For the ninth consecutive year, EPRS started the year by asking its own policy analysts to present issues that are likely to shape the coming 12 months. On 16 January 2025, it hosted a roundtable ...

A new year means a new start at the European Parliament, with the January session agenda seeing Members welcoming a new EU Council presidency and considering a number of current and foreign affairs ...

The Baltic is characterised by its mixture of marine and fresh water, making it a living space for a relative low number of species. The Baltic has several unique features, comprising a mixture of ...

While for sprat there is only one stock, the cod species splits into the eastern Baltic cod and the western Baltic cod; the herring species splits into the western herring, the central Baltic herring, ...

Written by Polona Car with Filippo Cassetti. Dark patterns are deceptive techniques used by online platforms to manipulate users’ behaviour, often without their knowledge or consent. The EU regulatory ...

Housing systems vary greatly among EU countries – in terms of their purpose, ownership and tenure, types of providers, categories of beneficiaries, funding and subsidised rent arrangements. All across ...

This briefing is part of an EPRS series on national parliaments and EU affairs. Each offers an overview of the structure of a given EU Member State’s national parliament and how it processes, ...

Equality between men and women is one of the key foundational principles of the European Union.

Building a European defence union is at the top of the EU policy agenda and is essential to shielding EU citizens' security and wellbeing from current and future geopolitical threats. A study of the ...

This EPRS publication seeks to put into context and offer insights on 10 key issues and policy areas that have the potential to feature prominently in public debate and on the political agenda of the ...