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April 29, 2026
Goal: Protect EU jobs and standards
Keeping EU Companies, Jobs and Products Safe from Unfair Foreign Competition
The European Parliament resolution says the EU must tighten rules and use trade‑defence tools to stop unfair foreign competition, protect jobs, and keep EU products safe and fair for consumers.
Exporters & Importers
Goal: Ensure EU law works
Making Sure EU Laws Are Actually Followed
The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 resolution is a formal statement that tells the European Commission to publish yearly, clear reports on how EU laws are being applied, make the data open and easy to read, act faster and more transparently when countries break the rules, use technology responsibly, and help member states implement the laws on time.
NGOs: Environmental NGOs & Journalists
Goal: Boost EU safety
Passenger travel data shared with Iceland to fight terrorism and serious crime
The European Parliament resolution says the EU can sign a deal with Iceland that lets Iceland get and share passenger travel data with EU police to stop terrorism and serious crime, and it tells EU leaders and member states about it.
Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Goal: Help workers transition
EU Grants €2 M to Help Liège Steel Workers Find New Jobs
The European Parliament resolution lets the EU give Belgium about €2 million to help 507 workers from a bankrupt steel plant in Liège find new jobs through training, job‑search help and other support, while requiring the money to be used transparently and reported on.
Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Goal: Uphold EU values
EU Rights Review 2024‑2025
This European Parliament resolution for 2024‑2025 checks how well EU countries protect basic rights, calls for faster action when rules are broken, and urges stronger safeguards for vulnerable groups, media, privacy, and the rule of law.
Women & Journalists
Goal: Make travel easier and cheaper
Transatlantic Air Transport Agreement with Iceland and Norway
The European Parliament approved a resolution that clears the way for new air‑travel agreements between the EU, the US, Iceland, and Norway, letting airlines from each side fly freely, setting shared safety and passenger‑rights rules, and opening up more routes and potentially lower fares.
Tourism Industry & Workers
Goal: Reduce regulatory burden
Simplifying rules for everyday products and chemicals
This EU resolution simplifies chemical rules by cutting paperwork, adding digital contacts, easing labelling, and speeding up cosmetic and fertilizer approvals while keeping safety high.
Manufacturing Workers & Workers
Goal: Ensure EU spending accountability
Reviewing Europe's investments in clean energy, digital life, and modern infrastructure
The European Parliament's decision approves the 2024 spending for 24 massive EU research projects—covering everything from clean energy to advanced chips—while also issuing a resolution that tells these groups they need to tighten up their money management and internal rules for the future.
Researchers & Tech Startups
Goal: Protect people's data rights
Review of the European Data Protection Supervisor’s 2024 Budget and Activities
The European Parliament's decision approves the EDPS, an independent watchdog that makes sure EU groups protect your data, confirming its spending while also giving it advice on how to handle new challenges like AI and cyber threats.
IT Specialists & Tech Companies
Goal: Accountability for public funds
Committee of the Regions 2024 Budget Review
The European Parliament gave the Committee of the Regions a green light for its 2024 budget, saying the money was spent properly, but it wants the committee to get more funding, cut unnecessary remote‑meeting costs, boost gender equality, add anti‑fraud plans, and keep improving digital security.
Local Government & Public Employees
Goal: Guide sustainable economic change
Making the Green Transition Affordable and Stable
This resolution changes the EU’s Market Stability Reserve rules for the new emissions‑trading system that covers buildings and road transport, so that carbon prices stay steadier, households are shielded from high energy costs, green projects keep getting funded, and the system is regularly checked and adjusted.
Households & Workers
Goal: Making sure EU money is spent right
EU Agencies 2024 Budget Clearance and Performance Review
The European Parliament on 29 April 2026 approved the 2024 accounts of 31 EU agencies, officially cleared them to keep using their budgets, and issued a resolution that demands more transparency, better performance tracking, tighter procurement rules, stronger cybersecurity, and more efficient use of money.
Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Goal: Hold EU bodies accountable
European Public Prosecutor’s Office 2024 Budget Review
The European Parliament approved the EPPO’s 2024 budget, closed its accounts, and confirmed the office spent its money properly while calling for more staff, money, and better cooperation to fight EU financial crimes.
Law Enforcement & Workers
Goal: Keeping power in check
2024 Budget Review of the European Economic and Social Committee
This document is the European Parliament's annual discharge, which is basically a big audit confirming that the EESC spent its 2024 money responsibly and followed the rules, while also giving them a list of things they need to improve, like cybersecurity and internal controls.
Workers & Unions
Goal: Transparency and accountability
The Ombudsman's 2024 performance and spending review
This discharge is the European Parliament's official approval that the Ombudsman spent its money correctly, confirming that the office is doing a good job handling complaints and improving its services for EU citizens.
Citizens & NGOs
Goal: Keep spending accountable.
How the EU Spends its Money Abroad
The European Parliament gave the EEAS a clean bill of health for 2024, saying the money was spent properly and giving it a list of things to fix.
Exporters & Workers
Goal: Ensure EU spending transparency
Budget Approval Delayed Until Council Answers Questions
The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 decision on the 2024 EU budget says it will not approve the Council’s spending until the Council answers its questions, attends a hearing, and makes its finances, ethics, and audit reports more transparent and accountable.
Citizens & Workers
April 27, 2026
Goal: Keep EU economy strong
New zero‑duty import quotas for selected agricultural and industrial goods
This EU regulation amends tariff quotas so that certain products can enter the EU at zero duty, adding new items, tweaking existing ones, and dropping a few, to keep supply stable and help businesses compete, starting July 1 2026.
Importers & Exporters
April 23, 2026
Goal: Reduce carbon emissions
New Rules to Make Trains Run Smarter Across Europe
The EU is putting new rules in place so trains can use tracks more efficiently across the continent, giving countries more control, keeping military trains exempt, making penalties fair, and setting up a platform for train operators and track managers to coordinate, all to improve service and cut emissions.
Logistics Companies & Workers
Goal: Stop plastic pollution
Plan to ban plastic fishing ropes in the North‑East Atlantic
The EU Council will approve a recommendation to ban dolly ropes in fishing, helping cut plastic pollution in the North‑East Atlantic and aligning with EU environmental laws.
Fishermen & Environmental NGOs