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March 26, 2026

EU Parliament: Parliament Report
Transparency

Goal: Promoting global cooperation.

Building Stronger Connections: EU's Plan for Sustainable Growth and Development

The European Parliament’s resolution on the Global Gateway (2024‑2029) is a plan that says the EU will spend €306 billion on smart, clean, and secure projects with partner countries, making sure the money follows development rules, helps local businesses, protects people and the planet, and keeps projects transparent and accountable.

Exporters & Importers
EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Jobs

Goal: Protecting workers from economic change

Austria gets €1.8 million to help KTM workers find new jobs

The European Parliament’s decision is a resolution that gives Austria €1.8 million from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to help 1,488 workers who lost jobs when KTM went bankrupt, covering training and job‑search support to get them back to work.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Rule of Law

Goal: Align EU with global law

EU joins global effort to regulate ship sales

The European Parliament approved a resolution that says the EU can join the UN rule on selling ships, and it tells the EU leaders to send this decision to the Council, Commission, member‑state governments, parliaments, and the UN office.

Logistics Companies & Workers
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Small businesses

Goal: Simplify AI compliance

New Rules to Regulate Artificial Intelligence in Europe

This resolution simplifies and unifies EU AI rules, giving small companies lighter requirements, adding AI literacy support, banning non‑consensual sexual AI, allowing bias checks, creating a single conformity process, setting transition timelines, easing registration, launching EU sandboxes for SMEs, and tightening oversight of general‑purpose AI models.

SMEs & Tech Startups
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Trade

Goal: Secure EU trade

U.S. lobster goes duty‑free, EU cuts U.S. tariffs on $160 million of goods

The European Parliament has made changes to a rule that allows certain goods from the US to be sold without taxes in the EU, extending the period it's allowed until 2028 and adding new rules to make sure the goods are actually coming from the US and not being re-exported elsewhere.

Importers & Exporters
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Trade

Goal: Keep trade fair and safe

Adjusting U.S. import duties and opening new trade quotas

The European Parliament adopted amendments to a regulation that suspends customs duties on certain U.S. goods, lets the EU lift or restore those duties if the U.S. raises tariffs or acts against EU interests, and keeps monitoring trade and protecting EU industry until March 2028.

Importers & Logistics Companies
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Rule of Law

Goal: Keep banks from failing

New Law to Help People in Financial Struggle

The European Parliament has agreed to a resolution that supports new rules for dealing with financial crises, which will be adopted by the EU leaders and published in an official journal.

Citizens of EU countries
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Transparency

Goal: Keep banks from failing

Stopping Bank Crashes Early: Rules, Conditions, and Funding

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution that updates rules for when a country's economy is struggling, making it easier to intervene early and improve conditions, while also clarifying how certain services are handled during this process.

Workers & Unions
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Whistleblowers

Goal: Prevent corruption.

New Law to Fight Corruption Across Europe

This EU law, adopted in March 2026, sets tougher rules to fight corruption by punishing bribery, theft and influence‑trading, requiring countries to create anti‑corruption plans, protect whistleblowers, and work together to investigate and prosecute offenders.

Law Enforcement & Workers
EU Parliament: MEP Immunity Decision
Rule of Law

Goal: Accountability over immunity

Nikos Pappas’ immunity lifted after online defamation claim

The European Parliament passed a resolution on 26 March 2026 to waive the parliamentary immunity of Greek MEP Nikos Pappas, letting Greek authorities prosecute him for alleged defamation and insult that happened before he became an MEP.

Journalists & Law Enforcement

March 25, 2026

EU Commission: Official Decision
Defence

Goal: Secure EU defence

France Receives €15 Billion Loan to Boost Its Defence Industry

This resolution approves a €15.09 billion loan to France under the SAFE programme, giving it an initial €2.26 billion pre‑payment to help its defence industry.

Defence workers & Military Personnel

March 20, 2026

EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Trade

Goal: Ensure seed safety

EU Updates Seed Inspection Rules for Non‑EU Seeds

A new rule called the European Commission's Seed Inspection Decision will help ensure that seeds from certain countries meet the same standards as those grown in Europe, and it will be enforced until December 31, 2029.

Farmers & Exporters
EU Commission: Official Decision
Science

Goal: Boost research collaboration

Japan Joins EU's Horizon Europe Research Programme

The EU and Japan have agreed that Japan can join the Horizon Europe research program as an associated country, letting Japanese researchers apply for funding while paying a yearly fee and following rules on money and fraud.

Researchers & Tech Startups
EU Commission: Official Decision
Technology

Goal: Strengthen global research ties

Japan Joins the EU’s Horizon Europe Research Program

The EU and Japan signed a deal that lets Japan join the Horizon Europe research program, giving Japanese scientists access to EU projects, requiring Japan to pay a share of the costs, and setting up joint work on science, tech, and green topics.

Researchers & Tech Startups

March 18, 2026

EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Jobs

Goal: Simplify EU company setup

EU Inc.: One Company, One EU

The EU Inc. resolution creates a single, cheap, digital company form that lets businesses start, grow, and operate across the EU in 48 hours for €100, with one‑time paperwork, no minimum capital, and easy cross‑border branches.

Entrepreneurs & Tech Startups

March 16, 2026

EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Decarbonisation

Goal: Prevent carbon leakage

Temporary Fund to Help Factories Cut Carbon Emissions

The EU Temporary Decarbonisation Fund is a short‑term money program that gives cash to certain heavy‑industry producers so they can upgrade to cleaner technology and keep EU emissions falling, while stopping factories from moving abroad.

Manufacturing Workers

March 12, 2026

EU Parliament: Parliament Resolution
Trade

Goal: Global economic stability

EU Calls for Fairer Global Trade Rules

The European Parliament adopted a resolution that tells the WTO to modernize its rules, fix its dispute‑settlement system, curb unfair subsidies, support food security and digital trade, and make trade fairer for developing countries.

Farmers & Fishermen
EU Parliament: Parliament Resolution
Human Rights

Goal: Protecting Human Rights

Georgia’s crackdown on free speech and political prisoners

The European Parliament passed a resolution that condemns Georgia’s crackdown on opposition, calls for investigations, the repeal of restrictive laws, protection of activists, and sanctions against officials.

Journalists & Activists
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Travel

Goal: Fair passenger protection

Revamping Air Travel Rules for Better Passenger Protection

The European Commission has reviewed 243 proposed changes to EU rules that protect air passengers, accepting 115, partially accepting 92, and rejecting 36 amendments, with the goal of strengthening passenger rights and improving national enforcement while respecting airlines' financial limits.

Tourism Industry & Workers

March 11, 2026

EU Parliament: Parliament Report
Defence

Goal: Secure EU defence independence

Making Europe’s Defence Industry Stronger Together

The European Parliament resolution says the EU should create one big defence market to cut spending, grow its own industry, and make Europe safer and less dependent on outside suppliers.

Defence Workers & Military Personnel