By European Parliamentary Research Service / February 18, 2014

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Graphics on External relations of the Union

Bilateral and EU budget contributions to Ukraine by EU and non-EU Member States, 2022-2025, in € billion and as a % of GDP (2021)

Team Europe financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine, February 2022 to September 2025, in € billion

Canadian GDP growth

Canadian consumer price index

Canadian surplus/deficit (% of GDP)

Canadian House of Commons seating plan after the 2021 election

''Team Europe' financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine from February 2022 to March 2025 — ”Team Europe’ financial, humanitarian and military support for Ukraine from February 2022 to March 2025

Ukraine Plan implementation progress by quarter (2024-2027)

Investments and reforms over time under Pillar I of the Ukraine Plan by quarter (2024-2027)

Expected disbursement of loans and grants under Pillar I of the Ukraine Plan by quarters (2024-2027)

Government support to Ukraine, by country group: Allocations and commitments from 24 January 2022 to 31 December 2024

CO2 total emissions per capita by selected regions in 2023

CO2 total emissions by selected regions in 2023

Top 10 EU trading partners in 2023

Timeline of EU sanctions

EU main trade partners, change in ranking between 2021-2024 (data of the first months of each year)

EU trade with Russia, trade in goods in the first 10 months of each year between 2021 and 2024, in € billion

Support to Ukraine, € billion

Immigration to the UK by origin, 2020-2024

UK goods exports to EU and non-EU countries

EU-UK trade, € billion

Timeline of EU-UK relations since 2020

Signatories of the Samoa Agreement (as of 13 May 2024)

ECOWAS: Membership, languages, currencies and resilience to threats to peace

Share of ECOWAS population and gross domestic product (GDP)

GDP per capita (US$)

GDP growth in China and India (annual %), 2014 to 2025

India's main trading partners in 2022 (€ million) — India’s main trading partners in 2022 (€ million)

BRICS+

Distribution of voting power within the IBRD, 2023 (in %)

G7 and BRICS: GDP in purchasing power parity in 2007 and 2022 (as a % of world GDP)

EU–BRICS+ trade in goods

Figure 3 – EU-Taiwan FDI, stocks, outward and inward, in € billion

Figure 2 – EU-Taiwan trade in goods and services, in € billion — EU-Taiwan trade in goods and services, in € billion

Figure 1 – Seat distribution changes in the Legislative Yuan (2016-2024) — Seat distribution changes in the Legislative Yuan (2016-2024)

Energy and mining cooperation

Russian trade with Africa in a snapshot

Africa's main trade partners — Africa’s main trade partners

Russian arms export to Africa

Russia-Africa military agreements and arms trade, and recent coups

Wagner and Russian interference in Africa

Vote on an immediate end to the war in Ukraine (ES 11/6, February 2023)

Vote on the withdrawal of Russia troops from Ukraine (ES 11/1, March 2022)

Attendance at Russia-Africa summit (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 27 28 July 2023)

US voters’ top priorities

US citizens’ support for Ukraine

Planning for EU financial support to Palestine through the NDICI-Global Europe Instrument (in € million

ECOWAS members' possible contribution to a military intervention in Niger — ECOWAS members’ possible contribution to a military intervention in Niger

Timeline of EU sanctions

Summary of EU-Ukraine 2035 scenarios

Figure 1 – Timeline of EU-led mediation efforts between Armenia and Azerbaijan

Western Balkan countries’ trade with main partners, 2021 (%)

Western Balkan countries: NATO membership and EU accession progress

Timeline of EU sanctions

US$60 price cap and effect

Global exports of basic commodities: Russia’s and Ukraine’s shares (2021)

Main EU and US export controls on trade with Russia since the invasion of Ukraine

Number of Schengen visas issued at consulates in Russia in 2021

Number of Schengen visas issued at consulates in 2020-2021

EU import dependency on cereal

Air passenger traffic in Europe

EU dependency on Russia in gross available energy

Change in cost of food basket

EU import dependency on Russia

Exports of wheat by Russia and Ukraine

Top 5 products exported by Russia worldwide

Harmonised index of consumer prices, (HICP) in percentage points

Annual capacity in billion m3 per year

Figure 1: Weapons and military aid pledged and/or delivered bilaterally by EU Member States

