Featured news
All featured news are available in the 24 EU official languages via machine translation.
The EU has adopted a new strategy to channel savings into productive investments. For households, this means more and safer opportunities to invest in capital markets and increase their wealth. For businesses, it ensures easier access to capital to innovate, grow and create good jobs in Europe.
To improve our security in the face of rapid geopolitical shifts, the EU has issued a defence package that will strengthen our defence capabilities. It has outlined its vision to rearm Europe and proposed a plan to mobilise up to €800 billion to finance increased defence spending.
The EU has been swift to respond to North Macedonia’s request for help evacuating 15 people with severe burns following a fire in a nightclub in Kocani that killed 59 people and injured 155. Several patients have been taken to Hungary by Luxembourg and Romania is transporting patients to Lithuania.
Learn more
The common principles and values that underlie life in the EU: freedom, democracy, equality and the rule of law, promoting peace and stability.
Discover the EU’s priorities for 2024-2029, promoting a free and democratic Europe, developing a strong and secure Europe, establishing a prosperous and competitive Europe.
Find out how many EU Member States there are, how big the EU economy is, how people live in the EU, and other useful facts about the EU.
Discover what the EU does for citizens, how it protects rights, promotes prosperity and strives to make the world a safer place.
Learn more about the EU in these handy publications on how the EU works, from the euro and law, to history and travel.