Topical Digests

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Recognising a need for targeted information on topics which are high on the EU agenda, topical digests are short primers providing links to European Parliamentary Research Service publications. Topical digests aim to provide Members of the European Parliament and their offices with quick access to the most pertinent and up-to-date information on the salient aspects of European Union policy issues, by collecting all relevant publications in one place.

Topical Digests are ready-to-print, and therefore, a QR code accompanies each short description of a publication, which opens a PDF version of the publication. In addition, we provide a list of further reading material and a link to relevant graphs and tables available in the EPRS Graphics Warehouse.

All Topical Digests are published on this blog, displayed according to policy area to facilitate browsing.

Economic and Social Policies
Digital Policies	The EU’s digital challenges , October 2023
Economics and Monetary Issues	Is Next Generation EU delivering? , September 2024 Economic, social, budgetary, and environmental policies , February 2021 OECD Forum 2017: Bridging Divides , May 2017 Tax Transparency , April 2016
Energy	‘Clean energy for all Europeans’ legislative package , May 2018 Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy , February 2018 Clean Energy Financing , October 2017 Sustainable Energy , June 2016
Environment	World Oceans Day 2022 , June 2021 Our climate, our future! , March 2021 Economic, social, budgetary, and environmental policies , February 2021 ECPRD seminar 2019 – Oceans , October 2019 Circular Economy , April 2018 Implementing the Paris Agreement – EU and global climate action , November 2017
Internal Market and Customs Union	Copyright reform , May 2017
Financial and Banking Issues	Tax Transparency , April 2016
Public Health	World Health Summit , October 2016 Digital Health , June 2016
Research Policy	Conference on the Future of Europe: ‘Digital’ topic , January 2022 Research and transport policy , April 2019 High-level conference: EU research and innovation in our daily life , November 2018 High-level conference: Shaping our digital future , April 2018 Digital Health , June 2016
Social Policy	EU policy for persons with disabilities , November 2024 Economic, social, budgetary, and environmental policies , February 2021 Social Summit – Gothenburg 2017 , November 2017
Taxation	Tax: tackling tax avoidance and fighting tax evasion , December 2017
Institutional and Legal Affairs
Area of Freedom, Security and Justice	EU Internal Security , February 2026 The EU’s migratory challenge , January 2025 EU policies to fight crime , September 2024 EESC Civil Society Days 2023 , January 2023 Children’s rights , October 2025 Fundamental rights and non-discrimination , May 2022 Article 17 TFEU: Dialogue with churches, religious associations, and philosophical and non-confessional organisations , November 2022 High-level Conference on Migration and Asylum in Europe , June 2021 The evaluation of Eurojust activities , November 2020 Migrants and refugees: The external dimension , November 2020 United Kingdom Withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) , February 2020 30 Anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child , November 2019 The EU and law enforcement action , September 2019 The EU and Counter-Terrorism , September 2017 Truth, the media and the public sphere , May 2017 Digest on Equality and diversity in the EU , April 2017 Migration, Human Rights and Security Nexus , October 2016 EU Border Package , June 2016
EU Democracy, Institutional and Parliamentary Law	Your Europe, Your Say! 2026 , December 2025 European Parliament , SDGs: The EU and the Sustainable Development Goals , July 2025 September 2024 European elections , January 2024 Policy coherence for (sustainable) development , November 2023 International Youth Day 2023 , July 2023 Citizens expectations emerging from the Conference on the Future of Europe , May 2022 Lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic , January 2023 Future of Europe – EPRS Ideas Papers , May 2021 Conference on the Future of Europe , 2021 Better law making from a digital perspective , October 2020 Together for the future of Europe , September 2020 Future of Europe , July 2020 Conference on the Future of Europe , March 2020 Towards cyber-secure European Parliament elections , April 2019 Future of Europe , July 2018 Public Opinion and EU Policies , October 2016
EU Law: Legal Systems and Acts	The first Annual Rule of Law Report by the Commission and the role of national Parliaments , November 2020 Rule of Law , October 2023
Gender Issues, Equality and Diversity	Gender equality across policy areas , March 2026 Gender Issues, Equality and Diversity , July 2024 Gender-based violence , November 2023 Gender equality , October 2021 We are strong: women leading the fight against Covid-19 , March 2021 Minority SafePack – one million signatures for diversity in Europe , October 2020 Gender equality: a review of progress , October 2020 Women in politics , March 2019
