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Protect health and nature
EU Parliament: Resolution
GMO

Goal: Protect health and nature

GM Soybean MON 94637: Safety Concerns Block Approval

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU Commission must halt approval of the GM soybean MON 94637 because the safety evidence is incomplete and the decision process lacks enough member‑state support.

Farmers & Importers
Protect EU jobs and standards
EU Parliament: Resolution
Trade

Goal: Protect EU jobs and standards

Keeping EU Companies, Jobs and Products Safe from Unfair Foreign Competition

The European Parliament resolution says the EU must tighten rules and use trade‑defence tools to stop unfair foreign competition, protect jobs, and keep EU products safe and fair for consumers.

Exporters & Importers
Protect EU democracy
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Protect EU democracy

EU Parliament Calls for Action on Rule‑of‑Law Report

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU must use its budget and rules to make sure all member states keep democracy, fair courts, and basic rights, stop corruption, protect journalists and minorities, and only give money to countries that follow these rules.

Journalists & NGOs
Ensure EU law works
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Ensure EU law works

Making Sure EU Laws Are Actually Followed

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 resolution is a formal statement that tells the European Commission to publish yearly, clear reports on how EU laws are being applied, make the data open and easy to read, act faster and more transparently when countries break the rules, use technology responsibly, and help member states implement the laws on time.

NGOs: Environmental NGOs & Journalists
Boost EU safety
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Terrorism

Goal: Boost EU safety

Passenger travel data shared with Iceland to fight terrorism and serious crime

The European Parliament resolution says the EU can sign a deal with Iceland that lets Iceland get and share passenger travel data with EU police to stop terrorism and serious crime, and it tells EU leaders and member states about it.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Help workers transition
EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Belgium

Goal: Help workers transition

EU Grants €2 M to Help Liège Steel Workers Find New Jobs

The European Parliament resolution lets the EU give Belgium about €2 million to help 507 workers from a bankrupt steel plant in Liège find new jobs through training, job‑search help and other support, while requiring the money to be used transparently and reported on.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Uphold EU values
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Uphold EU values

EU Rights Review 2024‑2025

This European Parliament resolution for 2024‑2025 checks how well EU countries protect basic rights, calls for faster action when rules are broken, and urges stronger safeguards for vulnerable groups, media, privacy, and the rule of law.

Women & Journalists
Make travel easier and cheaper
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Air Transport

Goal: Make travel easier and cheaper

Transatlantic Air Transport Agreement with Iceland and Norway

The European Parliament approved a resolution that clears the way for new air‑travel agreements between the EU, the US, Iceland, and Norway, letting airlines from each side fly freely, setting shared safety and passenger‑rights rules, and opening up more routes and potentially lower fares.

Tourism Industry & Workers
Keep people safe
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Travel

Goal: Keep people safe

EU and Norway to Share Flight Booking Data to Fight Terrorism and Serious Crime

The European Parliament passed a resolution that allows the EU and Norway to share flight booking details (called PNR data) to help prevent, detect, and fight terrorism and other serious crimes.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Improve global trade fairness
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Improve global trade fairness

EU Approves Updated Cocoa Trade Agreement

The European Parliament has given the green light for the EU to adopt changes to the International Cocoa Agreement, which is a major global trade deal that sets the rules for how cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate—is bought, sold, and regulated worldwide.

Farmers & Consumers
Protect health and nature
EU Parliament: Resolution
GMO

Goal: Protect health and nature

GM Soybean MON 94637: Safety Concerns Block Approval

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU Commission must halt approval of the GM soybean MON 94637 because the safety evidence is incomplete and the decision process lacks enough member‑state support.

Farmers & Importers
Protect EU jobs and standards
EU Parliament: Resolution
Trade

Goal: Protect EU jobs and standards

Keeping EU Companies, Jobs and Products Safe from Unfair Foreign Competition

The European Parliament resolution says the EU must tighten rules and use trade‑defence tools to stop unfair foreign competition, protect jobs, and keep EU products safe and fair for consumers.

Exporters & Importers
Protect EU democracy
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Protect EU democracy

EU Parliament Calls for Action on Rule‑of‑Law Report

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU must use its budget and rules to make sure all member states keep democracy, fair courts, and basic rights, stop corruption, protect journalists and minorities, and only give money to countries that follow these rules.

Journalists & NGOs
Ensure EU law works
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Ensure EU law works

Making Sure EU Laws Are Actually Followed

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 resolution is a formal statement that tells the European Commission to publish yearly, clear reports on how EU laws are being applied, make the data open and easy to read, act faster and more transparently when countries break the rules, use technology responsibly, and help member states implement the laws on time.