EU sanctions in 2022

EU sanctions in 2022

Representation by state

House and senate – History

House and senate

House and senate – Age

House and senate - New members — House and senate – New members

Women in the US Congress

Women in the US Congress and European Parliament

Ethnic origin of Members of Congress

Religious affiliation of Members of Congress

Cost of the House of Representatives

Voting methods for Congress

The work of the 116th Congress

Staff levels in the US Congress

Composition of Joint Committees

Composition of Senate committees

Composition of the US Congress

Elections to the US congress

History of party balance

Composition of House committees

House leadership

party balance

Senate leadership

Trends in turnout in US Congressional and EP elections

US Congressional agencies

G20 countries: Total GDP, GDP per capita and population in 2020

G20 and G7 member states

Total trade in goods and services between the EU, US and China (in € bn)

EU-US goods trade value (€ bn)

Importance of transatlantic economy on global stage: Selected indicators

EU-US cooperation for renewed multilateral engagement

Health infrastructure in the US and EU

Common areas of transatlantic interest in security and defence

Important links and actors in the digital world

People who feel that using violence for political goals is justifiable, US 2017 2020

Rule of law index in the USA and EU

Historical and projected total GHG emissions according to NDCs

EU, US and Chinese CO2 emissions: Production v consumption

Costs of extreme weather events

Figure 3 – Trade in goods and services between the EU and the UK — Trade in goods and services between the EU and the UK

Figure 2 – Institutional framework — Institutional framework

Timeline of the negotiations

Who can vote in primaries and caucuses?

Map – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Nagorno-Karabakh

Outline of the EU Sahel Action plan 2015-2020

G5 Sahel peace profile

G5 Sahel countries' fast population growth — G5 Sahel countries’ fast population growth

UK citizens in the EU and EU citizens in the UK

Northern Ireland external sales and purchases of goods

EU funding for Northern Ireland, 2014-2020: main programmes

Security situation in Northern Ireland (violent incidents related to the region’s security situation) — Northern Ireland external sales and purchases of goods

Composition of Senate Committees

Composition of House Committees

Senate leadership

House leadership

History of party balance in the US Congress

Staff levels in Congress

The work of the 114th Congress (January 2015 - January 2017) — The work of the 114th Congress (January 2015 – January 2017)

Voting methods

Trends in turnout in US Congressional and EP elections

Women in Congress

Women in the US Congress and European Parliament

Ethnic origin of Members of Congress

Religious affiliation of Members of Congress

Age of Members of Congress

Party balance in the 116th Congress (January 2019 to January 2021)

Women in external affairs in the European Parliament, (%) beginning of the 2019-2024 term

Figure 1 – Types of trade agreements and the human rights claus — Types of trade agreements and the human rights claus

Table 2: Worst performers in terms of human rights and democracy among the parties to EU trade agreements, 2018 — Worst performers in terms of human rights and democracy among the parties to EU trade agreements, 2018

Figure 1 – Commission’s proposed distribution of budgetary allocations to OCTs — Commission s proposed distribution of budgetary allocations to OCTs

Figure 2 – Parliament’s proposed distribution of budgetary allocations to OCTs — Parliament’s proposed distribution of budgetary allocations to OCTs

Executions per country in 2017

Countries that use electronic voting

Countries that use internet voting

Avenues of redress for undue access and use by US public authorities

Redress mechanisms available to individuals

Pacifique : les États membres du Forum des îles du Pacifique ne sont pas tous membres du groupe ACP

Les membres CARICOM ou CELAC ne sont pas tous membres du groupe ACP

Les États membres de l’Union Africaine ne sont pas tous membres du groupe ACP

Turkey freedom of the press ranking according to Reporters Without Borders. Global rank (180 states)

Vladimir Putin in public opinion

Results of Russian presidential elections

FDI in Russia 2014-2017

Russian economy 2014-2017

Russian public opinion and sanctions

Sanctions timeline 2014-2018

Venezuela's recall referendum process

Composition of Venezuelan National Assembly

Timeline of events in Venezuela since Nicolás Maduro won the presidency

Youth unemployment rate in the Western Balkans, 2016

Top 10 media groups worldwide (€ billions, 2015)

