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This study examines the perpetrators and methods of transnational repression within the European Union (EU) and suggests possible counter-strategies for EU institutions. The study explains how transnational repression relates to associated issues faced by the EU, such as foreign interference, disinformation, abuse of migration frameworks and hybrid threats. Whilst the scale, scope and methods of transnational repression comprise a global phenomenon, this problem is specifically prevalent within the ...

Following a strategy of maximum pressure since January 2025, the United States intervened militarily in January 2026, captured Nicolás Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, and arraigned them in New York on drug trafficking charges. After their capture, Venezuelan Vice-President Delcy Rodríguez was sworn in as President. Venezuela's constitution provides for elections when the president is incapacitated, although the deadline by which elections are required to take place is not clear. Trump's message ...

The Commission's proposal for the 2028-2034 Global Europe instrument seeks to ensure a more strategic approach, in line with the objectives of the EU's internal policies – particularly migration control, while taking on board EU and partner countries' mutual interests. It deeply restructures the EU's external financing architecture, introducing a new system of geographic pillars, a global pillar, and a flexible 'cushion', while integrating several existing instruments ranging from development cooperation ...

The 13 overseas countries and territories (OCTs) of the European Union (EU) are islands associated with the EU and constitutionally linked to Denmark (Greenland), France (6 OCTs), and the Netherlands (6 OCTs), on which they depend to varying degrees as non-sovereign countries or territories. OCTs have been associated with the EU since the entry into force in 1958 of the Treaty of Rome. This association is enshrined in Articles 198 to 204 of the Treaty of the Functioning of the EU (TFEU). Its key ...

During the January plenary session, the European Parliament will vote on its 2025 annual report on implementation of the common foreign and security policy (CFSP).

Euroopan unioni pitää ensisijaisen tärkeänä demokratian tukemista maailmanlaajuisesti. Demokratia on yhä ainoa hallintojärjestelmä, jossa ihmiset voivat käyttää täysimääräisesti ihmisoikeuksiaan, ja se on myös kehityksen ja pitkän aikavälin vakauden kannalta määräävä tekijä. Ainoana suorilla vaaleilla valittuna EU:n toimielimenä Euroopan parlamentti on erityisen sitoutunut demokratian edistämiseen.

EU, Yhdysvallat ja Kanada ovat läheisiä kumppaneita, joilla on yhteiset historialliset siteet. Muun muassa kaupan alan jännitteiden kaltaisista monimutkaisista maailmanlaajuisista haasteista huolimatta EU, Yhdysvallat ja Kanada pyrkivät edelleen käymään vuoropuhelua ja tekemään yhteistyötä esimerkiksi ulkopolitiikan, turvallisuuden ja puolustuksen aloilla. EU korostaa transatlanttisten suhteiden ylläpitämistä ja niiden mukauttamista yhteisiin haasteisiin ja siten vakauden ja häiriönsietokyvyn varmistamista ...

In the context of the wars in Ukraine and other parts of the world, the increasingly global effects – material and political – of war make it more important than ever to measure the level of threats to peace, security and democracy around the world. The Normandy Index has presented an annual measurement of these threats since the 2019 Normandy Peace Forum. The results of the 2025 exercise suggest the level of threats to peace is at its highest since the index was launched, confirming declining trends ...

Iceland, a small island in the North Atlantic Ocean, is home to 393 000 inhabitants. Driven by tourism, fishing, and aluminium smelting, its economy is robust. The gross domestic product (GDP) per capita is the 5th highest globally. After applying for European Union (EU) membership in 2009, Iceland suspended its well-advanced accession process in 2015. However, the country's relations with the EU have remained positive. It maintains close economic, political and sectoral ties, largely shaped by the ...

This is the tenth edition of an annual EPRS paper aimed at identifying and framing many of the key issues and policy areas that will feature prominently in public debate and on the political agenda of the European Union over the coming year. The topics analysed encompass, the next long term EU budget, Ukraine's integration into the EU, defence, EU-China relations, the impact of artificial intelligence on the web, the potential of startup companies, irregular migration, climate policy, action for ...