NGOs: Environmental NGOs & Journalists
Boost EU safety
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Terrorism

Goal: Boost EU safety

Passenger travel data shared with Iceland to fight terrorism and serious crime

The European Parliament resolution says the EU can sign a deal with Iceland that lets Iceland get and share passenger travel data with EU police to stop terrorism and serious crime, and it tells EU leaders and member states about it.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Help workers transition
EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Belgium

Goal: Help workers transition

EU Grants €2 M to Help Liège Steel Workers Find New Jobs

The European Parliament resolution lets the EU give Belgium about €2 million to help 507 workers from a bankrupt steel plant in Liège find new jobs through training, job‑search help and other support, while requiring the money to be used transparently and reported on.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Uphold EU values
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Uphold EU values

EU Rights Review 2024‑2025

This European Parliament resolution for 2024‑2025 checks how well EU countries protect basic rights, calls for faster action when rules are broken, and urges stronger safeguards for vulnerable groups, media, privacy, and the rule of law.

Women & Journalists
Make travel easier and cheaper
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Air Transport

Goal: Make travel easier and cheaper

Transatlantic Air Transport Agreement with Iceland and Norway

The European Parliament approved a resolution that clears the way for new air‑travel agreements between the EU, the US, Iceland, and Norway, letting airlines from each side fly freely, setting shared safety and passenger‑rights rules, and opening up more routes and potentially lower fares.

Tourism Industry & Workers
Keep people safe
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Travel

Goal: Keep people safe

EU and Norway to Share Flight Booking Data to Fight Terrorism and Serious Crime

The European Parliament passed a resolution that allows the EU and Norway to share flight booking details (called PNR data) to help prevent, detect, and fight terrorism and other serious crimes.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Improve global trade fairness
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Improve global trade fairness

EU Approves Updated Cocoa Trade Agreement

The European Parliament has given the green light for the EU to adopt changes to the International Cocoa Agreement, which is a major global trade deal that sets the rules for how cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate—is bought, sold, and regulated worldwide.

Farmers & Consumers
Reduce regulatory burden
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Environment

Goal: Reduce regulatory burden

Simplifying rules for everyday products and chemicals

This EU resolution simplifies chemical rules by cutting paperwork, adding digital contacts, easing labelling, and speeding up cosmetic and fertilizer approvals while keeping safety high.

Manufacturing Workers & Workers
Ensure EU spending accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Research

Goal: Ensure EU spending accountability

Reviewing Europe's investments in clean energy, digital life, and modern infrastructure

The European Parliament's decision approves the 2024 spending for 24 massive EU research projects—covering everything from clean energy to advanced chips—while also issuing a resolution that tells these groups they need to tighten up their money management and internal rules for the future.

Researchers & Tech Startups
Protect people's data rights
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Protect people's data rights

Review of the European Data Protection Supervisor’s 2024 Budget and Activities

The European Parliament's decision approves the EDPS, an independent watchdog that makes sure EU groups protect your data, confirming its spending while also giving it advice on how to handle new challenges like AI and cyber threats.

IT Specialists & Tech Companies
Make chemicals safer
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Make chemicals safer

Reforming the European Chemicals Agency: Strengthening Safety, Transparency, and Cooperation

This resolution updates the European Chemicals Agency rules so it can work more openly, help small businesses, protect people and the planet, and use new science instead of animal tests.

Manufacturers & SMEs
Accountability for public funds
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Accountability for public funds

Committee of the Regions 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament gave the Committee of the Regions a green light for its 2024 budget, saying the money was spent properly, but it wants the committee to get more funding, cut unnecessary remote‑meeting costs, boost gender equality, add anti‑fraud plans, and keep improving digital security.

Local Government & Public Employees
Guide sustainable economic change
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Guide sustainable economic change

Making the Green Transition Affordable and Stable

This resolution changes the EU’s Market Stability Reserve rules for the new emissions‑trading system that covers buildings and road transport, so that carbon prices stay steadier, households are shielded from high energy costs, green projects keep getting funded, and the system is regularly checked and adjusted.

Households & Workers
Making sure EU money is spent right
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Making sure EU money is spent right

EU Agencies 2024 Budget Clearance and Performance Review

The European Parliament on 29 April 2026 approved the 2024 accounts of 31 EU agencies, officially cleared them to keep using their budgets, and issued a resolution that demands more transparency, better performance tracking, tighter procurement rules, stronger cybersecurity, and more efficient use of money.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Hold EU bodies accountable
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Rule of Law

Goal: Hold EU bodies accountable

European Public Prosecutor’s Office 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament approved the EPPO’s 2024 budget, closed its accounts, and confirmed the office spent its money properly while calling for more staff, money, and better cooperation to fight EU financial crimes.

Law Enforcement & Workers
Keeping power in check
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keeping power in check

2024 Budget Review of the European Economic and Social Committee

This document is the European Parliament's annual discharge, which is basically a big audit confirming that the EESC spent its 2024 money responsibly and followed the rules, while also giving them a list of things they need to improve, like cybersecurity and internal controls.

Workers & Unions
Transparency and accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Transparency and accountability

The Ombudsman's 2024 performance and spending review

This discharge is the European Parliament's official approval that the Ombudsman spent its money correctly, confirming that the office is doing a good job handling complaints and improving its services for EU citizens.

Citizens & NGOs
Reduce regulatory burden
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Environment

Goal: Reduce regulatory burden

Simplifying rules for everyday products and chemicals

This EU resolution simplifies chemical rules by cutting paperwork, adding digital contacts, easing labelling, and speeding up cosmetic and fertilizer approvals while keeping safety high.

