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2026 EU budget: main areas
Digital transition: shaping the EU's digital future
The digital transition is crucial for the EU's economic growth and strategic autonomy. The EU wants to ensure that Europe fully seizes the opportunities offered by the digital decade.
Global climate action
The EU and its member states work with global partners to advance and finance climate action.
Greener transport
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.
EU-CELAC relations: facts and figures
The EU, Latin America and the Caribbean have a long-standing partnership, marked by strong historical, cultural and economic ties.
How Maastricht changed Europe
The Maastricht Treaty established the European Union, paved the way for the euro and created EU citizenship.
Afghanistan
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.
EU-ASEAN trade
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).
How the EU protects intellectual property rights
The EU has developed strong laws to protect patents, industrial designs, copyrights as well as local agricultural, industrial and craft products.
Water
Water is a limited resource. EU legislation protects water resources and ecosystems, and makes sure that drinking and bathing water is clean.
