EU Publications

EP winter survey 2025

EP winter survey 2025

European Parliament Eurobarometer - Data annex : winter survey...

Conducted in the early 2025, this Winter Eurobarometer survey shows that Europeans have high expectations from the EU in its role to protect them against global challenges and security risks. Large majorities are look...

This study highlights that dominant disinformation narratives frame migrants and migration as a threat to Europeans’ health, wealth, and identity. It discusses issues linked to definitions, core threat-based narrati...

Security, competitiveness and sovereignty: why sufficiency matters for the EU

April 16, 2025

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(Re)building Europe’s defence: Human capital is key

May 7, 2025

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(Re)building Europe’s defence: Human capital is key

Rapport 2024-2025 sur l'investissement : innovation, inté...

Home Affairs

May 7, 2025

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Rapport 2024-2025 sur l'investissement : innovation, intégration et simplification en Europe

From free-riders to front-loaders - Why the EU’s defence awa...

April 15, 2025

From free-riders to front-loaders - Why the EU’s defence awakening must be matched by economic coherence

Strategic project - HydroBattery

Strategic project - HydroBattery

The Court of Justice of the European Union Annual report 2024

Institutions

The Court of Justice of the European Union is one of seven European institutions. It is the judicial institution of the European Union and its task is to ensure compliance with EU law by overseeing the uniform interpr...

Strategic project - Alpha-recycling project

Strategic project - Alpha-recycling project

Strategic project - Kolmisoppi

Strategic project - Kolmisoppi

Strategic project - Verde Magnesium project

Strategic project - Verde Magnesium project

Strategic project - Hydro-battery

Strategic project - Hydro-battery

Strategic project - CirCular

Strategic project - CirCular

Public policies for startups

This literature review provides short summaries of recent scientific articles discussing the challenges of designing public policy for startups. In the 2024-2029 political priorities, startups were identified as a cru...

DSA elections toolkit for digital services coordinators - Inst...

The DSA Elections Toolkit for Digital Services Coordinators (DSCs) aims to guide the DSCs’ contribution to the whole-of-society effort to protect the integrity of electoral processes in the European Union, with the ...

Governance regulation

May 6, 2025

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Governance regulation

Critical approach to EU law-making - French Senate’s report ...

The Policy Hub on Better Law-Making hold on 18 February, 2025 focused on challenges to EU law making. The French Senate’s report was presented and perceived as a wake-up call, urging a shift towards effective, acces...

Strategic project - Keliber lithium project

Strategic project - Keliber lithium project

Strategic project - Mining project El Moto

Strategic project - Mining project El Moto

Strategic project - Pulawy rare earths separation plant

Strategic project - Pulawy rare earths separation plant

Strategic project - LAS NAVAS

Strategic project - LAS NAVAS

Strategic project- BAUX-EU / GALLANT / LEADER

Strategic project- BAUX-EU / GALLANT / LEADER

Strategic project- Polymetallic primary sulphite project PMR p...

Strategic project- Polymetallic primary sulphite project PMR project

Strategic project- Lithium Hydroxide Converter Guben

Strategic project- Lithium Hydroxide Converter Guben

Strategic project- ProHiPerSi

Strategic project- ProHiPerSi

Strategic project- Portovesme CRM Hub

Strategic project- Portovesme CRM Hub

Strategic project- Mina Doade Project

Strategic project- Mina Doade Project

Strategic project- ReGAIN project

Strategic project- ReGAIN project

European Parliament diplomacy and the end of the Cold War - Th...

The European Parliament played a fundamental role in reshaping the political landscape of central and eastern Europe during and after the end of the Cold War, setting out an agenda for European enlargement and substan...

Strategic project POLVOLT

Strategic project POLVOLT

Strategic project - MagFactory

Strategic project - MagFactory

Strategic project - Lift One

Strategic project - Lift One

Strategic project LIFE-22-ENV-IT-INSPIREE

Strategic project LIFE-22-ENV-IT-INSPIREE

Publications Office of the European Union Annual management re...

