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Mid-term revision of the EU long-term budget 2021-2027
The EU's long-term budget is reinforced with an additional €64.6 billion to cover financing for priorities such as support to Ukraine, strategic technologies and migration. The funding comes from a mix of existing and new funds.

What is money laundering
Infographic on the definition of money laundering and statistics in the EU and globally.

Fit for 55: cutting methane emissions in fossil fuels
What do EU countries do about methane emissions? The EU has approved measures to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector.

Capital markets union explained
The EU is working on creating a single market for capital to improve the financing possibilities for businesses and to offer new opportunities for savers and investors, regardless of where they are located.

Fit for 55: shifting from fossil gas to renewable and low-carbon gases
What is the hydrogen and decarbonised gas market package about? How will it help reach climate goals?

The EU in your daily life
Find out how the decisions taken by the EU have an influence on your everyday activities, both great and small.

Industrial emissions
Industrial activities cause emissions of substances which harm human health and the environment. EU countries have set common rules to limit such harmful emissions.

2004 enlargement: facts and figures
A snapshot of how the EU changed in 2004 when 10 countries joined, and the economic growth that followed. Discover more in our infographic

EU-Türkiye trade relations
The EU is Türkiye’s top trading partner.

Why the EU adopts sanctions
Sanctions are an instrument to prevent conflict or respond to emerging or current crises, and to promote peace, democracy, respect for the rule of law, human rights and international law.
