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March 26, 2026

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
Technology

Goal: Strengthen research ties

Lebanon Joins Mediterranean Research and Innovation Partnership

The European Parliament approved a resolution that lets Lebanon join the EU’s Mediterranean research partnership and told the Parliament’s President to send the decision to the Council, Commission, and governments.

Researchers & Tech Startups
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
Rule of Law

Goal: Protect privacy rights

Ending the temporary chat‑scanning rule

The European Parliament rejected the plan to extend the Chat Control 1.0 rule, telling the Commission to drop it and informing the Council and national parliaments, so platforms can no longer voluntarily scan private messages for child abuse content.

Tech Companies & IT Specialists

March 25, 2026

EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Defence

Goal: Fast defence innovation

Fast‑Track Funding for New Defence Tech Start‑Ups

The EU AGILE Programme is a one‑year fast‑track funding plan that gives €115 million to small and medium defence companies to quickly develop and test new tech like AI, robotics and cyber tools, so they can get into the market faster and help Europe stay ready.

Tech Startups & AI Startups
EU Commission: Official Decision
Energy Security

Goal: Strengthen EU defense

Czech Republic Receives €2.06 Billion Loan to Boost Defence and Support Ukraine

The European Commission approved a loan of up to €2.06 billion for the Czech Republic under the SAFE program, giving them an initial €309 million upfront to help with defense production and support Ukraine.

Defence Workers & Czech Citizens

March 20, 2026

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 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 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: Strengthen EU defence

EU's New Defence Projects: Drones, Borders, Air and Space Shields

The European Parliament resolution says the EU must raise defence spending, coordinate joint projects, and launch four flagship programmes—drone, eastern flank, air and space defence—to strengthen security against Russia, cyber attacks and new weapons, while ensuring funding, export controls and transparency.

Defence Workers & Military Personnel
EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Belgium

Goal: Help workers find jobs

Tupperware Workers Receive €1.6 Million to Re‑enter the Workforce

The EU’s resolution gives €1.6 million to help 267 Tupperware workers in Belgium find new jobs after the company went bankrupt, covering training, job‑search help and admin costs for up to two years.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Technology

Goal: Protect children online.

Online Tools Get New Limits on Searching for Child Abuse Content

The European Parliament passed a resolution that tightens how online services can scan for child‑sexual‑abuse material, limiting the scan to known content and only the data needed, allowing focus on suspected users, using privacy‑friendly tools that don’t read content, and setting the rule to expire on August 3 2027.

Tech Companies & IT Specialists

March 10, 2026

EU Parliament: Parliament Resolution
Technology

Goal: Unify EU research.

Plan to Make Science Work Better Across Borders

The European Parliament adopted a resolution to make science better across Europe by letting researchers move freely, spending more money on new ideas, and making sure everyone gets fair pay and uses technology safely.

Researchers & Tech Startups
EU Parliament: Parliament Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Reduce regulatory burden

Making Laws Simpler and Fairer

The European Parliament’s 2024‑2029 resolution is a plan to make EU laws clearer, fairer and lighter, especially for small businesses, by tightening how rules are made, cutting paperwork, adding impact studies and a children’s rights check, and using AI tools to help everyone follow the rules more easily.

Entrepreneurs & Tech Startups
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Jobs

Goal: Helping people find work

Creating a European Talent Pool

The EU Talent Pool regulation creates a free online platform that matches skilled workers from outside the EU with jobs in member states to fill shortages in key sectors, while protecting workers’ data and ensuring fair hiring.

IT Specialists & Health Professionals

February 26, 2026

EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Rule of Law

Goal: Reduce gun crime

New Rule to Stop Illegal Gun Trade and 3‑D Printed Firearms

The EU Directive on Combating Firearms Trafficking is a new set of rules that makes it easier for police to catch and punish people who make, sell, move, or use illegal guns—including those made with 3‑D printers—and forces all member states to share information and follow the same penalties.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards

February 12, 2026

EU Parliament: Parliament Report
Human Rights

Goal: Promote gender equality worldwide

EU's Plan to Strengthen Gender Equality and Protect Women Everywhere

This recommendation to the EU Council for the 70th UN Women’s conference lays out a plan to boost gender equality by funding inclusive policies, improving legal help for women, fighting all forms of violence, protecting reproductive rights, ensuring digital safety, and urging EU leaders to defend women’s rights worldwide.

Women & Activists
EU Commission: Official Decision
Decarbonisation

Goal: Global vehicle rule alignment

EU Seeks Safer, Cleaner Cars and Trucks in Global Rules

This decision is the EU’s vote to back a large bundle of new and updated car rules at the 198th UNECE meeting, so EU car laws stay in line with worldwide standards and help make cars safer, smarter, and cleaner.

Truck Drivers & Logistics Companies
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Trade

Goal: Align EU GI rules

New Rules for Famous Food Names Like Champagne and Parma Ham

This regulation updates EU rules on geographical indications so they match the new Lisbon Union rules, letting the EU change GI names, types, areas and quality, dropping old notification steps, and it will start on July 1, 2026.

Farmers & Exporters