Structural and Cohesion Policies
Agriculture and Rural Development	Future of food and farming , April 2018 EU Rural development policy , September 2016
Culture	Multilingualism Day 2023 , September 2023 International Holocaust Remembrance Day , January 2023 International Day of Education , January 2022 Multilingualism in the EU: Rising to the challenge , October 2018 Cultural heritage: What Europe does for me , June 2018 Cultural heritage in Europe: linking past and future , June 2018 Culture, heritage and education ( EN \| FR \| DE ) , March 2018 European Cinema , February 2017 Erasmus+, Creative Europe, Europe for Citizens , September 2016
Education	European Week of Sport 2021 , March 2021 Education – for everyone? , November 2019 EuropCom conference , November 2019 European week of sport , September 2019 EU sport policy & issues , September 2017 Lifelong learning: flexible pathways and skills acquisition , October 2016
Fisheries	Women in fisheries , September 2021 Sustainable management of external fishing fleets , February 2019
Regional Development	European Week of cities and regions – 2025 , September 2023 Cohesion policy and European Green Deal , May 2021 Covenant of mayors 2020 , February 2020 Macro-regional strategies , October 2016
Tourism	World Tourism Day 2021 , April 2021 Relaunching tourism amid coronavirus , April 2021 High-level conference on tourism , September 2017
Transport	European Mobility Week 2021 , September 2021 Research and transport policy , April 2019 Railway policies in the EU , December 2016 Aviation policy , October 2016
International Relations
Development and Humanitarian Aid	European Development Days 2018 , June 2018 Humanitarian Summit , May 2016
Foreign Affairs	EU Transatlantic Relations , November 2024 United States , November 2024 Russia’s war on Ukraine: Background , February 2024 EU-China relations , January 2024 EU-India relations , January 2024 EU restrictive measures , November 2023 EU-Canada relations , November 2023 Latin America and the Caribbean , July 2023 Latin America , June 2023 The EU and sub-Saharan Africa , March 2023 Russia’s war on Ukraine: The EU’s humanitarian response , February 2023 Multilateralism , January 2023 India , January 2023 EU-Africa , November 2022 ASEAN AND THE INDO-PACIFIC , February 2022 Relations with Turkey , February 2022 Relations with the United Kingdom , February 2022 Africa , January 2022 EU in the world , January 2022 EU Integration of the Western Balkans , July 2021 EU and the United Nations , June 2021 Migrants and refugees: The external dimension , November 2020 United Kingdom Withdrawal from the EU (Brexit) , February 2020 Western Balkans in the spotlight , May 2018 High-level conference: Towards a renewed partnership with Africa ( EN \| FR ) , November 2017 The EU and the enlargement countries , June 2017 Truth, the media and the public sphere , May 2017 The Syrian crisis and its regional impact , April 2017 Truth, the media and the public sphere , February 2017 Japan , January 2017 EU-Russia relations , October 2016 BRICS Summit 2016 , October 2016 World Health Summit , October 2016 Global Strategy for the European Union , July 2016 Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa , June 2016
Human Rights	Latin America , February 2022 Ilham Tohti, 2019 Sakharov Prize Lauteate , December 2019 Oleg Sentsov, 2018 Sakharov Prize Laureate , November 2019 High-level conference: 70th Anniversary of Universal Declaration of Human Rights , November 2018 Migration, Human Rights and Security Nexus , October 2016
International Trade	Trade and Investment Agreements , August 2025 International Trade , February 2025 Latin America , February 2022 CETA: Agreement with Canada , February 2017 China, the WTO and global trade , December 2016 BRICS Summit 2016 , October 2016 China’s MES debate , May 2016
Security and Defence	EU Internal Security , January 2024 Security and Defence , February 2022 EU in the World , June 2021 Security and Defence in the spotlight , April 2019 Migration, Human Rights and Security Nexus , October 2016 Global Strategy for the European Union , July 2016 NATO Summit 2016 , July 2016 The EU and Counter-Terrorism , September 2017 Transformations in the Middle East and North Africa , June 2016
EU Financing / Budgetary Affairs
	EU long-term budget: Does the EU have enough resources to finance its priorities? , September 2023 2021-2027 MFF and NGEU , April 2021 Economic, social, budgetary, and environmental policies , February 2021 2021-2027 MFF , January 2020 How the EU Budget is spent , April 2019
Policy Cycle
	Rolling check-lists for scrutiny , March 2018
Special Committees (2020)
	Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in a Digital Age (AIDA) , September 2020 Special Committee on Foreign Interference in all Democratic Processes in the European Union, including Disinformation (INGE) , March 2022 Committee of Inquiry on the Protection of Animals during Transport (ANIT) , September 2020 Special Committee on Beating Cancer (BECA) , September 2020 Subcommittee on Tax Matters (FISC) , September 2020

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