Publications Office of the European Union Annual management report 2024

The future is greenThe future is life

Discover the EU’s LIFE Programme: taking actions for the environment, for climate change, for clean energy — and for you. #LIFEprogramme.

The EU in an age of empires: A liberal geopolitical force in t...

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The EU in an age of empires: A liberal geopolitical force in the making?

As the geopolitical landscape evolves and new threats emerge, the EU needs a new European approach to internal security. Crime is becoming faster, more digital, and better organised. Hybrid threats undermine our democ...

Eurojust meeting on counter-terrorism - 27-28 November 2024 : ...

Eurojust meeting on counter-terrorism - 27-28 November 2024 : outcome report

Eurojust meeting on migrant smuggling - The Hague, 20-21 Novem...

The European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) held its annual meeting on migrant smuggling on 20 and 21 November 2024. The meeting was attended by a large number of judicial practitioners with ...

Division of powers, Multi-level governance structures in the E...

Institutional decentralisation is crucial for the health of democratic societies, as it cultivates effective local leadership and enables the resolution of local issues by empowering decision-makers at the level close...

EU economic security - Confronting the dual challenge of China...

Donald Trump’s return to the White House has hit the EU like a tornado. Until the end of 2024, concerns about trade dependencies remained primarily focused on imports from China. However, the US’ increasingly aggr...

Transparency gives citizens the information they need to hold public decision-makers to account. NGOs play an important role in EU policy-making. We assessed the transparency of EU funding granted to NGOs in EU intern...

Public administration and governance - Austria, 2023

Overall, in 2022 government effectiveness in Austria was above the EU-27 average, ranking in the top third, and remained stable compared with 2019 (before the impact of COVID-19). The stability of government effective...

Economic benefits from deep integration - 20 years after the 2...

EU enlargement has stalled since the last member joined over ten years ago, marking the longest period without expansion since 1973. This elapsed time contrasts with the potential income gains membership promises. Dra...

Dawn or doom? The new AU mission in Somalia and the fight for ...

April 16, 2025

The newly established African Union Support and Stabilisation Mission in Somalia (AUSSOM) is already facing financial uncertainty. Hopes of securing UN funding – and piloting a new model for supporting African peace...

Doing resilience better, with less - The cornerstone of the EU...

April 16, 2025

As resilience challenges in the Eastern neighbourhood continue to grow, the EU will find it more difficult to mobilise resources to help local partners adapt in the face of adversity. The recent USAID cuts and the rea...

The European Council: Truly The Law-maker-in-chief?

The European Council: Truly The Law-maker-in-chief?

The role of geopolitics in shaping the education and skills of...

July 2, 2024

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The role of geopolitics in shaping the education and skills of the next generatio

Private Participation In Infrastructure - What Role For Public...

April 7, 2025

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Private Participation In Infrastructure - What Role For Public Private Partnerships

EU Green Deal Turbulent Times - EU Green Policy Tracker Sweden...

April 9, 2025

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EU Green Deal Turbulent Times - EU Green Policy Tracker Sweden Estonia

ERIC practical guidelines - Legal framework for a European Res...

ERICs are legal entities set up under EU law to facilitate the establishment and operation of research infrastructures with European interest. They can be used either for establishing a new research infrastructure or ...

The changing DNA of serious and organised crime

Europol is the EU’s law enforcement agency, supporting the 27 EU Member States in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism. Europol also works closely with non-EU partner countries, other EU age...

Key figures on the EU in the world 2025

Key figures on the EU in the world provides a statistical portrait of the European Union in relation to other parts of the world. It’s structured into 3 chapters: people and society, the economy and trade, and the e...

The preparedness and readiness of Europe is currently being challenged not only by Russia, but since recently also by its long-standing allies. In response to the evolving external security environment, the EU’s Whi...

