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EU Fact Sheets – Human rights – 01-07-2026
The founding principles of the European Union are liberty, democracy and respect for human rights, fundamental freedoms and the rule of law. The EU aims to build human rights concerns...
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EU Fact Sheets – Aquaculture production in the European Union – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains aquaculture production in the European Union. Aquaculture production has remained relatively stagnant at EU level compared with the rising global rates of farmed seafood production. In...
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EU Fact Sheets – Common foreign and security policy – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains the EU’s common foreign and security policy (CFSP), including its legal foundations, main principles, objectives, key decision-makers and procedures, and main recent issues. It also describes...
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EU Fact Sheets – The Solidarity Fund – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains the European Union Solidarity Fund, the EU’s main instrument for providing financial support to Member States or accession countries in the event of a major natural...
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EU Fact Sheets – The European Union and the World Trade Organization – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains the role of the World Trade Organization (WTO), its main functions and ongoing reform efforts, as well as the European Union’s participation in the organisation. It...
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EU Fact Sheets – Biodiversity, land use and forestry – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains what the EU is doing to protect and restore biodiversity, ecosystems, soils and forests. It presents the various strategies on biodiversity, forests and soils, and the...
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EU Fact Sheets – Latin America and the Caribbean – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains the European Union’s relations with Latin America and the Caribbean, a region of 33 countries linked to the EU by deep political, economic and cultural ties....
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EU Fact Sheets – The EU framework for fiscal policies – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains the EU’s economic governance framework, including its legal basis, objectives and the main mechanisms used to coordinate and oversee economic and fiscal policies in the EU...
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EU Fact Sheets – The EU’s fisheries and aquaculture sectors in figures – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet presents core aspects of the EU fisheries and aquaculture sectors through selected data. The tables below provide basic statistical information on key elements of the common fisheries...
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EU Fact Sheets – Chemicals and pesticides – 01-07-2026
This fact sheet explains how EU rules on chemicals and pesticides protect human health and the environment while facilitating trade. These rules cover chemical products, hazardous substances, accident prevention and...