European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and the four founding members of Mercosur – Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay – reached a political agreement on the trade pillar of the ...

The role of information integrity in the proposed European democracy shield, announced by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, was the subject of a roundtable discussion organised by EPRS on ...

Citizens have expressed concern about the proposed EU-Mercosur Trade Deal and in particular its potential impact on agriculture and the environment.

How the internet is governed has been much debated since the early days following its creation. Internet governance is a constantly evolving, complex process, involving both states and non-state ...

Russia's war of aggression against Ukraine has caused massive destruction. Based on the latest report by the World Bank, recovery and reconstruction costs are estimated at €452.4 billion.

Media freedom and pluralism, entrenched as fundamental rights in both the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the EU and the European Convention on Human Rights, are indissociable from democracy, as they ...

In May 2024, former European Parliament President Pat Cox described enlargement as perhaps the 'EU's most powerful, transformative and successful policy tool over the past five decades'.

The UK's withdrawal from the EU on 31 January 2020 was followed by a period of tense relations, mainly around the issues concerning implementation of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland.

Since the 2015 migration crisis, the EU has been looking at various forms of external cooperation that could potentially drive migration management outside the EU's external borders.

The final plenary session of 2024 takes place in Strasbourg from 16 December.

The notion of information integrity has been gaining ground in international and multilateral forums in recent years.

The European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) is organising the fifth European Gender Equality Week from 9 to 13 December 2024.