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 ...

Dark patterns are deceptive techniques used by online platforms to manipulate users' behaviour, often without their knowledge or consent.

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 ...

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

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 ...

In April 2022, a revision of the EU VAT Directive introduced greater flexibility for Member States to reduce VAT rates on female sanitary products. This change allowed Member States to lower the VAT ...

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, ...