Manufacturing Workers & Workers
Ensure EU spending accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Research

Goal: Ensure EU spending accountability

Reviewing Europe's investments in clean energy, digital life, and modern infrastructure

The European Parliament's decision approves the 2024 spending for 24 massive EU research projects—covering everything from clean energy to advanced chips—while also issuing a resolution that tells these groups they need to tighten up their money management and internal rules for the future.

Researchers & Tech Startups
Protect people's data rights
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Protect people's data rights

Review of the European Data Protection Supervisor’s 2024 Budget and Activities

The European Parliament's decision approves the EDPS, an independent watchdog that makes sure EU groups protect your data, confirming its spending while also giving it advice on how to handle new challenges like AI and cyber threats.

IT Specialists & Tech Companies
Make chemicals safer
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Make chemicals safer

Reforming the European Chemicals Agency: Strengthening Safety, Transparency, and Cooperation

This resolution updates the European Chemicals Agency rules so it can work more openly, help small businesses, protect people and the planet, and use new science instead of animal tests.

Manufacturers & SMEs
Accountability for public funds
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Accountability for public funds

Committee of the Regions 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament gave the Committee of the Regions a green light for its 2024 budget, saying the money was spent properly, but it wants the committee to get more funding, cut unnecessary remote‑meeting costs, boost gender equality, add anti‑fraud plans, and keep improving digital security.

Local Government & Public Employees
Guide sustainable economic change
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Guide sustainable economic change

Making the Green Transition Affordable and Stable

This resolution changes the EU’s Market Stability Reserve rules for the new emissions‑trading system that covers buildings and road transport, so that carbon prices stay steadier, households are shielded from high energy costs, green projects keep getting funded, and the system is regularly checked and adjusted.

Households & Workers
Making sure EU money is spent right
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Making sure EU money is spent right

EU Agencies 2024 Budget Clearance and Performance Review

The European Parliament on 29 April 2026 approved the 2024 accounts of 31 EU agencies, officially cleared them to keep using their budgets, and issued a resolution that demands more transparency, better performance tracking, tighter procurement rules, stronger cybersecurity, and more efficient use of money.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Hold EU bodies accountable
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Rule of Law

Goal: Hold EU bodies accountable

European Public Prosecutor’s Office 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament approved the EPPO’s 2024 budget, closed its accounts, and confirmed the office spent its money properly while calling for more staff, money, and better cooperation to fight EU financial crimes.

Law Enforcement & Workers
Keeping power in check
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keeping power in check

2024 Budget Review of the European Economic and Social Committee

This document is the European Parliament's annual discharge, which is basically a big audit confirming that the EESC spent its 2024 money responsibly and followed the rules, while also giving them a list of things they need to improve, like cybersecurity and internal controls.

Workers & Unions
Transparency and accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Transparency and accountability

The Ombudsman's 2024 performance and spending review

This discharge is the European Parliament's official approval that the Ombudsman spent its money correctly, confirming that the office is doing a good job handling complaints and improving its services for EU citizens.

Citizens & NGOs
Keep spending accountable.
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keep spending accountable.

How the EU Spends its Money Abroad

The European Parliament gave the EEAS a clean bill of health for 2024, saying the money was spent properly and giving it a list of things to fix.

Exporters & Workers
Ensure responsible spending
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Ensure responsible spending

Reviewing How the EU Spent Its Money in 2024

The European Parliament has given the Court of Auditors a green light for its 2024 budget audit, saying the money was spent properly but asking for better data access, wider audits, more gender balance, clearer ethics rules, and stronger digital and environmental progress.

Women & NGOs
Ensure EU spending transparency
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Ensure EU spending transparency

Budget Approval Delayed Until Council Answers Questions

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 decision on the 2024 EU budget says it will not approve the Council’s spending until the Council answers its questions, attends a hearing, and makes its finances, ethics, and audit reports more transparent and accountable.

Citizens & Workers
Keep EU economy strong
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Keep EU economy strong

New zero‑duty import quotas for selected agricultural and industrial goods

This EU regulation amends tariff quotas so that certain products can enter the EU at zero duty, adding new items, tweaking existing ones, and dropping a few, to keep supply stable and help businesses compete, starting July 1 2026.

Importers & Exporters
Safe, fair, innovative farming
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Agriculture

Goal: Safe, fair, innovative farming

New Rules for Gene-Edited Crops and Food in the EU

The EU regulation on new genomic techniques is a law that sets clear rules for safely growing, selling, and using plants edited with modern DNA tools, making sure they’re as safe as regular crops, protecting small seed companies, and allowing organic farmers to keep their status.

Farmers & Exporters
Reduce carbon emissions
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Rail

Goal: Reduce carbon emissions

New Rules to Make Trains Run Smarter Across Europe

The EU is putting new rules in place so trains can use tracks more efficiently across the continent, giving countries more control, keeping military trains exempt, making penalties fair, and setting up a platform for train operators and track managers to coordinate, all to improve service and cut emissions.