RootLinks set to empower primary producers

Press Release

April 8, 2025

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Revealing the untapped potential of circular bio-based value chains for primary producers.

Working group report - Knowledge and citizens : Green Deal Pro...

This working group report from the Green Deal Projects Support Office highlights the pivotal role of citizens in driving the European Green Deal’s objectives. Focusing on participatory approaches, citizen science, a...

Discover the European institutions in Brussels

Parliaments in the EU enlargement process

This study explores the role and enhancement of parliamentary capacities in the European Union (EU) enlargement process, focusing on the EU’s evolving accession methodology and its emphasis on the ‘fundamentals’...

EIC Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform [ STEP ] Scale ...

The EIC STEP Scale Up call is currently using existing standard Horizon Europe forms for the application process. Given these forms terminology does not always align with an equity based terminology, this guidance doc...

Proposal for a regulation on police cooperation to counter mig...

As part of a package to address migrant smuggling, on 28 November 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation to strengthen police cooperation and Europol’s role in the fight against migrant smuggling and tr...

Engaging citizens in EU Missions

This report discusses the findings of an online survey of European citizens’ attitudes to social challenges and their willingness to participate in activities aimed at addressing these challenges. The results show c...

Quantum safe financial forum - A call to action

Modern cryptography is fundamental to securing the financial ecosystem. The emergence of quantum computers capable of breaking current cryptographic methods presents a challenge to the entire financial ecosystem. Addr...

In this GLOBALCIT forum debate, Kalypso Nicolaidis proposes a plan to create a European Citizens’ Assembly (ECA) with some major innovative features: the assembly should be permanent with rotating membership rather ...

Thematic workshops based on the EUAA practical guides and tool...

EUAA practical guides and tools aim to increase the knowledge and technical skills of asylum practitioners across the EU. To support this objective, the EUAA offers a series of thematic workshops based on the practica...

The maritime security landscape in the Gulf of Guinea

The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) spans over 6 000 km of coastline and 19 states. The region is rich in natural resources: it holds significant reserves of gas (2.7% of total world reserves) and oil (4.5%), as well as other va...

Europe needs to take more responsibility for its own security. While EU Member States have made substantial new resources available for European defence, and European defence companies are thriving, more needs to be d...

The use of crisis State aid measures in response to the Russia...

In the period March 2022 to June 2024, nearly €796 billion of aid was approved either under the Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework or directly under the Treaty and based on TCTF principles. Around €219 bill...

Practical guide on nationality - Concepts related to nationali...

The scope of this guide is to support the reader with the understanding of the concepts of nationality and statelessness and their implications for the assessment of the application for international protection. The v...

To what extent are widening countries part of knowledge networ...

This paper complements the study on Excellent Science under Horizon Europe. The analysis investigates the integration and role of Widening countries within the collaborative networks established by the European Union'...

Killing two birds with one stone - A free and independent Bela...

After three decades of Alexander Lukashenka’s rule, Belarus remains trapped between a ruthless dictatorship on the one hand, and Moscow’s increasingly suffocating embrace on the other. The EU must reinforce its co...

Ten issues to watch in 2025

This is the ninth edition of an annual EPRS publication aimed at identifying and framing some of the key issues and policy areas that have the potential to feature prominently in public debate and on the political age...

Agri-food eligibility of applicants

Agri-food eligibility of applicants

Life cycle of programmes for the promotion of EU agricultural ...

Life cycle of programmes for the promotion of EU agricultural products

EU military mobility - Full speed not reached due to design we...

This audit examined the progress made regarding the EU policy on military mobility, focusing on the EU’s second Action Plan (2.0) of November 2022. The plan was developed under time pressure, amid Russia’s war of ...

Justice and Home Affairs - Agencies Network 2024 final report

The EU population is set to decline due to lasting low levels of fertility in the near future. Without migration from third Countries, the EU population would have started to decline already about a decade ago. Howeve...

