Explainers

How will the EU become more energy efficient? The EU is setting new targets for energy efficiency and savings.

The European climate law makes reaching the EU’s climate goal of reducing EU emissions by at least 55% by 2030 a legal obligation. EU countries have adopted new legislation to achieve this goal and make the EU climate-neutral by 2050.

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 EU allows member states to use the national escape clause to give them additional budgetary flexibility to boost defence spending in response to rising security threats.

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.