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Re-integration of war veterans into civilian live is both a significant challenge for Ukraine and an opportunity for reconstruction of Ukrainian economy. Veterans are facing several difficulties in their reintegration into civilian life, depending on their educational background, military role, access to health care, including psychological assistance, gender as well as access to housing.
The Roma are Europe’s largest ethnic minority, which often live in very poor socio-economic conditions. The two last decades have seen major progress in the establishment of EU policies for Roma inclusion. A new EU Roma Strategic Framework for equality, inclusion and participation for 2020-2030 was adopted on 7 October 2020 followed by a Council Recommendation in March 2021. Parliament has been advocating for Roma inclusion since the 1990s.
In a changing world, the European Union’s new economic security approach attempts to connect the many tools available to the EU to shift up a gear, from crisis management to proactive anticipation of challenges and risks. By embedding economic security in key policies it seeks to reduce vulnerabilities and build on strengths to create a resilient economy.
European political parties, established by EU law as essential components of the EU’s democratic framework, strive to connect national politics with decisionmaking in the European Parliament. Nevertheless, they have operated primarily as loose federations of often divergent national political parties, rather than as unified, mass-membership organisations. This briefing examines their distinctive characteristics as sui generis political actors.
The new Asylum Procedure Regulation aims to speed up the processing of claims of asylum applicants arriving from safe third countries.
Ensuring a rapid growth of renewables is central to Europe’s climate ambition, achieving energy security and increasing competitiveness.
The proposed Digital Networks Act seeks to establish a more integrated and harmonised EU framework for electronic communications, in support of the European Union’s connectivity, competitiveness and resilience objectives. Presented by the European Commission on 21 January 2026, the proposal would repeal and replace significant parts of the existing telecoms acquis, while also amending related instruments, with a view to simplifying the regulatory framework and ensuring more consistent application across the Member States. It includes provisions on the transition from copper to fibre networks, spectrum management, satellite authorisation, network resilience and cybersecurity, consumer protection, and cross-border market access.
EU joint procurement has acquired renewed urgency in light of a worsening security environment, yet collaboration remains limited despite record defence spending of in 2025 and longstanding EU benchmarks. The Union has therefore strengthened financial and regulatory incentives to increase joint acquisitions, although political, industrial and governance constraints continue to impede sustained progress.
In 2024, the number of international migrants worldwide amounted to 304 million, representing 3.7 % of the total population, according to data from the United Nations (UN). Their share of the population has gone up slightly compared to 1990, when 154 million international migrants represented 2.9 % of the population. With 94 million, Europe hosted more migrants than any other region in the world. As a share of the population, Europe comes second with 12.6 % after North America with 15.9 %.
On 16 December 2025, the European Commission put forward a proposal for a regulation to simplify the rules governing medical devices in the EU.