Logistics Companies & Workers
Stop plastic pollution
EU Commission: Official Decision
Environment

Goal: Stop plastic pollution

Plan to ban plastic fishing ropes in the North‑East Atlantic

The EU Council will approve a recommendation to ban dolly ropes in fishing, helping cut plastic pollution in the North‑East Atlantic and aligning with EU environmental laws.

Fishermen & Environmental NGOs
Ensure healthy forests
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Ensure healthy forests

New Rules for Tree Seeds and Cuttings to Protect Forests

A letter from the EU Commission to Parliament that explains a new law tightening rules on tree seeds and cuttings so they’re healthier, pest‑free, and more climate‑resistant, while making buying and selling of that material safer and clearer.

Forest Owners & Timber Companies
Support Syria's recovery
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Support Syria's recovery

EU Ends Trade Pause with Syria

The EU is proposing a resolution to end the temporary pause on its trade agreement with Syria, officially restoring the original deal and signaling support for Syria’s recovery, without changing current trade rules or prices.

Exporters & Importers
Strengthen global partnerships and stability
EU Commission: Official Decision
Migration

Goal: Strengthen global partnerships and stability

Ethiopia Visa Rules Return to Normal

The EU is proposing to lift visa restrictions on Ethiopia, restoring normal visa rules and making it easier for Ethiopian citizens to get visas after Ethiopia improved cooperation on returning people.

Travelers & Tourism Industry
Keep spending accountable.
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keep spending accountable.

How the EU Spends its Money Abroad

The European Parliament gave the EEAS a clean bill of health for 2024, saying the money was spent properly and giving it a list of things to fix.

Exporters & Workers
Ensure responsible spending
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Ensure responsible spending

Reviewing How the EU Spent Its Money in 2024

The European Parliament has given the Court of Auditors a green light for its 2024 budget audit, saying the money was spent properly but asking for better data access, wider audits, more gender balance, clearer ethics rules, and stronger digital and environmental progress.

Women & NGOs
Ensure EU spending transparency
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Ensure EU spending transparency

Budget Approval Delayed Until Council Answers Questions

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 decision on the 2024 EU budget says it will not approve the Council’s spending until the Council answers its questions, attends a hearing, and makes its finances, ethics, and audit reports more transparent and accountable.

Citizens & Workers
Keep EU economy strong
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Keep EU economy strong

New zero‑duty import quotas for selected agricultural and industrial goods

This EU regulation amends tariff quotas so that certain products can enter the EU at zero duty, adding new items, tweaking existing ones, and dropping a few, to keep supply stable and help businesses compete, starting July 1 2026.

Importers & Exporters
Safe, fair, innovative farming
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Agriculture

Goal: Safe, fair, innovative farming

New Rules for Gene-Edited Crops and Food in the EU

The EU regulation on new genomic techniques is a law that sets clear rules for safely growing, selling, and using plants edited with modern DNA tools, making sure they’re as safe as regular crops, protecting small seed companies, and allowing organic farmers to keep their status.

Farmers & Exporters
Reduce carbon emissions
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Rail

Goal: Reduce carbon emissions

New Rules to Make Trains Run Smarter Across Europe

The EU is putting new rules in place so trains can use tracks more efficiently across the continent, giving countries more control, keeping military trains exempt, making penalties fair, and setting up a platform for train operators and track managers to coordinate, all to improve service and cut emissions.

Logistics Companies & Workers
Stop plastic pollution
EU Commission: Official Decision
Environment

Goal: Stop plastic pollution

Plan to ban plastic fishing ropes in the North‑East Atlantic

The EU Council will approve a recommendation to ban dolly ropes in fishing, helping cut plastic pollution in the North‑East Atlantic and aligning with EU environmental laws.

Fishermen & Environmental NGOs
Ensure healthy forests
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Ensure healthy forests

New Rules for Tree Seeds and Cuttings to Protect Forests

A letter from the EU Commission to Parliament that explains a new law tightening rules on tree seeds and cuttings so they’re healthier, pest‑free, and more climate‑resistant, while making buying and selling of that material safer and clearer.

Forest Owners & Timber Companies
Support Syria's recovery
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Support Syria's recovery

EU Ends Trade Pause with Syria

The EU is proposing a resolution to end the temporary pause on its trade agreement with Syria, officially restoring the original deal and signaling support for Syria’s recovery, without changing current trade rules or prices.

Exporters & Importers
Strengthen global partnerships and stability
EU Commission: Official Decision
Migration

Goal: Strengthen global partnerships and stability

Ethiopia Visa Rules Return to Normal

The EU is proposing to lift visa restrictions on Ethiopia, restoring normal visa rules and making it easier for Ethiopian citizens to get visas after Ethiopia improved cooperation on returning people.

Travelers & Tourism Industry
Protect health and nature
EU Parliament: Resolution
GMO

Goal: Protect health and nature

GM Soybean MON 94637: Safety Concerns Block Approval

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU Commission must halt approval of the GM soybean MON 94637 because the safety evidence is incomplete and the decision process lacks enough member‑state support.

