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Since 1 January 2024, the United Kingdom (UK) has been associated to Horizon Europe, with almost 6 000 UK Horizon projects as of 9 January 2026. The legislative proposals for Horizon Europe (2028-2034) and the Euratom training programme (2028-2032) represent a timely opportunity to discuss the future of bilateral EU-UK cooperation in research and innovation, including in the field of nuclear science and technologies.

Issues at stake: • Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, is mandated to support EU Member States in managing external borders, combating cross-border crime, and managing migration, through joint operations, surveillance and data analysis. The agency also cooperates with non-EU countries through status agreements and working arrangements, and plays a key role in organising and executing migrants' returns. • The European Commission is considering a revised mandate in 2026 for Frontex ...

The European Council consists of the 27 Heads of State or Government of the EU Member States, who are voting members, together with the President of the European Council and the President of the European Commission, who have no vote (Article 15(2) Treaty on European Union). The chart shows the current members, the national office they hold, their most recent European political affiliation, and the year their membership began.

The IA underpins the revision of legislation on precursors to enhancе the monitoring and control of drug and designer precursors in order to reduce the availability of drug precursors for illicit drug manufacturing and to facilitate legitimate trade and use of drug precursors. The IA provides an overall well-structured and evidence-based analysis supporting the legislative proposal on drug precursors. The need for EU action is sufficiently justified and subsidiarity is adequately addressed; however ...

This study assesses how the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) Regulation restructures the support relevant to Cohesion Policy and regional development. Based on this analysis, it formulates policy recommendations on how the Proposal could be adjusted to better achieve cohesion objectives. This document was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Regional Development, Agriculture and Fisheries at the request of the Regional Development Committee.

This study assesses how the proposed National and Regional Partnership Plans (NRPPs) Regulation restructures the support relevant to Cohesion Policy and regional development. Based on this analysis, it formulates policy recommendations on how the Proposal could be adjusted to better achieve cohesion objectives. This document was commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Regional Development, Agriculture and Fisheries at the request of the Regional Development Committee.

Issues at stake: • The European Union (EU) does not currently have a dedicated autonomous sanctions regime targeting transnational organised crime groups or their facilitators. The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy (High Representative), together with the European Commission (Commission), will be proposing to create a new horizontal sanctions regime under the European Union's common foreign and security policy (CFSP) targeting individuals and entities ...

This briefing examines the European Commission’s proposal to recalibrate the EU securitisation framework within the broader context of the Savings and Investments Union (SIU). It explains how securitisation operates, why the European market remains structurally smaller than that of other major jurisdictions, and how the post-crisis regulatory architecture has shaped current market dynamics. The paper analyses the 2025 European Commission’s reform proposals to the Securitisation Regulation, the Capital ...

The 2027 annual EU budget will be the last one under the current multiannual financial framework (MFF), which covers the period from 2021 to 2027. The European Parliament is contributing to the preparation of next year's budget through a set of guidelines, and the Commission will adopt the draft 2027 budget in early summer. The draft guidelines, as adopted by the Committee on Budgets (BUDG) on 5 March 2026, express Parliament's commitment to deliver for people, the economy and the planet. Parliament ...