All EU Activity

Entrepreneurs & Tech Startups

Goal: Protect creative designs

New Rules to Protect Product Designs

The European Union Design Regulation 2026 is a new law that protects the look of products, giving designers exclusive rights for up to 25 years if they register (or 3 years if they don’t), and it replaces the old 2002 rule.

SMEs:Small Businesses & Workers

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.

February 06, 2026

EU Commission: Budget Work

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

February 04, 2026

Manufacturing Workers & SMEs: Small Businesses

Goal: Global chemical safety

Global Ban on Dangerous Flame Retardant TBPH

Council Decision 2026/0029 (NLE) lets the EU submit a proposal to the Stockholm Convention to ban or restrict the dangerous flame‑retardant TBPH, protecting people and the planet.

January 30, 2026

Workers & Law Enforcement

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.

January 29, 2026

Goal: Support Ukraine's recovery

Sweden Gives €147 Million to Help Ukraine Grow

This council decision is a resolution that adds Sweden’s 2 billion‑SEK (about 147 million EUR) non‑repayable aid to the Ukraine Plan, putting the money into the eighth instalment and outlining a schedule of reforms and investments for Ukraine from 2024 to 2027.

Entrepreneurs & Farmers

January 26, 2026

Goal: Strengthen EU defence

Latvia Gets €3.5 Billion Loan to Boost Its Defence Industry

This decision approves a €3.5 billion loan from the EU to Latvia to boost its defence industry under the SAFE programme, giving an immediate €525 million prepayment.

Goal: Strengthen EU defence

Lithuania Gets €6.4 Billion to Boost Its Defence Industry

The Council’s decision gives Lithuania a €6.4 billion loan under the SAFE programme to help strengthen its defence industry.

Goal: Boost EU defense resilience

Greece Gets a €787 Million Loan to Boost Its Defence Industry

The European Council decided to give Greece a loan of up to €787.7 million under the SAFE program, with an immediate pre‑payment of €118.2 million, to support its defence industry plan.

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.

Goal: EU defence support

Poland’s €43.7 billion loan request to boost its defence industry

The EU Commission wants the Council to approve a loan of about €43.7 billion for Poland under the SAFE defence programme, with a pre‑financing payment of about €6.6 billion.

Goal: Strengthen EU defence.

Italy Secures €14.9 Billion Loan to Boost European Defence

This is a Council decision that gives Italy a €14.9 billion loan under the SAFE programme to help strengthen its defence industry.

January 23, 2026

Supply Chain Workers & Logistics Companies

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.

January 22, 2026

EU Parliament: Report

Goal: Achieve EU digital sovereignty

Europe’s Plan to Build Its Own Tech

The EU resolution on European technological sovereignty and digital infrastructure says the EU must build its own tech—chips, AI, data centres, satellites, and better internet—while boosting skills, cutting rules, and making Europe less dependent on outside tech so it can be safer, greener, and more competitive.

Tech Startups & Entrepreneurs

EU Parliament: Report

Goal: EU Drone Defense Independence

EU's Plan to Stop and Build Drones

The European Parliament passed a resolution to quickly upgrade the EU’s drone defence, boosting local production, supply‑chain security, counter‑drone tech, training, and cooperation with partners to keep up with rising drone threats.

Defence workers & Manufacturing Workers

Manufacturing Workers & Environmental NGOs

Goal: Harmonize detergent regulations

Cleaning Products Get Updated Rules

The European Parliament adopted a resolution on detergents that will replace the old rule, with the Parliament and the Council signing it, and it will be published and shared with other EU bodies.

January 21, 2026

EU Parliament: Report

Goal: Defend global order

EU Foreign and Security Policy Review

The 2026 European Parliament resolution reviews the EU’s foreign and security actions in 2025, sets new priorities, and urges stronger defense, more help for Ukraine, protection of human rights, and faster, clearer EU decision‑making.

Military Personnel & Defence workers

January 20, 2026

Entrepreneurs & Manufacturing Workers

Goal: Ensure medicine availability

Strengthening Medicine Supply in Europe

This regulation is a set of rules the EU will use to keep essential medicines always available by boosting local production, improving how medicines are bought and stocked, and coordinating supplies across member countries.

EU Commission: Budget Work

Goal: Help workers find jobs.

Assistance for 267 Belgian Workers After Tupperware Bankruptcy

This resolution proposes to give €1.6 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 267 workers in Belgium find new jobs after Tupperware’s bankruptcy, covering coaching, training, and job‑matching services.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers

January 15, 2026

Goal: Support EU defence

Belgium Secures €8.34 Billion Loan to Boost Its Defence Industry

The EU Council approved a €8.34 billion SAFE loan to Belgium, giving it an immediate €1.25 billion pre‑payment to support defence industry projects that meet EU rules.