Spending on culture in selected EU countries, data for more recent available year

Top 10 partners in EU-28 exports and imports of cultural goods, 2015, %

How to spot when news is fake

EU Member States' contributions to the Madad Fund — EU Member States’ contributions to the Madad Fund

Global landscape of online population

The EU’s financial support and public opinion worldwide

Fundamentals first level of preparation and progress

Enlargement state of play

State of play of EPAs with ACP countries (as of October 2016)

Member States' GNI, contributions to European Development Funds 10 and 11 and to the EU budget (as a % of each total): EU-15 and EU-12/EU-13 — Member States’ GNI, contributions to European Development Funds 10 and 11 and to the EU budget (as a % of each total): EU-15 and EU-12/EU-13

ACP Group of States in 2016 (all of them are parties to the Cotonou Agreement, except Cuba)

Ratification of international agreements in Member States

Bicameral Parliaments - the role of the upper chamber — Bicameral Parliaments – the role of the upper chamber

Possibility of referendum on the ratification of international agreements

Regional Parliaments in the Member States

Top 5 EU Member States in personnel contributions to UN missions out of total, collective EU Member States' contributions (August 2016) — Top 5 EU Member States in personnel contributions to UN missions out of total, collective EU Member States’ contributions (August 2016)

EU-Ukraine relations: key developments

ENI and the EU's Multiannual Financial Framework (€ billion) — ENI and the EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework (€ billion)

European Neighbourhood Policy countries

ENI allocations for bilateral cooperation during the 2014-2017 period (€ million)

Althingi election results, 2007-2013

European Neighbourhood Instrument, 2014 (commitments, in € million)

The regional dimensions of the ENP

The European Neighbourhood

Turkey's geostrategic environment — Turkey’s geostrategic environment

Purges in the public sector after the failed July 2016 coup

Enlargement: state of play

EU chapters: state of play, 2016

Rule of law indicators, 2004-2014

Regional initiatives

Human rights violations by Russia in cases ruled on by the ECtHR in 2015

Current seats in the State Duma

Parliamentary opposition in Russia

Support for United Russia, Putin

2016 US presidential campaign and election calendar

Types of Political Action Committees (PACs)

Contribution limits for federal elections in 2015-2016

Current remaining presidential candidates, ranked by campaign fundraising and spending, and outside spending in support of or against them

Sanctions timeline, 2014-2016

Russian public opinion and sanctions

Russian economy, 2014-2015

Russian economy, 2014-2015 (2) — Russian economy, 2014-2015

Food prices (% change in retail price during 2014)

EU agrifood exports to Russia and neighbourgs (year-on-year % change in EU exports, July 2014-June 2015)

Asylum applications per fiscal year

Total refugee admissions per fiscal year

Top 10 refugee countries of origin 2010-2015

Humanitarian response plans 2016 (US$bn)

Humanitarian response (2000-2016)

The EU contribution to building refugee and host community resilience (29 January 2016)

The EU contribution to building refugee and host community resilience (14 January 2016)

Refugees admitted to Canada in 2014

Refugees admitted to Canada, 2014

Graphics on Security and defence

Top 12 topics in contributions replying to the European Commission call for evidence

Commission call for evidence: Answers by country and by type of stakeholder

Black Sea countries' trading partners in 2024 — Black Sea countries’ trading partners in 2024

EU Member State defence expenditure, 2024, in % of GDP

Defence expenditure as % of GDP, and distance from Moscow of country's capital — Defence expenditure as % of GDP, and distance from Moscow of country’s capital

Defence spending of four NATO countries as a percentage of GDP over the period 1955-2020

Timeline and pathways

Scenario matrix of the drivers 'EU capacity to act' and 'Nature of world order' — Scenario matrix of the drivers ‘EU capacity to act’ and ‘Nature of world order’

Terrorist attacks in the EU, 2010-2023

Key space-related figures for selected countries

Heading 5: Security and defence

FAO Food index in real terms

The 15 countries most vulnerable to climate change

Internal displacement of persons due to natural disasters, 2022

EU energy dependence and consumption

Terrorist attacks and arrests, EU Member States (EU-27), 2021

Recognising disinformation in the EU

CSDP missions and operations

Threats to peace in countries to which the EU sent electoral observation missions in 2022

Largest beneficiaries of EU and Member State official development assistance for government and civil society 2007-2022 (in € billion)

Total EU and Member State official development assistance for government and civil society

Nuclear weapons worldwide in 2022

European Neighbourhood and Enlargement, 2023

Arms embargos implemented by the EU

Peace and security: Who does what in the EU institutions?

