Thanks to the border-free Schengen area, more than 400 million EU citizens can move freely throughout the 25 participating EU ...

How the EU is developing a capital markets union to attract funding for companies, increase investment options for citizens ...

The economic and monetary union (EMU) is one of the foundations of the EU. All member states coordinate their economic and ...

The EU firmly condemns Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine and stands with Ukraine and its people. The EU has imposed ...

Everyone is entitled to exercise their human rights, without discrimination.  Respect for human rights is one of the founding ...

Learn how the EU and its member states are cooperating with national authorities on stopping cross-border crime and making ...

The Schengen area makes it possible for EU citizens, non-EU residents and visitors to the EU to travel freely and safely ...

A circular economic model is based on sharing, repairing, reusing and recycling products and materials for as long as ...

The Western Balkans region comprises six partners: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Kosovo*, Montenegro, North Macedonia and Serbia. The EU is committed to the EU membership perspective of the Western ...

The EU’s work-life balance rules enhance the rights of parents and carers through measures that help them develop their careers and family life, such as: At least four months of parental leave per ...

The diversity of life is key to well-functioning ecosystems. EU rules aim to stop the loss of biodiversity and increase species populations. EU measures are in place to reduce pollution in surface and ...

The EU supports its member states in promoting employment, improving living and working conditions, providing adequate social protection and combatting social exclusion.