Author: Javier Iglesias

Javier Iglesias holds an MA in International Studies and a BA in History, graduating with Honours from the University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain. He has previously worked in Brussels, at the International Office of the CEU Foundation, where he worked parallel to the work of the Union's institutions, most notably parliament. He also worked at the Spanish Embassy in Ankara, where he was involved in regulatory and political monitoring and reporting. He founded The Union Report in January 2026 while preparing for the Spanish diplomatic corps entrance examination, originally as a structured way to build and organise his own knowledge of EU regulatory output. What began as personal study notes has since grown into a publication open to anyone, including students, legal practitioners, or simply citizens trying to make sense of what Brussels actually produces.

Myanmar Sanctions Renewed as Min Aung Hlaing Takes the Presidency

The EU extends its Myanmar restrictive measures regime until April 2027, amending 33 individual listings and 9 entity entries to reflect the junta's institutional...

The AI Act: New Rules for Artificial Intelligence

Brussels’ first comprehensive AI rulebook, a 144-page Regulation, backed by €35 million fines, has been overtaken by political pressure and missing standards before its...

Four Asian Currency Benchmarks Are Too Embedded to Regulate. Brussels has acknowledged this.

EU investment funds and corporates rely on dollar-rupee, dollar-won, dollar-Taiwan dollar, and dollar-peso benchmarks to hedge their Asian currency exposure. None of those benchmarks...

The Forced Labour Ban Has an Enforcement Infrastructure Now

Regulation (EU) 2024/3015 prohibited products made with forced labour from the EU market. What it lacked was the digital backbone to make that prohibition...

Germany’s Forests Are Emitting More Than They Absorb. This Has Now Become a Legal Problem.

Two instruments published together set every member state’s binding annual carbon budget through 2030: one for land and forests, one for transport, buildings, and...

April 24th – Daily Report

A lighter day in volume. The OJ C series publishes two European Parliament resolutions adopted in November 2025, one setting Parliament's minimum conditions for...

Clean Energy Contracts Have Quadrupled Since 2020. The Commission Wants to Know Why Most Companies Are Still Locked Out.

A new Recommendation names the permitting delays, accounting rules, and creditworthiness barriers that keep long-term clean energy contracts concentrated among large tech firms and...

Five Years of the UK Trade Deal: Parliament Finds it Lacks Ambition

Parliament’s TCA implementation assessment is broadly positive on goods but candid about the stalling of financial services equivalence, the risks around data adequacy, and...

Child-like Sex Dolls Trigger Demands for Action Against E-Commerce

A parliamentary resolution triggered by French outrage over child-like sex dolls sold online calls for platform suspensions, customs reform, and a coordinated EU crackdown...

Seven Years In, the Article 7 Procedure Against Hungary Has Produced Nine Hearings and No Formal Determination

Parliament’s ninth hearing has added Hungary’s ICC withdrawal and 52 unimplemented European Court of Human Rights judgments to the record. The political arithmetic of...

Before the Peace Negotiations Start, Parliament Has Set Its Floor

A recently published resolution shows Parliament’s requirements on a peace agreement between Russia and Ukraine. Its central standard, security guarantees equivalent to NATO Article...

CJEU Sets New Standard for UK Prosecutions After Extradition from EU

The Court examined the meaning of 'offence' under the speciality rule in the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, which limits UK prosecution to offences...

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