Explainers

The EU has introduced a set of rules to manage migration more effectively and establish a common European asylum system. This system ensures efficient and uniform procedures, and solidarity and fair responsibility-sharing between member states.

The EU is committed to safeguarding forests and improving their ability to withstand climate and environmental challenges.

The carbon border adjustment mechanism ensures that non-EU producers face the same carbon costs as EU producers when selling goods in the EU.

The EU and Egypt have a strong and longstanding relationship with growing cooperation. The EU-Egypt strategic partnership focuses on six pillars, including trade.

The package proposes measures to better connect companies and investors, improve funding and investment opportunities for retail investors, and further integrate capital markets.

The EU regulation on asylum and migration management sets rules for determining which member state should examine an asylum application. It also ensures fair sharing of responsibility through a mandatory but flexible solidarity system.

The EU has established rules to limit costs for consumers when calling and sending text messages to and from other EU countries, and when using data and accessing online content throughout the EU.

The EU is the Republic of Korea's largest foreign direct investor, ahead of Japan and the USA.

The EU has the toughest data protection rules in the world. Protection of personal data is considered a fundamental right in the EU.

Human trafficking, cybercrime, drug trafficking and environmental crime are among the threats the EU tackles through EMPACT, its multidisciplinary platform for coordinating action against the most serious organised crime networks.