Non-Binding Acts

Two resolutions adopted on 17 December 2025 set out Parliament's assessment of European defence financing needs and military mobility gaps. The headline figures, a €800bn capability gap, and only 10 of 27 Member States committed to...
Adopted on 17 December 2025 and now published in the Official Journal, Parliament's resolution formally invokes Article 225 TFEU to request a Commission legislative proposal on algorithmic management in the workplace, with a detailed eleven-recommendation annex...

Commission Sets the Final Deadlines for NextGenerationEU Closure

A Commission notice published today sets out the operational timeline and procedural obligations for the final phase of the Recovery and Resilience Facility. The...

Court of Auditors Raises Questions on the Decarbonisation Fund’s Revenues

The European Court of Auditors has assessed the Commission's proposal for a Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, finding that projected revenues of €632 million substantially exceed...

Euro Inflation at 1.2%: Council Calls for Defence Ramp-Up Without Blowing the Fiscal Envelope

The Council's annual euro area economic policy recommendation sets a narrow course: fund significantly higher defence spending, complete the Savings and Investment Union, advance...

EESC Backs EU Funding for Abortion Access, Considers Denial as Gender-Based Violence

The European Economic and Social Committee adopted an own-initiative opinion calling on the Commission to propose EU financial support for Member States where abortion...

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...

Commission Sets Guidelines on Energy Efficiency Investments

While ultimately non-binding, the new Recommendation by the commission tells planners and regulators what they should take into account before approving major energy investments April...

EU Reopens Anti-Dumping Probe on Chinese Citric Acid

Brussels to reassess duties after industry warns of renewed dumping and rising import pressure if measures expire April 14th, 2026 - The European Commission has...

EU Continues Sanctions on Syrian-linked Officials and Organizations

The Council of the European Union has issued a formal declaration that maintains several individuals and one entity inside their sanction lists April 10th, 2026...

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