Major global actors' military spending — Major global actors’ military spending

EU public opinion on the EU response to the war in Ukraine

International reactions to Russia's war on Ukraine (UNGA resolutions A/RES/ES 11/1 and A/RES/ES/11-6) — International reactions to Russia’s war on Ukraine (UNGA resolutions A/RES/ES 11/1 and A/RES/ES/11-6)

Economic cost of violence outstrips a quarter of GDP in seven countries

Overview of EU joint and coordinated action against disinformation

Threats to peace and security in the current global environment

EPF-funded military assistance to Ukraine, March 2022 to March 2023

European maritime security landscape

Russia's GDP change, 2000-2022 (in %) — Russia’s GDP change, 2000-2022 (in %)

Timeline of EU, US and G7 sanctions against Russia since February 2022

Highest and lowest scoring countries in 2022

European Council's monitoring of Russia's actions in and around Ukraine — European Council’s monitoring of Russia’s actions in and around Ukraine

Russia's military attack on Ukraine — Russia’s military attack on Ukraine

Foreign direct investment in Russia (FDI stocks, US$ million)

Russian GDP growth

Russia, external corporate debt US$ billion

Russian oil, gas production, exports In tonnes (oil)/cubic metres (gas); 2013 = 100

Russian arms exports Estimated value: US$ billion

Sanctions timeline

Sanctions and Russian public opinion, 2014-2021

Events timeline

Conflict in Ukraine’s Donbas: Combatant fatalities by month

Military build-up around Ukraine

Pipeline design capacity vs exports to Europe / Turkey (not including ex-Soviet Union)

Main Russian pipelines to Europe and Turkey

Developments in EU defence under the current Commission

Strategic Compass process and its baskets

Strategic Compass process timeline

Current OSCE field missions

OSCE structure

OSCE participating states and partners for cooperation

African-led peace support operations with ongoing APF/future EPF funding

Military CSDP operations

New START compliance

Arms control, total warhead numbers, defence expenditure

Arms control, confidence and security building measures timeline

Global warhead stockpiles (2019)

New START Treaty limits

Figure 1 – The pros and cons of QMV in foreign and security policy

PESCO projects, participants and EDIDP funding

Defence disruptions by domain

Threats to peace and security in the current global environment

Normandy Index, 2020

CSDP missions and operations Force generation and contribution against Covid-19

Non-exhaustive mapping of cyber stakeholders

European countries with cyber strategies and representatives

Women in foreign and defence ministerial positions in the EU, 2019

Threats to peace and security in the current global environment

INF timeline

The Western Balkan route

Defence expenditure estimates for 2017 (% GDP)

CSDP missions/operations and the state of peace

Countries targeted by an EU arms embargo

Defence spending in the EU, 2014-2016

Figure 1 – EU-28 2017 defence budgets (€ million) — EU-28 2017 defence budgets

nuclear weapons worldwide

Who does what in the EU institutions?

Members of EU, NATO and PESCO

Threats to peace and security recognised in strategic documents

Approximate schedule of events

Trends in energy demand

Change in military spending of major global actors in the past decade

Table 1- Key characteristics of ballistic and cruise missiles — Key characteristics of ballistic and cruise missiles

Components of the peace agreement

Phases in the current peace process

Understanding nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles

Instrument contributing to stability and peace indicative financial allocations, MFF 2014-2020

Oil and security

Asylum applications in Serbia in the first half of 2016

Instrument contributing to stability and peace projects, distribution of funds per region

North Korea crisis timeline 2016-2017

Authorities involved in the asylum procedure

Cutting ISIL-Da’esh’s cash flow

The EU in a contested World

Change in crude oil export revenue (2016projection-2014 annualised)

Capacity building in the EU's missions and operations — Capacity building in the EU’s missions and operations

Map of 2014 production of petroleum and other liquids

Graphics on Aid and development

Top recipients of US ODA, compared with aid from Team Europe 2023

US ODA by sector Commitments, 2023, share of total (%)

