The Youth Empowerment Forum (YEF) 2026, to be held in Switzerland, returns for its second edition – bigger, more ambitious and more globally representative than ever before. Organised by the Centre for Dialogue and Global Leadership (CGDL), the YEF returns to Geneva following the success of its first edition in 2025. This year, the forum […]
Summer courses – 40 years of Andalusia in Europe
To mark the 40th anniversary of Spain’s accession to the European Union (EU), this training initiative aims to use this milestone to take stock of these past decades and, above all, to identify the challenges facing Andalusia within the EU in the coming years. It is not simply a matter of looking back at the […]
Europe’s bathing waters remain safe for swimming
From the Atlantic to the Mediterranean, the vast majority of Europe’s bathing waters met the European Union’s strictest ‘excellent’ bathing water quality standards in 2025, according to the latest annual report on bathing waters published today. This represents 85% of Europe’s bathing areas, with 96% of all monitored EU bathing areas meeting the minimum quality […]
European Parliament gives the green light to the trade agreement with the United States
On Tuesday, Parliament approved two pieces of legislation to implement the tariff commitments made by the EU under the declaration signed with the US in August 2025. The main regulation, adopted by 440 votes in favour, 151 against and 50 abstentions, removes tariffs on all US industrial goods and grants preferential access to the EU […]
The Commission is stepping up its efforts to manage migration along the Channel route
The Commission is presenting an EU action plan for the Channel migration route, which sets out a comprehensive European response to the challenges posed by irregular migration along this route. The action plan proposes operational measures that begin in countries of origin and transit and extend along the entire route. These include dismantling networks involved […]
The Commission welcomes the political agreement on seeds and other plant reproductive material
The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached last night by the Council of the EU and the European Parliament on the revision and simplification of EU legislation on plant reproductive material (PRM). Today’s agreement modernises the current legislation, enabling producers and businesses to benefit from the latest innovations, technologies and digitalisation in this field. […]
The Commission welcomes the historic agreement on the revision of air passenger rights
The European Commission welcomes the political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU on the revision of air passenger rights in the EU. This historic agreement marks the first revision of these rules in over two decades. It modernises and strengthens air passenger rights in the EU by clarifying existing […]
The 2026 annual meeting of the ECB addresses the issue of building a cohesive Europe
The European Committee of the Regions (CoR) hosted the 2026 annual meeting of the European Cross-Border Platform (ECBP), which brought together more than 160 participants and a wide range of representatives from EU institutions and stakeholders from across the European Union and beyond. As a flagship event of the ECBP, organised jointly with the CESCI, […]
The EU agrees to accelerate the development of the defence industrial base and streamline public procurement in the defence sector
The European Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement reached between the European Parliament and the Council of the EU to simplify public procurement in the fields of security and defence, facilitate investment in defence and support the defence industry. The Commission proposed the comprehensive package of defence measures a year ago, as part of the […]