Explainers

The Paris Agreement aims to limit global warming and fight climate change. All EU countries have ratified the agreement.

Making the transport sector more sustainable is important in order to achieve the goal of climate neutrality by 2050. The European Union therefore aims to make mobility more sustainable while ensuring connectivity.

The EU integrates new members through the enlargement process once they meet a number of political and economic conditions. Each candidate country needs to fulfil the same conditions and complete the same steps.

The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean have a long-standing partnership, marked by strong historical, cultural and economic ties.

The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union, paved the way for the euro and created EU citizenship.

The EU stands with the people of Afghanistan and is committed to supporting Afghan women's rights and the development of a stable, peaceful and prosperous Afghanistan.

The European Union and ASEAN together account for over one fifth of global GDP and have a population of 1.1 billion (over 14% of the world’s total).

The EU sets limits on the amount of fish which can be caught in EU waters to ensure that stocks are not overexploited.

The EU is committed to achieving a low-carbon, resource-efficient, and sustainable economy. Together with its member states, the EU is the biggest provider of climate finance in the world.

The EU has developed strong laws to protect patents, industrial designs, copyrights as well as local agricultural, industrial and craft products.