Ten issues to watch in 2026
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07-01-2026
Ten issues to watch in 2026
This is the tenth edition of an annual EPRS paper aimed at identifying and framing many of the key issues and policy areas that will feature prominently in public debate and on the political agenda of the European Union over the coming year. The topics analysed encompass, the next long term EU budget, Ukraine's integration into the EU, defence, EU-China relations, the impact of artificial intelligence on the web, the potential of startup companies, irregular migration, climate policy, action for the oceans, and lessons from the post-COVID 19 Recovery and Resilience Facility.
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- adaptation to climate change
- artificial intelligence
- Asia and Oceania
- China
- climate change
- common foreign and security policy
- deterioration of the environment
- economic geography
- EDUCATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
- ENVIRONMENT
- environmental policy
- Europe
- European construction
- EUROPEAN UNION
- GEOGRAPHY
- geopolitics
- humanities
- information and information processing
- information security
- information technology and data processing
- INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
- international security
- political geography
- Russo-Ukrainian issue
- SCIENCE
- Ukraine