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January 21, 2026
Goal: Protect passenger rights
New Rules to Protect Air Travelers
The EU’s 2024‑2029 air passenger rights rules give travelers bigger cash payouts for delays, cancellations or denied boarding, free meals and lodging when flights are late, clearer baggage limits, help for kids and disabled people, and easier ways to file complaints, all to make flying fairer and safer.
Travelers & Tourists
January 20, 2026
Goal: Strengthen EU democracy
Making European elections fairer and easier for everyone
The European Parliament resolution wants all EU countries to use the same fair election rules, with mandatory postal voting, better accessibility, and clear European party names, so every citizen’s vote counts equally.
Voters & Disabled People
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.
Entrepreneurs & Manufacturing Workers
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
Goal: Shape global trade rules
EU’s Mission to Strengthen Fair Trade and Tech Rules
The EU’s resolution for the 14th WTO Ministerial Conference says it will back reforms to dispute settlement, fisheries subsidies, food security and many agricultural rules, push for better trade help for developing countries, support new e‑commerce and investment agreements, and create a committee to study emerging technologies.
Fishermen & Farmers
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.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
Goal: Boost defence industry
Portugal Secures €5.8 Billion Loan to Boost Its Defence Industry
The European Council approved a €5.84 billion loan to Portugal under the SAFE programme to help strengthen its defence industry and support European security.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
Goal: Strengthen EU defense unity
Denmark Secures €46.8 Million Loan to Boost Defence Projects
The European Council’s resolution gives Denmark a loan of up to €46.8 million under the SAFE programme to fund defence projects, with an immediate €7 million prepayment.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
Goal: Boost EU defence unity
EU Grants Bulgaria €3.3 Billion Loan to Boost Defence Production
The EU Council approved a resolution giving Bulgaria a €3.26 billion loan under the SAFE programme to boost its defence industry, with an immediate €489 million pre‑payment.
Defence workers & Military Personnel
January 14, 2026
Goal: Help Ukraine rebuild
EU plans €90bn loan to help Ukraine rebuild and grow
The EU is proposing a €90 billion loan for Ukraine in 2026‑27 to help pay for war damage, defence and reforms, backed by EU borrowing and to be repaid with Russian reparations, with no extra EU budget needed.
Defence workers & Construction Companies
January 09, 2026
Goal: Help displaced workers
€8.9 million to support 3,400 workers fired from Audi Brussels
This resolution authorises the EU to give €7.5 million from the EGF to help 3,414 workers who lost jobs at Audi in Belgium get training, job‑search help, and money to start new businesses.
Manufacturing Workers & Supply Chain Workers
December 18, 2025
Goal: Protect EU funds
Rule of Law Check: Making Sure EU Money Goes to the Right Places
This resolution says the EU must use its rule‑of‑law power to pause or stop funding to member states that break democracy, and it asks for clearer rules, faster action, better coordination with other tools, protection for people already promised money, stronger whistle‑blower channels, and more oversight.
Entrepreneurs & NGOs
Goal: Strengthen AML governance
New AMLA Board Member Chosen to Fight Money Laundering
The European Parliament voted to put Henrica Maria Verbeek‑Kusters on the Anti‑Money Laundering Authority board, so she’ll help the agency fight money‑laundering and terrorism funding.
Law Enforcement & Financial Institutions
Goal: Protect public health
EU Wants Three New Drugs Added to the UN Drug List
The EU will adopt a decision to support adding three new drugs to the UN controlled lists, which will automatically bring them under EU law and give the EU a unified voice at the UN meeting.
Health Professionals & Law Enforcement
December 17, 2025
Goal: Human‑centered AI governance
Fair and Safe Digital Workplaces: New Rules for AI
The EU Parliament resolution says digital work and AI must be fair, safe, and human‑centered, giving companies rules to explain algorithms, keep workers in control, protect data, and provide training, especially to help small businesses.
Workers & Entrepreneurs
Goal: Prevent carbon leakage
New Rules to Verify Carbon Emissions of Imported Products
The European Parliament approved the new rule that sets up how to verify the carbon emissions of imported goods, which will kick in on Jan. 1 2026 under the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism.
Importers & Exporters
Goal: EU defence readiness
Fast Moves: Boosting Military Transport Across Europe
The EU Parliament resolution on Military Mobility, adopted on 17 Dec 2025, aims to speed up and cut the cost of moving troops, equipment and aid across Europe by upgrading key transport routes, investing €845 billion, simplifying border rules with a digital “military Schengen” system, boosting cyber and fuel security, and working closely with NATO and partner nations.
Military Personnel & Defence workers
Goal: Secure Europe's AI future
New Rules for Giant AI and Quantum Factories
The EU Parliament passed a rule that creates and funds huge AI‑and‑quantum‑computer factories, lays out how they’re run, who can use them, and how they’re paid for, all while requiring strict security, sustainability and fair access.
IT Specialists & AI Startups
Goal: Inform about appointment
Damian Jaworski chosen as new Executive Director of the European Insurance and Pensions Authority
This resolution names Damian Jaworski as the new head of EIOPA for a five‑year term starting after March 31, 2026, and sends the decision to the Council, Commission, EIOPA, and all EU governments.
Workers & Entrepreneurs
Goal: Prevent carbon leakage
Temporary Fund to Help Heavy‑Industry Companies Go Green
This resolution creates a short‑term EU fund that uses CBAM money to give quick cash to heavy‑industry companies so they can invest in low‑carbon tech and keep production inside the EU while climate rules are updated.
Manufacturing Workers & Exporters