During its presidency of the JHAAN in 2024, eu-LISA focused on four main priorities: 1. Digitalisation and Innovation 2. Security and Resilience 3. Social Responsibility and Green Deal 4. Identifying key JHA prioritie...

EPPO at a glance

Ukrainian forced migrants in the cultural policies of the Euro...

European refugee management is undertaking efforts in response to the largest migration crisis in Europe since WWII, caused by Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. During the period between February 24, 20...

A new common European system for return

For any migration management system to function, it must have a credible and effective policy on return. When people with no right to stay remain in the EU, the entire migration and asylum system is undermined. It is ...

A comprehensive migration approach

The European Union is putting in place a sustainable and comprehensive migration policy, one that is both fair and firm. The new legal framework for returns constitutes a key element of the Pact on Migration and Asylu...

Key figures on the EU in the world provides a statistical portrait of the European Union in relation to other parts of the world. It’s structured into 3 chapters: people and society, the economy and trade, and the e...

European Union serious and organised crime threat assessment -...

Europol is the EU’s law enforcement agency, supporting the 27 EU Member States in their fight against serious international crime and terrorism. Europol also works closely with non-EU partner countries, other EU age...

European Integrated Border Management - Practical guide for ef...

The purpose of this guide is to support Member States and Schengen Associated Countries (Member States) with strategic planning for effective implementation of the EIBM. The first part of the document provides a compr...

Innovative practices in legislation around emerging tech

March 28, 2025

The objective of the study is to provide evidence on how the EU regulatory environment affects innovation and the uptake of emerging technologies, particularly in the areas outlined on the Strategic Technologies in Eu...

I Claim - Discourses about irregularised migrants at the EU level

March 24, 2025

I Claim - Discourses about irregularised migrants at the EU level

The European Fund for Strategic Investments - Contributed subs...

March 26, 2025

The European Fund for Strategic Investments aimed to tackle the EU investment gap by mobilising €500 billion of additional investments. It supported debt and equity instruments with an EU budgetary guarantee or own ...

Cohesion’s action for refugees in Europe - Increased flexibi...

March 21, 2025

To address migratory challenges caused by the war in Ukraine, the EU gradually adapted cohesion policy rules by adopting Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE). We examined whether member states used CARE a...

Cohesion’s action for refugees in Europe

March 20, 2025

To address migratory challenges caused by the war in Ukraine, the EU gradually adapted cohesion policy rules by adopting Cohesion’s Action for Refugees in Europe (CARE). We examined whether member states used CARE a...

Why Democracies Stick Together

March 10, 2025

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Why Democracies Stick Together

Practical Guide Nationality

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Assessment of the Covenant of Mayors initiative in the Eastern...

March 14, 2025

The Covenant of Mayors initiative in the Eastern Partnership countries (CoM East) was launched in 2011. Since then it has evolved and its scope enlarged. Today, hundreds of local authorities are part of the initiative...

Replacing foreign aid: A macroeconomic plan B for Ukraine (and...

March 11, 2025

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Replacing foreign aid: A macroeconomic plan B for Ukraine (and Europe)

BRICS+ and the age of multipolarity: Why Turkey and Saudi Arab...

March 10, 2025

fiia.fi

BRICS+ and the age of multipolarity: Why Turkey and Saudi Arabia remain cautious

Delivering the EU Green Deal - Progress towards targets 2025

March 12, 2025

This report provides a comprehensive assessment of progress towards the European Green Deal (EGD), the European Union’s transformative agenda for achieving climate neutrality by 2050. The analysis encompasses 154 qu...

Barriers to implementing EU green policies - Behavioural insig...

March 12, 2025

This report summarises the findings of a workshop session organised by the EU Policy Lab of the Joint Research Centre in the context of the 8th High-level meeting of the Expert Group on Public Administration and Gover...

Study of the threats and vulnerabilities of the non-profit sec...

