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Policy Departments’ Monthly Highlights April 2024
Collection of studies prepared by Policy Department C for the PEGA Committee
Committee of Inquiry to investigate the use of Pegasus and equivalent surveillance spyware (PEGA) was set up on 10 March 2022. Chaired by MEP Jeroen LENAERS, PEGA Committee investigated infringements and maladministration in application of EU law in relation to the use of Pegasus and equivalent spyware surveillance software. Spyware and other hacking techniques are critical threats to privacy, data protection and democracy in the EU. They serve oppressive agendas against journalists, political activists ...
Obstetric and gynaecological violence in the EU - Prevalence, legal frameworks and educational guidelines for prevention and elimination
This study presents an overview of how the issue of obstetric and gynaecological violence is currently being apprehended in the EU. Based on research carried out across the EU 27 Member States, it identifies issues and challenges; looks at the legal framework currently applicable to this form of violence; examines ongoing political and legal developments; and gathers initiatives carried out at the national level to improve understanding and prevention of this form of gender-based violence by healthcare ...
El Fondo de Cohesión
El Fondo de Cohesión se creó en 1994 y financia proyectos medioambientales y de redes transeuropeas en los Estados miembros cuya renta nacional bruta per cápita es inferior al 90 % de la media de la Unión.
La nomenclatura común de unidades territoriales estadísticas (NUTS)
La Unión Europea ha creado una nomenclatura común de unidades territoriales estadísticas, denominada «NUTS», con el objetivo de permitir la recopilación, generación y difusión de estadísticas regionales armonizadas en la Unión. Este sistema jerárquico se utiliza, asimismo, en los análisis socioeconómicos de las regiones y en la formulación de las intervenciones en el contexto de la política de cohesión de la Unión.
El programa PEACE PLUS para Irlanda del Norte
El programa PEACE PLUS de la Unión tiene por objeto apoyar la paz y la reconciliación y promover la cooperación y la estabilidad social, económica y regional en Irlanda del Norte y en la región fronteriza de Irlanda.
The European Parliament and the CFSP Budget - The case of the Rapid Deployment Capacity
Faced with the need to provide long-term support to Ukraine and upgrade its own defence, the EU is revisiting its financing arrangements for the Common Security and Defence component.
Resilience of Democracy and European Elections against New Challenge
This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the LIBE Committee, identifies new challenges to democratic resilience and electoral processes, systematically mapping the EU responses to counter them. The study focuses both on external and internal challenges and assesses the responses of the Union particularly in the run-up to the 2024 European Parliament elections. It also provides specific policy recommendations ...
Analysis of the 100 largest recipients of RRF funds per Member State
This briefing provides background information for the Committee on Budgetary Control on the information currently available concerning the 100 largest recipients of funds from the Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF).
The notion of constitutional identity and its role in European integration
Since the introduction of Article 4(2) of the Treaty on European Union, the meaning and function of the notion of constitutional identity have become an important point of contention. This study, commissioned by the European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the AFCO Committee, examines what the concept of constitutional identity means and how it has been understood in various EU Member States. It assesses the impact of this concept on ...