The European Commission has today granted more than €390 million to 135 new projects across Europe under the EU’s LIFE programme for environment and climate action.
EU states have formally adopted a €115 million programme to provide rapid and targeted financial support to smaller businesses developing emerging and disruptive defence products.
The EU Commission has selected 46 new Strategic Projects across 16 EU member states with a view to strengthening EU supply chains and diversifying sources of critical raw materials.
The EU Council has given its final green light to new laws aiming to simplify security and defence procurement, facilitate defence investments, and support the defence industry.
Only 1 per cent of EU market producer enterprises (hereinafter, enterprises) were under foreign control in 2024. Of these, 59% were controlled by institutional units from other EU countries and 41% resided outside the EU.
The EU exported €48.8 billion worth of goods to Canada in 2025, and imported €33.0 billion, resulting in a €15.8 billion trade surplus, according to data from Eurostat.
Euro-MPs have refused to recognise Russia’s State Duma as legitimate and condemned intentional destruction of any remnants of democracy by Putin’s regime.