Farmers & Importers
Protect EU jobs and standards
EU Parliament: Resolution
Trade

Goal: Protect EU jobs and standards

Keeping EU Companies, Jobs and Products Safe from Unfair Foreign Competition

The European Parliament resolution says the EU must tighten rules and use trade‑defence tools to stop unfair foreign competition, protect jobs, and keep EU products safe and fair for consumers.

Exporters & Importers
Protect EU democracy
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Protect EU democracy

EU Parliament Calls for Action on Rule‑of‑Law Report

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU must use its budget and rules to make sure all member states keep democracy, fair courts, and basic rights, stop corruption, protect journalists and minorities, and only give money to countries that follow these rules.

Journalists & NGOs
Ensure EU law works
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Ensure EU law works

Making Sure EU Laws Are Actually Followed

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 resolution is a formal statement that tells the European Commission to publish yearly, clear reports on how EU laws are being applied, make the data open and easy to read, act faster and more transparently when countries break the rules, use technology responsibly, and help member states implement the laws on time.

NGOs: Environmental NGOs & Journalists
Boost EU safety
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Terrorism

Goal: Boost EU safety

Passenger travel data shared with Iceland to fight terrorism and serious crime

The European Parliament resolution says the EU can sign a deal with Iceland that lets Iceland get and share passenger travel data with EU police to stop terrorism and serious crime, and it tells EU leaders and member states about it.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Help workers transition
EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Belgium

Goal: Help workers transition

EU Grants €2 M to Help Liège Steel Workers Find New Jobs

The European Parliament resolution lets the EU give Belgium about €2 million to help 507 workers from a bankrupt steel plant in Liège find new jobs through training, job‑search help and other support, while requiring the money to be used transparently and reported on.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Uphold EU values
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Uphold EU values

EU Rights Review 2024‑2025

This European Parliament resolution for 2024‑2025 checks how well EU countries protect basic rights, calls for faster action when rules are broken, and urges stronger safeguards for vulnerable groups, media, privacy, and the rule of law.

Women & Journalists
Make travel easier and cheaper
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Air Transport

Goal: Make travel easier and cheaper

Transatlantic Air Transport Agreement with Iceland and Norway

The European Parliament approved a resolution that clears the way for new air‑travel agreements between the EU, the US, Iceland, and Norway, letting airlines from each side fly freely, setting shared safety and passenger‑rights rules, and opening up more routes and potentially lower fares.

Tourism Industry & Workers
Keep people safe
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Travel

Goal: Keep people safe

EU and Norway to Share Flight Booking Data to Fight Terrorism and Serious Crime

The European Parliament passed a resolution that allows the EU and Norway to share flight booking details (called PNR data) to help prevent, detect, and fight terrorism and other serious crimes.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Improve global trade fairness
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Improve global trade fairness

EU Approves Updated Cocoa Trade Agreement

The European Parliament has given the green light for the EU to adopt changes to the International Cocoa Agreement, which is a major global trade deal that sets the rules for how cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate—is bought, sold, and regulated worldwide.

Farmers & Consumers
Protect health and nature
EU Parliament: Resolution
GMO

Goal: Protect health and nature

GM Soybean MON 94637: Safety Concerns Block Approval

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU Commission must halt approval of the GM soybean MON 94637 because the safety evidence is incomplete and the decision process lacks enough member‑state support.

Farmers & Importers
Protect EU jobs and standards
EU Parliament: Resolution
Trade

Goal: Protect EU jobs and standards

Keeping EU Companies, Jobs and Products Safe from Unfair Foreign Competition

The European Parliament resolution says the EU must tighten rules and use trade‑defence tools to stop unfair foreign competition, protect jobs, and keep EU products safe and fair for consumers.

Exporters & Importers
Protect EU democracy
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Protect EU democracy

EU Parliament Calls for Action on Rule‑of‑Law Report

The European Parliament’s resolution says the EU must use its budget and rules to make sure all member states keep democracy, fair courts, and basic rights, stop corruption, protect journalists and minorities, and only give money to countries that follow these rules.

Journalists & NGOs
Ensure EU law works
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Ensure EU law works

Making Sure EU Laws Are Actually Followed

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 resolution is a formal statement that tells the European Commission to publish yearly, clear reports on how EU laws are being applied, make the data open and easy to read, act faster and more transparently when countries break the rules, use technology responsibly, and help member states implement the laws on time.

NGOs: Environmental NGOs & Journalists
Boost EU safety
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Terrorism

Goal: Boost EU safety

Passenger travel data shared with Iceland to fight terrorism and serious crime

The European Parliament resolution says the EU can sign a deal with Iceland that lets Iceland get and share passenger travel data with EU police to stop terrorism and serious crime, and it tells EU leaders and member states about it.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Help workers transition
EU Parliament: Budget Work
Can make law
Belgium

Goal: Help workers transition

EU Grants €2 M to Help Liège Steel Workers Find New Jobs

The European Parliament resolution lets the EU give Belgium about €2 million to help 507 workers from a bankrupt steel plant in Liège find new jobs through training, job‑search help and other support, while requiring the money to be used transparently and reported on.