March 12, 2025

This study has three main objectives. The first is to analyse the measures taken by Member States to tackle the abuse or misuse of non-profit organisations (NPOs) for terrorist financing (TF) purposes, in particular t...

‘Global Risks to the EU’ (RISK-EU) is a large-scale survey designed to quantify expert perceptions of conflict-related threats to European Union interests.

March 11, 2025

2025 Atlas Freedom And Prosperity Around The World

February 28, 2025

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Europe in the world in 2025

March 4, 2025

Discourses about irregularised migrants at the EU level

February 25, 2025

Discourses about irregularised migrants at the EU level

ENISA single programming document 2025-2027

This Single Programming Document (SPD) for the years 2025-2027 outlines the steps ENISA will take to enhance the maturity and resilience of cybersecurity in the EU. Firstly, as the EU took legislative steps to strengt...

Donald Trump has questioned the US commitment to defend allies who do not spend sufficiently on their own defence. High-profile members of the new administration believe that Washington should prioritise other interes...

Monitoring the implementation of EU law: Tools and challenges

Justice

Policy Department for Citizens, Equality and Culture at the request of the Committee on Petitions (PETI). It updates the study published in 2017, offering information on the key actors responsible for implementing and...

European Parliament VADE MECUM - Who's Who

At the beginning of each year, journalists, analysts and commentators of current affairs like to take a moment to reflect on the year ahead and try to predict what risks and opportunities the year could bring. With ou...

Evaluation of the EU’s cooperation with Palestine 2014-2021

This is the Final Report of the Evaluation of the European Union (EU) Cooperation with Palestine. It was commissioned by the European Commission’s Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations (...

Joint report on the European protection order

Justice

March 6, 2025

This joint report by the European Union Agency for Criminal Justice Cooperation (Eurojust) and the European Institute for Gender Equality (EIGE) provides the latest information on the use and relevance of Directive 20...

Fragmentation And The Role Of The IMF

February 28, 2025

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Fragmentation And The Role Of The IMF

Europe in the world in 2025: Navigating a perilous world with realism and ambition

Summary factsheets on EU funded Integrated Pest Management pro...

March 1, 2025

a This document contains a series of summary factsheets on some relevant EU-funded projects related to Integrated Pest Management (IPM). IPM is a cornerstone of sustainable agriculture, reducing reliance on chemical p...

Report On The State Of Cybersecurity In The Union 2024

November 21, 2024

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Assessing technology in law enforcement

Europol was mandated in 2019 by the EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers to create an Innovation Lab to support the law enforcement community in the area of innovation. The Lab aims to identify, promote and develop c...

Probabilistic Natech risk analysis in the defence sector

Natural hazard-triggered technological (Natech) accidents refer to releases of hazardous substances due to natural hazard impacts to technological systems, leading to toxic emission, fire, or explosion events. While r...

The Forward Look 2025, the fourth in the series, aims to provide a reflection on how leadership may be articulated across critical domains during the course of the year ahead. Who will lead, and who will follow? What ...

Proposal for a regulation on police cooperation to counter mig...

As part of a package to address migrant smuggling, on 28 November 2023, the European Commission proposed a regulation to strengthen police cooperation and Europol’s role in the fight against migrant smuggling and tr...

This report examines the transformative role of behavioural insights (BI) in EU policymaking, advocating for integrating BI early in the policy cycle to enhance policy effectiveness. It challenges the misconception th...

Learning for sustainability and citizenship educationIssues & ...

This input paper offers an initial analysis of the links between citizenship education and learning for sustainability for the Working Group peer learning activity on 16-18 Oct 2024. It presents observations on some o...

Local Learning for Sustainability: places, partners and partic...

The input paper explores learning opportunities in the locality with a focus on how policy can usefully support schools to boost local learning for sustainability. Locality could refer to environments (rural and urban...

Effective policy design in learning for sustainability

This document presents a summary of effective policy design measures and practices identified at a workshop of the European Commission’s Working Group Schools: Learning for Sustainability that took place at the Worl...

