death in the European Union, accounting for almost 520 000 deaths in 2021. The emergence of new tobacco and nicotine-related products, including ...

EU ports strategy - Boosting the competitiveness, security and sustainability of European ports

Africa and the EU find themselves at the heart of intensifying global competition over energy flows, as the war in Iran disrupts global markets. Meanwhile, the US pursues fossil fuel dominance and China leads in renew...

The European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) is the European Union’s initiative to ramp-up defence production in Europe and Ukraine, incentivise common defence procurement, and increase Europe’s strategic autono...

Common Procurement Actions (CPA) under the European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) aim to reduce the fragmentation of the European defence market and to increase interoperability by incentivising Member States and ...

This report presents statistics on the use of novel tobacco and nicotine products in the EU, with a focus on the younger population. It examines the trends and patterns of use of electronic-cigarettes, heated tobacco ...

Theatre nuclear weapons in NATO's deterrence: Towards the revival of flexible response

As Ukraine’s war enters its fifth year, Europe faces another reckoning. Russia is exploiting its immense industrial base and population to exhaust its neighbour, while Ukraine depends on Western resolve to keep its ...

On 26 March 2026, EU Member States and the European Parliament agreed on the most ambitious overhaul of the EU customs framework in decades. The reform was proposed by the European Commission in May 2023 to prepare EU...