Workers & Manufacturing Workers
Uphold EU values
EU Parliament: Report
Rule of Law

Goal: Uphold EU values

EU Rights Review 2024‑2025

This European Parliament resolution for 2024‑2025 checks how well EU countries protect basic rights, calls for faster action when rules are broken, and urges stronger safeguards for vulnerable groups, media, privacy, and the rule of law.

Women & Journalists
Make travel easier and cheaper
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Air Transport

Goal: Make travel easier and cheaper

Transatlantic Air Transport Agreement with Iceland and Norway

The European Parliament approved a resolution that clears the way for new air‑travel agreements between the EU, the US, Iceland, and Norway, letting airlines from each side fly freely, setting shared safety and passenger‑rights rules, and opening up more routes and potentially lower fares.

Tourism Industry & Workers
Keep people safe
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Travel

Goal: Keep people safe

EU and Norway to Share Flight Booking Data to Fight Terrorism and Serious Crime

The European Parliament passed a resolution that allows the EU and Norway to share flight booking details (called PNR data) to help prevent, detect, and fight terrorism and other serious crimes.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Improve global trade fairness
EU Parliament: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Improve global trade fairness

EU Approves Updated Cocoa Trade Agreement

The European Parliament has given the green light for the EU to adopt changes to the International Cocoa Agreement, which is a major global trade deal that sets the rules for how cocoa—the main ingredient in chocolate—is bought, sold, and regulated worldwide.

Farmers & Consumers
Reduce regulatory burden
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Environment

Goal: Reduce regulatory burden

Simplifying rules for everyday products and chemicals

This EU resolution simplifies chemical rules by cutting paperwork, adding digital contacts, easing labelling, and speeding up cosmetic and fertilizer approvals while keeping safety high.

Manufacturing Workers & Workers
Ensure EU spending accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Research

Goal: Ensure EU spending accountability

Reviewing Europe's investments in clean energy, digital life, and modern infrastructure

The European Parliament's decision approves the 2024 spending for 24 massive EU research projects—covering everything from clean energy to advanced chips—while also issuing a resolution that tells these groups they need to tighten up their money management and internal rules for the future.

Researchers & Tech Startups
Protect people's data rights
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Protect people's data rights

Review of the European Data Protection Supervisor’s 2024 Budget and Activities

The European Parliament's decision approves the EDPS, an independent watchdog that makes sure EU groups protect your data, confirming its spending while also giving it advice on how to handle new challenges like AI and cyber threats.

IT Specialists & Tech Companies
Make chemicals safer
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Make chemicals safer

Reforming the European Chemicals Agency: Strengthening Safety, Transparency, and Cooperation

This resolution updates the European Chemicals Agency rules so it can work more openly, help small businesses, protect people and the planet, and use new science instead of animal tests.

Manufacturers & SMEs
Accountability for public funds
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Accountability for public funds

Committee of the Regions 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament gave the Committee of the Regions a green light for its 2024 budget, saying the money was spent properly, but it wants the committee to get more funding, cut unnecessary remote‑meeting costs, boost gender equality, add anti‑fraud plans, and keep improving digital security.

Local Government & Public Employees
Guide sustainable economic change
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Guide sustainable economic change

Making the Green Transition Affordable and Stable

This resolution changes the EU’s Market Stability Reserve rules for the new emissions‑trading system that covers buildings and road transport, so that carbon prices stay steadier, households are shielded from high energy costs, green projects keep getting funded, and the system is regularly checked and adjusted.

Households & Workers
Making sure EU money is spent right
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Making sure EU money is spent right

EU Agencies 2024 Budget Clearance and Performance Review

The European Parliament on 29 April 2026 approved the 2024 accounts of 31 EU agencies, officially cleared them to keep using their budgets, and issued a resolution that demands more transparency, better performance tracking, tighter procurement rules, stronger cybersecurity, and more efficient use of money.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Hold EU bodies accountable
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Rule of Law

Goal: Hold EU bodies accountable

European Public Prosecutor’s Office 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament approved the EPPO’s 2024 budget, closed its accounts, and confirmed the office spent its money properly while calling for more staff, money, and better cooperation to fight EU financial crimes.

Law Enforcement & Workers
Keeping power in check
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keeping power in check

2024 Budget Review of the European Economic and Social Committee

This document is the European Parliament's annual discharge, which is basically a big audit confirming that the EESC spent its 2024 money responsibly and followed the rules, while also giving them a list of things they need to improve, like cybersecurity and internal controls.

Workers & Unions
Transparency and accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Transparency and accountability

The Ombudsman's 2024 performance and spending review

This discharge is the European Parliament's official approval that the Ombudsman spent its money correctly, confirming that the office is doing a good job handling complaints and improving its services for EU citizens.

Citizens & NGOs
Reduce regulatory burden
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Environment

Goal: Reduce regulatory burden

Simplifying rules for everyday products and chemicals

This EU resolution simplifies chemical rules by cutting paperwork, adding digital contacts, easing labelling, and speeding up cosmetic and fertilizer approvals while keeping safety high.

