This fact sheet explains how the European Parliament contributes to the EU’s support for democracy around the world, including through election observation, parliamentary capacity-building, mediation, dialogue, support for human rights...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCAR) establishes a broad but residual framework for crypto-assets not already covered by existing EU financial legislation, combining rules for stablecoins with a wider...
This fact sheet explains how EU competition policy helps keep the internal market open and fair. It outlines the legal basis, main objectives and key tools: antitrust, merger control, State...
The European Union (EU) is the heaviest-drinking area in the world. In 2019, the average total per-capita consumption among adults in the EU was 11 litres of pure alcohol, roughly...
This fact sheet explains the EU’s water policy and the key role it plays in preserving the environment, supported by legislation that safeguards water sources and both freshwater and marine...
This fact sheet explains the evolution of EU policies to combat poverty, social exclusion and discrimination. At the end of the 1990s, combating social exclusion was enshrined as a policy...