Guidelines on the EU approach to community sponsorship - Novem...

These guidelines aim to establish minimum quality standards for the different phases of community sponsorship across the European Union, drawing on insights from the 2021-2023 working group meetings involving Member S...

Engaging citizens in EU missions - Insights from a six-country...

This report discusses the findings of an online survey of European citizens’ attitudes to social challenges and their willingness to participate in activities aimed at addressing these challenges. The results show c...

Healthy Competition: How the EU can prepare for the demographi...

Home Affairs

February 14, 2025

Healthy Competition: How the EU can prepare for the demographic transition

Russian military thinking about the Baltic Sea and the Arctic

February 19, 2025

Russian military thinking about the Baltic Sea and the Arctic

The EU and NATO in pursuit of better deterrence

fiia.fi

The Rise And Fall Of The Wagner Group

The Rise And Fall Of The Wagner Group

Europe S Migration Block Crumbles In Niger

Europe S Migration Block Crumbles In Niger

Future-proofing peacekeeping

Peace

Future-proofing peacekeeping

EU foreign policy in the next political cycle

EU foreign policy in the next political cycle

Europe's teenage jihadists: a growing security challenge

Europe's teenage jihadists: a growing security challenge

An industry blueprint for NATO’s Rapid Adoption Action Plan

February 5, 2025

digitaleurope.org

The European Union Map

February 2, 2025

A Redynamised Eu Enlargement Process Sceeus 2025

January 28, 2025

A Redynamised Eu Enlargement Process Sceeus 2025

A New Common Migration Policy for the EU – Why and How?

January 24, 2025

econpol.eu

A New Common Migration Policy for the EU – Why and How?

Ukraine Refugees: From Temporary Protection to Encouraging Ret...

January 23, 2025

econpol.eu

Ukraine Refugees: From Temporary Protection to Encouraging Return to Support the Ukrainian Economy

Reducing regulatory burden to restore the eu’s competitive edge

Living in a cross-border region is still a source of challenges today. Nine stories are presented in this publication to showcase the realities of people experiencing border obstacles and ways to facilitate cross-bord...

businesseurope.eu

January 28, 2025

Quick march! Ten steps for a European defence surge

Quick march! Ten steps for a European defence surge

Innovation for place-based transformations

Addressing complex challenges requires different tools, mindsets and approaches from those traditionally used, which contributed to create some of these challenges such as climate change, biodiversity loss, raising in...

What are the 5 steps of hosting a Peer Parliament?

Debate as well as action are key to solving the climate crisis. We need people across Europe to be able to interact and express their ideas, opinions and concerns about climate change, so that we can learn from each o...

EU citizenship is a unique concept. If you are a national of one of the 27 EU Member States, then you are also automatically an EU citizen. This enables you to enjoy certain rights and benefits that are distinct from ...

Living in a cross-border region is still a source of challenges today. Nine stories are presented in this publication to showcase the realities of people experiencing border obstacles and ways to facilitate cross-bord...

Efficiency of public expenditure in education and health

This paper measures the efficiency of public spending in the education and health sectors using Stochastic Frontier Analysis (SFA) and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). It covers all EU Member States from 2000 to 2022....

European Union terrorism situation and trend report (TE-SAT) 2024

The TE-SAT 2024 is a situational overview, presenting figures, major developments and trends in the terrorism landscape in the EU in 2023, based on qualitative and quantitative data provided by Member States on terror...

The future of democracy - Lessons from the US fight against fo...

The US’s three main strategic adversaries – Russia, China and Iran – actively sought to influence the outcome of the 2024 election. They deployed a variety of interference tactics, including the misuse of AI, di...

EMPACT 2023 results - Factsheets

January 18, 2025

EMPACT 2023 results - Factsheets

Guidelines on Alternatives to Detention

December 6, 2024

euaa.europa.eu

Guidelines on Alternatives to Detention