Manufacturing Workers & Workers
Ensure EU spending accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Research

Goal: Ensure EU spending accountability

Reviewing Europe's investments in clean energy, digital life, and modern infrastructure

The European Parliament's decision approves the 2024 spending for 24 massive EU research projects—covering everything from clean energy to advanced chips—while also issuing a resolution that tells these groups they need to tighten up their money management and internal rules for the future.

Researchers & Tech Startups
Protect people's data rights
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Protect people's data rights

Review of the European Data Protection Supervisor’s 2024 Budget and Activities

The European Parliament's decision approves the EDPS, an independent watchdog that makes sure EU groups protect your data, confirming its spending while also giving it advice on how to handle new challenges like AI and cyber threats.

IT Specialists & Tech Companies
Make chemicals safer
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Health

Goal: Make chemicals safer

Reforming the European Chemicals Agency: Strengthening Safety, Transparency, and Cooperation

This resolution updates the European Chemicals Agency rules so it can work more openly, help small businesses, protect people and the planet, and use new science instead of animal tests.

Manufacturers & SMEs
Accountability for public funds
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Accountability for public funds

Committee of the Regions 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament gave the Committee of the Regions a green light for its 2024 budget, saying the money was spent properly, but it wants the committee to get more funding, cut unnecessary remote‑meeting costs, boost gender equality, add anti‑fraud plans, and keep improving digital security.

Local Government & Public Employees
Guide sustainable economic change
EU Parliament: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Guide sustainable economic change

Making the Green Transition Affordable and Stable

This resolution changes the EU’s Market Stability Reserve rules for the new emissions‑trading system that covers buildings and road transport, so that carbon prices stay steadier, households are shielded from high energy costs, green projects keep getting funded, and the system is regularly checked and adjusted.

Households & Workers
Making sure EU money is spent right
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Making sure EU money is spent right

EU Agencies 2024 Budget Clearance and Performance Review

The European Parliament on 29 April 2026 approved the 2024 accounts of 31 EU agencies, officially cleared them to keep using their budgets, and issued a resolution that demands more transparency, better performance tracking, tighter procurement rules, stronger cybersecurity, and more efficient use of money.

Law Enforcement & Border Guards
Hold EU bodies accountable
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Rule of Law

Goal: Hold EU bodies accountable

European Public Prosecutor’s Office 2024 Budget Review

The European Parliament approved the EPPO’s 2024 budget, closed its accounts, and confirmed the office spent its money properly while calling for more staff, money, and better cooperation to fight EU financial crimes.

Law Enforcement & Workers
Keeping power in check
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keeping power in check

2024 Budget Review of the European Economic and Social Committee

This document is the European Parliament's annual discharge, which is basically a big audit confirming that the EESC spent its 2024 money responsibly and followed the rules, while also giving them a list of things they need to improve, like cybersecurity and internal controls.

Workers & Unions
Transparency and accountability
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Transparency and accountability

The Ombudsman's 2024 performance and spending review

This discharge is the European Parliament's official approval that the Ombudsman spent its money correctly, confirming that the office is doing a good job handling complaints and improving its services for EU citizens.

Citizens & NGOs
Keep spending accountable.
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keep spending accountable.

How the EU Spends its Money Abroad

The European Parliament gave the EEAS a clean bill of health for 2024, saying the money was spent properly and giving it a list of things to fix.

Exporters & Workers
Ensure responsible spending
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Ensure responsible spending

Reviewing How the EU Spent Its Money in 2024

The European Parliament has given the Court of Auditors a green light for its 2024 budget audit, saying the money was spent properly but asking for better data access, wider audits, more gender balance, clearer ethics rules, and stronger digital and environmental progress.

Women & NGOs
Ensure EU spending transparency
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Ensure EU spending transparency

Budget Approval Delayed Until Council Answers Questions

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 decision on the 2024 EU budget says it will not approve the Council’s spending until the Council answers its questions, attends a hearing, and makes its finances, ethics, and audit reports more transparent and accountable.

Citizens & Workers
Keep EU economy strong
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Keep EU economy strong

New zero‑duty import quotas for selected agricultural and industrial goods

This EU regulation amends tariff quotas so that certain products can enter the EU at zero duty, adding new items, tweaking existing ones, and dropping a few, to keep supply stable and help businesses compete, starting July 1 2026.

Importers & Exporters
Safe, fair, innovative farming
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Agriculture

Goal: Safe, fair, innovative farming

New Rules for Gene-Edited Crops and Food in the EU

The EU regulation on new genomic techniques is a law that sets clear rules for safely growing, selling, and using plants edited with modern DNA tools, making sure they’re as safe as regular crops, protecting small seed companies, and allowing organic farmers to keep their status.

Farmers & Exporters
Reduce carbon emissions
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Rail

Goal: Reduce carbon emissions

New Rules to Make Trains Run Smarter Across Europe

The EU is putting new rules in place so trains can use tracks more efficiently across the continent, giving countries more control, keeping military trains exempt, making penalties fair, and setting up a platform for train operators and track managers to coordinate, all to improve service and cut emissions.

