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Although the #BalticSea multiannual plan helped reduce fishing pressure, it has not succeeded in restoring key stocks above sustainable biomass levels

🔎 link.europa.eu/Kvq4wp 

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Infographic on the state of the Baltic Sea environment, showing the results of assessments carried out during the period 2016-2021. It illustrates the proportion of the Baltic Sea, based on square kilometres, in different assessment status categories.
November 11, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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The human cost of geopolitics in #Sudan runs to many thousands of civilians killed in conflict

What's behind the civil war & political fragmentation?

🔎 link.europa.eu/PRQkMX

@afet.europarl.europa.eu @droi.europarl.europa.eu @deve.europarl.europa.eu
Map of Sudan showing areas controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and other groups; as well as regional countries' support, situation as of 9 October 2025.
November 11, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Around 4 in 10 workers in the EU may be subject to algorithmic management

How will the rise in AI and algorithmic management technologies affect European workplaces?

Our study explores how EU legislation could address regulatory gaps

Read👉 link.europa.eu/MRQGFm

@empl.europarl.europa.eu
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November 10, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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📢 Watch keynote speakers at #ESPAS conference (13 November)

EP Vice-President Victor Negrescu will open the conference and speak on the challenges and opportunities for Europe leading to 2040

Webstreaming, programme & speakers: www.espas.eu/programme202...

#StrategicForesight @europarl.europa.eu
MEP Victor Negrescu speaking during the European Parliament’s plenary session in October 2025.
November 10, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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📣 #ESPAS Annual Conference takes place this week (13 Nov)

It's the biggest EU foresight event of the year to discuss how Europe can prepare for the world of 2040

Join us online!

Programme & speakers espas.eu/programme202...

co-hosted by @ec.europa.eu & @europarl.europa.eu

#StrategicForesight
November 10, 2025 at 8:50 AM
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#COP30 kicks off today in Belém, Brazil

Our briefing examines major economies' nationally determined contributions ahead of COP30

👉 link.europa.eu/Bjw8gc

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Photo of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, President of Brazil, and Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission. On 6 and 7 November 2025, Ursula von der Leyen participated to the United Nations Climate Change Conference, in Belém, Brazil.
November 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Care work is largely invisible, undervalued and carried out by women

The resulting gender care gap has profound consequences for society

What could the EU do to address this gender care cap?

Read more👉 link.europa.eu/3TBmYm

#EUGenderEqualityWeek @femm.europarl.europa.eu
Visual reading '56% of women with children under 12 spend at least 5 hours per day on childcare, compared to 26% of men'. There is an illustration of a woman holding a child, and the logo of the European Parliament
November 7, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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To combat menstrual poverty, the EU VAT Directive allows Member States to apply reduced or zero VAT rates to menstrual products

👉 link.europa.eu/NpVbmm

#EUGenderEqualityWeek

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Heatmap showing national VAT rates on tampons in EU countries as of July 2025.Note: the figure focuses exclusively on tampons. VAT rates shown may not apply to other female hygiene products.
November 6, 2025 at 11:23 AM
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📣 Happening online next week: #ESPAS Annual Conference (13 Nov)

Follow high-level debates on:

✔ Europe’s role in a changing global order
✔ Technology and innovation shaping our future
✔ The future of democracy
✔ Intergenerational fairness

👉 espas.eu/conference20...

#StrategicForesight
Event poster of the ESPAS annual conference on 13 November 2025 reads: 'European Foresight Days: Europe Towards 2040 - Charting a course in a new era of conflict and competition'. There is the ESPAS logo (European Strategy and Policy Analysis System) at the bottom.
November 6, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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What is the European Parliament's role in cancer control action plans and cancer policies?

🩺 Read the study on Europe's Beating Cancer Plan: Implementation findings: link.europa.eu/9qRVCb

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November 5, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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📆 Join the #ESPAS annual conference online (13 Nov)

This is the key EU foresight event of the year focusing on how Europe can prepare for the world of 2040

Programme & speakers
👉 espas.eu/conference20...

#StrategicForesight
November 5, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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This week is #EUGenderEqualityWeek in the European Parliament

📚 Check our list of publications on gender equality across policy areas: link.europa.eu/6F3Vm9

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Photo of the hearing of the Committee on Women’s Rights and Gender Equality (FEMM) on women’s leadership in politics, held on 5 November 2025.
November 5, 2025 at 2:32 PM