Explainers

The EU has adopted various rules to manage legal migration flows, process asylum requests and return people staying illegally in the EU.

The EU cyber defence policy aims to enhance cooperation and investments to better detect, deter, and protect and defend against  a growing number of cyberattacks.

New plant-breeding methods can increase food security and mitigate the effects of climate change. To benefit from these methods and ensure they are used safely and spur innovation, the EU is introducing new rules.

Biodiversity is declining at alarming rates. EU countries are committed to restoring nature and preserving its biological diversity.

Discover how the topics and length of the conclusions have changed between 1975 and 2024 – over 50 years of the European Council’s existence.

The EU and its member states are working on concrete measures to safeguard Europe's security and reinforce the EU's external borders.

The European Green Deal aims to create a cleaner, healthier and climate-neutral Europe by transforming the way we produce and consume.

Revised EU rules to harmonise protection standards and rights for asylum seekers across member states help reduce the number of secondary movements.

Making Europe’s food healthier and more sustainable is the main goal of the EU’s farm to fork policy work.

A new EU asylum agency will increase support to cooperation and solidarity among member states and the EU overall external dimension.