The Commission welcomes the political agreement on criminal law provisions against the sexual abuse of children
The Commission welcomes the political agreement reached yesterday, 22 June 2026, with the European Parliament and the Council on the Directive updating criminal law provisions on the sexual abuse and sexual exploitation of children. Worrying trends such as the proliferation […]
The Commission is making €1.1 billion available to improve Europe’s transport infrastructure
The European Commission has launched a final call for proposals under the current Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), worth 1,100 million euros, to build and modernise the transport infrastructure of the EU’sTrans-European Transport Network (TEN-T). The selected projects will contribute tothe […]
Regions call on the EU to take measures to unlock the full potential of SMEs in the defence sector
SMEs must play a much greater role in the European defence industry. This is the main conclusion of the meeting held by the European Committee of the Regions’ (CoR) Working Group on Defence on 16 June in Cartagena, its first […]
Leaders of the European Parliament are visiting Dublin ahead of Ireland’s EU Presidency.
The President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, and the leaders of the political groups will visit Dublin to prepare for Ireland’s forthcoming presidency of the Council of the EU. On Tuesday 23 June, the leaders of the European Parliament […]