Team Europe, US and UK ODA between 2013 and 2023 Disbursements, 2013-2023, constant prices, US$ billion

Team Europe ODA by sector Commitments, 2023, share of total (%)

Main donors of ODA worldwide Disbursements, 2023, share of total (%)

Food system contradictions

Acute food insecurity by key drivers (2023)

Hunger and food insecurity in 2022

Minimum wages in EU Member States, July 2020 (€ per month)

Minimum wages in EU Member States, July 2020 (PPS per month)

In July 2014, the proportion of minimum wages in median earnings across Member States varied from 40 % (Estonia) to 66 % (Portugal) (see Map 3). On the basis of the level of their national gross monthly minimum wages expressed as a proportion of the median gross monthly earnings, Eurostat categorised Member States in three different groups: Group I: the proportion of minimum wages in median earnings was above 60 %: Portugal, Slovenia and France; Group II: the proportion of minimum wages in median earnings was between 60 % and 50 %: Luxembourg, Hungary, Bulgaria, Netherlands, Belgium, Poland, Germany (data 2015), Latvia, Romania, Lithuania and Malta; Group III: the proportion of minimum wages in median earnings was below 50 %: Czechia, Ireland and Estonia. — Minimum wages in EU Member States expressed as a percentage of the median gross monthly earnings, 2014 (%)

Numbers of acutely food-insecure people by key driver (2019)

Evolution of global poverty

EU support for human development (2017)

Decline in fertility in Africa

Total population and working age population forecasts: Africa versus the world

Proportion of Africans under the age of 25

A comparison of GDP based on PPP valuation in billion US$, 2014

Agriculture, value added of GDP in % in African countries in 2013

Composition of GDP by sectors in Africa in 2013 (value added to GDP)

Ease of doing businesses, Economy rankings

GDP based on PPP per capita (INT$) in 2015 by African country

GDP growth in % 1961-2011

Gross government debt (% of GDP) by country – IMF estimates for 2015

Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP) in Africa, 1974-2011

Les types de relations de l’Union et de son voisinage

Engagements financiers europeens dans les voisinages Est et Sud depuis 1999

Graphics on Human Rights

EU and EU Member States' contributions to the UN system's total budget in 2022 (in US$ million)

EU and EU Member States’ contributions to the UN system’s total budget in 2022 (in US$ million)

Timeline of main restrictions on women's rights under the Taliban (2021-2022)

Timeline of main restrictions on women’s rights under the Taliban (2021-2022)

Russia's 15-year-olds' ability to use their knowledge and skills

Russia’s 15-year-olds’ ability to use their knowledge and skills

Public spending in Russia, Ukraine and the EU on health, education and the armed forces

Public spending in Russia, Ukraine and the EU on health, education and the armed forces

Official and perceived poverty in Russia: A huge gap

Official and perceived poverty in Russia: A huge gap

Income and wealth inequalities in Russia and Europe in 2021

Income and wealth inequalities in Russia and Europe in 2021

Income and wealth inequalities in Russia over time

Income and wealth inequalities in Russia over time

Total unemployment: Russia, EU and Ukraine (% of total labour force)

Total unemployment: Russia, EU and Ukraine (% of total labour force)

Human Development Index scores for EU, Russia, Ukraine and the world

Human Development Index scores for EU, Russia, Ukraine and the world

GDP per capita and its annual growth in EU, Russia and Ukraine

GDP per capita and its annual growth in EU, Russia and Ukraine

Audiences of the six biggest independent and six biggest pro-regime media internet outlets in June 2021

Audiences of the six biggest independent and six biggest pro-regime media internet outlets in June 2021

Registrations under law on mass media by media and ownership type

Registrations under law on mass media by media and ownership type

Main sources of information

Main sources of information

Figure 1 – Countries that have EU/UN sanctions against them for human rights violations

Countries that have EU/UN sanctions against them for human rights violations

Awareness that Holocaust denial is criminalised in the EU

Awareness that Holocaust denial is criminalised in the EU

The perception that Holocaust denial is a problem

The perception that Holocaust denial is a problem

Perception of Holocaust teaching in schools

Perception of Holocaust teaching in schools

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