Logistics Companies & Workers
Stop plastic pollution
EU Commission: Official Decision
Environment

Goal: Stop plastic pollution

Plan to ban plastic fishing ropes in the North‑East Atlantic

The EU Council will approve a recommendation to ban dolly ropes in fishing, helping cut plastic pollution in the North‑East Atlantic and aligning with EU environmental laws.

Fishermen & Environmental NGOs
Ensure healthy forests
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Ensure healthy forests

New Rules for Tree Seeds and Cuttings to Protect Forests

A letter from the EU Commission to Parliament that explains a new law tightening rules on tree seeds and cuttings so they’re healthier, pest‑free, and more climate‑resistant, while making buying and selling of that material safer and clearer.

Forest Owners & Timber Companies
Support Syria's recovery
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Support Syria's recovery

EU Ends Trade Pause with Syria

The EU is proposing a resolution to end the temporary pause on its trade agreement with Syria, officially restoring the original deal and signaling support for Syria’s recovery, without changing current trade rules or prices.

Exporters & Importers
Strengthen global partnerships and stability
EU Commission: Official Decision
Migration

Goal: Strengthen global partnerships and stability

Ethiopia Visa Rules Return to Normal

The EU is proposing to lift visa restrictions on Ethiopia, restoring normal visa rules and making it easier for Ethiopian citizens to get visas after Ethiopia improved cooperation on returning people.

Travelers & Tourism Industry
Keep spending accountable.
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Keep spending accountable.

How the EU Spends its Money Abroad

The European Parliament gave the EEAS a clean bill of health for 2024, saying the money was spent properly and giving it a list of things to fix.

Exporters & Workers
Ensure responsible spending
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Transparency

Goal: Ensure responsible spending

Reviewing How the EU Spent Its Money in 2024

The European Parliament has given the Court of Auditors a green light for its 2024 budget audit, saying the money was spent properly but asking for better data access, wider audits, more gender balance, clearer ethics rules, and stronger digital and environmental progress.

Women & NGOs
Ensure EU spending transparency
EU Parliament: Budget Spending Check
Budget

Goal: Ensure EU spending transparency

Budget Approval Delayed Until Council Answers Questions

The European Parliament’s 29 April 2026 decision on the 2024 EU budget says it will not approve the Council’s spending until the Council answers its questions, attends a hearing, and makes its finances, ethics, and audit reports more transparent and accountable.

Citizens & Workers
Keep EU economy strong
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Keep EU economy strong

New zero‑duty import quotas for selected agricultural and industrial goods

This EU regulation amends tariff quotas so that certain products can enter the EU at zero duty, adding new items, tweaking existing ones, and dropping a few, to keep supply stable and help businesses compete, starting July 1 2026.

Importers & Exporters
Safe, fair, innovative farming
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Agriculture

Goal: Safe, fair, innovative farming

New Rules for Gene-Edited Crops and Food in the EU

The EU regulation on new genomic techniques is a law that sets clear rules for safely growing, selling, and using plants edited with modern DNA tools, making sure they’re as safe as regular crops, protecting small seed companies, and allowing organic farmers to keep their status.

Farmers & Exporters
Reduce carbon emissions
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Rail

Goal: Reduce carbon emissions

New Rules to Make Trains Run Smarter Across Europe

The EU is putting new rules in place so trains can use tracks more efficiently across the continent, giving countries more control, keeping military trains exempt, making penalties fair, and setting up a platform for train operators and track managers to coordinate, all to improve service and cut emissions.

Logistics Companies & Workers
Stop plastic pollution
EU Commission: Official Decision
Environment

Goal: Stop plastic pollution

Plan to ban plastic fishing ropes in the North‑East Atlantic

The EU Council will approve a recommendation to ban dolly ropes in fishing, helping cut plastic pollution in the North‑East Atlantic and aligning with EU environmental laws.

Fishermen & Environmental NGOs
Ensure healthy forests
EU Commission: New Law Work
Can make law
Climate

Goal: Ensure healthy forests

New Rules for Tree Seeds and Cuttings to Protect Forests

A letter from the EU Commission to Parliament that explains a new law tightening rules on tree seeds and cuttings so they’re healthier, pest‑free, and more climate‑resistant, while making buying and selling of that material safer and clearer.

Forest Owners & Timber Companies
Support Syria's recovery
EU Commission: Official Decision
Trade

Goal: Support Syria's recovery

EU Ends Trade Pause with Syria

The EU is proposing a resolution to end the temporary pause on its trade agreement with Syria, officially restoring the original deal and signaling support for Syria’s recovery, without changing current trade rules or prices.

Exporters & Importers
Strengthen global partnerships and stability
EU Commission: Official Decision
Migration

Goal: Strengthen global partnerships and stability

Ethiopia Visa Rules Return to Normal

The EU is proposing to lift visa restrictions on Ethiopia, restoring normal visa rules and making it easier for Ethiopian citizens to get visas after Ethiopia improved cooperation on returning people.

Travelers & Tourism Industry