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February 18, 2026
Goal: Protect water, simplify law
EU Water Rules Get a Boost: Stronger Limits, Faster Response
This resolution updates EU water laws to add stricter limits on pollutants, improve monitoring and reporting, and make rules easier to enforce, aiming to protect people and ecosystems.
Farmers & Environmental NGOs
February 17, 2026
Goal: Unify financial rules
Unifying Financial Rules Across the EEA
This resolution amends the EEA Agreement to add EU financial rules, making Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein follow the same banking, insurance and market rules as EU countries, and share costs and supervision duties.
Entrepreneurs & Importers
Goal: Smooth trade relations.
EU‑UK Gibraltar Trade Deal: What It Means
This agreement is a legal deal between the EU and the UK (for Gibraltar) that sets rules for trading, customs, taxes, social security, road transport, and fighting tobacco smuggling, and it explains how both sides will share info, help each other enforce laws, and respect each other’s rules.
Truck Drivers & Border Guards
Goal: Smooth trade cooperation.
EU‑UK Gibraltar Deal: Trade, Customs, and Social‑Security Rules
This agreement is a legal deal between the EU and the UK (for Gibraltar) that sets rules for trading, customs, taxes, social security, road transport, and fighting tobacco smuggling, and it explains how both sides will share info, help each other enforce laws, and respect each other’s rules.
Truck Drivers & Border Guards
February 16, 2026
Goal: Support Estonia's recovery
Revising Estonia's €953 million Recovery Plan
The EU is updating Estonia's recovery plan by tweaking five projects (scaling back some renewable energy goals, improving others, and boosting a rail project) while keeping the same €953 million funding to help Estonia modernize its economy, go green, and improve public services.
SMEs: Small Businesses & Tech Startups
February 12, 2026
Goal: End violence, protect civilians.
Civilians in Crisis: Fighting, Displacement, and the Fight for Peace in Northeast Syria
The resolution asks everyone involved in Northeast Syria—Syria, the SDF, Turkey, the EU, the US and others—to stop fighting, protect civilians, respect human rights, and help rebuild the area so all people can live safely.
NGOs & Journalists
Goal: End poverty for all
A Plan to End Poverty for Everyone
The European Parliament passed a resolution on February 12, 2026, pushing for a big new plan to fight poverty across the EU from 2025 to 2095, aiming to end poverty by 2035 through stuff like free school meals, better wages, more affordable housing, and at least 20 billion euros to help kids and families who are struggling.
Women & Children
Goal: Fair labor, fair competition
Keeping Jobs Fair: Ending Subcontract Abuse
The European Parliament’s resolution on subcontracting chains and intermediaries is a plan to stop worker exploitation and make competition fair by tightening rules, increasing transparency, boosting inspections, and holding companies accountable.
Workers & Entrepreneurs
Goal: Align EU with ICAO
Stricter Rules to Cut Plane Noise and Pollution
The EU will back new ICAO rules that set stricter limits on aircraft noise, engine pollution, and CO₂, and will follow them or flag any differences with EU law.
Manufacturing Workers & Entrepreneurs
February 11, 2026
Goal: Protect public health
GM Corn T25: Should It Stay on the Market?
The European Parliament resolution on 11 Feb 2026 says the EU must not renew the market authorisation for GM maize T25 until more evidence on long‑term safety and environmental impact is available, and it calls for reforming the GMO approval process.
Farmers & Importers
Goal: Support displaced workers
Audi layoffs in Belgium get €7.5 million in support
The EU Parliament approved a €7.5 million grant from the Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 3,414 former Audi and supplier workers in Belgium find new jobs and get training.
Automotive Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Goal: Protect health & environment
EU Parliament rejects a GM soybean that can survive banned herbicides
The European Parliament passed a resolution rejecting a draft decision that would allow genetically modified soybean tolerant to glufosinate and glyphosate to be sold, citing health, environmental, and fairness concerns and calling for the decision to be withdrawn and GMO rules to be reformed.
Farmers & Environmental NGOs:NGOs
Goal: Help Ukraine recover
New Loan to Help Ukraine Rebuild Economy and Defence
The European Parliament passed a resolution adding a Ukraine Support Loan to the Ukraine Facility, using Russia’s reparations to help Ukraine’s economy, defence and reforms, and changing how borrowing subsidies and loan updates are handled.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
February 10, 2026
Goal: Accurate measurement for climate
New Accuracy Standards for EV Chargers, Gas Pumps, and Smart Meters
The EU Parliament passed a resolution that updates rules for measuring devices, adding new accuracy standards for EV charging stations, gas pumps, and smart meters, and giving companies time to meet the new rules.
Tech Companies & Tech Startups
Goal: Cut emissions, save planet
90% Emission Cut Target for 2040
The European Parliament passed a resolution that sets a new EU climate goal of cutting greenhouse‑gas emissions by 90 % by 2040 compared with 1990, and it tells the Commission to make this target part of EU law, review rules after 2030, and give more time for certain sectors to start emissions trading.
SMEs:Small Businesses & Workers
February 06, 2026
Goal: Help displaced workers
Austria Gets €1.8 Million to Help KTM Workers Find New Jobs
The European Commission will give Austria €1.8 million from the Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 1,488 workers who lost jobs at KTM, covering training, job‑search help and support services for two years.
Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Goal: Help displaced workers
Belgium Secures €1.92 million to Help 416 Workers After Casa Layoffs
This decision will give Belgium €1.9 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 416 workers who lost jobs at Casa by giving them training, job‑search help, and other support.
Workers & Retail Workers
January 30, 2026
Goal: Align EU aviation safety
New Rules for Investigating Plane Crashes
The EU’s decision is to back ICAO’s new amendment to Annex 13, which updates how aircraft accident investigations are run to make them more thorough and fair, and the EU will follow the rule if it passes but will point out any parts that clash with EU law.
Workers & Law Enforcement
January 26, 2026
Goal: Boost EU defense unity
Estonia Gets a €2.3 Billion Loan to Boost Its Defence Industry
This resolution gives Estonia a loan of about €2.34 billion under the SAFE program to fund defence projects, with an immediate €351 million prepayment.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
January 23, 2026
Goal: Realistic plan approval.
Lithuania Updates Its Recovery Plan to Fit New Challenges
Lithuania’s amended Recovery and Resilience Plan updates 69 measures to reflect new realities, simplifies many, adds a new transparency measure, and adjusts costs and timelines while the EU keeps a positive assessment.
Supply Chain Workers & Logistics Companies