EU Action plan on Human Rights and democracy – one year in

The Action Plan is the EU's key tool in addressing the protection of human rights and supporting democracy in EU's external action. It outlines...

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Energy Union and Climate Action: Driving Europe’s transition to a low-carbon economy

The Commission is working to keep the EU competitive as the global social economic model changes following the impetus to move towards a modern a...

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Joint statement by HR/VP Federica Mogherini, and EU Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn on the situation in Turkey

We call for an end to the use of violence and for continued restraint and responsibility to be shown by the police and s...

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Declaration by the High Representative, Federica Mogherini, on behalf of the EU on the occasion of the Day of International Criminal Justice, 17 July 2016

17 July marks the date when the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court was first adopted in 1998. The EU and i...

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Statement by President Jean-Claude Juncker following the attacks on Nice

"I would like to express my greatest solidarity with the victims, their families and all the French nationals grieving after this cowardly, heino...

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Innovation performance compared: How innovative is your country?

The main findings are that EU innovation is catching up with Japan and the US, Sweden is once again the innovation leader, and Latvia has become ...

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Completing the reform of the Common European Asylum System: towards an efficient, fair and humane asylum policy

The European Commission is today presenting proposals to complete the reform of the Common European Asylum System in order to move towards a full...

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European Commission launches EU-U.S. Privacy Shield: stronger protection for transatlantic data flows

This new framework protects the fundamental rights of anyone in the EU whose personal data is transferred to the United States as well as bringin...

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Commission launches two new financial instruments to boost investments in start-ups and sustainable urban development

Regional Policy Commissioner Corina Crețu said: "Financial instruments are an efficient way to invest in new ideas, bus...

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