European Commission

ALT A yellow poster with bold blue text reading “Incoming! Stronger Digital Rights”. A large blue silhouette of a superhero wearing a cape featuring the EU flag stands protectively over a smaller black silhouette of a person. The European Commission logo appears in the bottom-right corner.

ALT An image showing the EU’s 2027 annual budget of €199.7 billion, illustrated by a doughnut chart. The budget is divided into nine spending categories: Cohesion, Resilience and Values (€75.8 billion); Natural Resources and Environment (€57.1 billion); Single Market, Innovation and Digital (€22 billion); Neighbourhood and the World (€15.5 billion); European Public Administration (€13.9 billion); Thematic Special Instruments (€5.9 billion); Migration and Border Management (€5.8 billion); Security and Defence (€3.1 billion); and Ukraine Support Loan (€0.65 billion). All figures represent commitments.

ALT An image featuring a row of European flags on tall metal flagpoles outside a modern glass-fronted office building at dusk, with a curved cobblestone walkway and landscaped greenery in the foreground.

ALT A digital graphic with a blue-toned background showing a computer screen displaying data charts, molecular structures, and graphs. On the left side, stacked translucent hexagonal icons depict a pill, a DNA helix, and a heart. At the bottom, yellow text reads "Research security" with the subtitle "Safeguarding Europe's research and innovation," alongside the European Union flag emblem in the bottom right corner.

ALT A person wearing glasses sits at the controls inside an aircraft cockpit, with the European Union flag emblem in the upper left corner and the text "EUROPEAN DEFENCE PROTECT WHAT MATTERS." overlaid in the lower left section.

ALT A SAAB fighter jet in flight against a blue sky, with the European Union flag icon in the top left corner and the text "EUROPEAN DEFENCE PROTECT WHAT MATTERS." overlaid at the bottom.

ALT An image featuring European flags flying at half-mast outside the European Commission’s Berlaymont building in Brussels

ALT An image of a researcher wearing protective goggles looks through a microscope. The image features the Horizon Europe logo and text announcing €1.8 billion in funding for 2027 from the European Innovation Council, alongside the European Commission logo.

ALT A scrapbook page featuring a colorized vintage photograph of a young Marie Skłodowska Curie standing next to a table, taped with yellow masking tape. Next to the photo are drawn test tubes and a dried leaf. Text at the bottom reads: "Marie Skłodowska Curie. Born in Warsaw on November 7, 1867".

ALT A scrapbook page about Marie Curie's achievements, featuring a colorized photo of her working in a laboratory, alongside a smaller historical group photo. Typewriter and handwritten-style text reads: "She was the first woman scientist to win a Nobel Prize ...and the first person to win the prize twice".

ALT A scrapbook page featuring a colorized photograph of Marie Curie holding glowing test tubes in a laboratory. It includes scientific illustrations of glassware, handwritten notes, and a famous quote: “Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood”.

ALT The final scrapbook page featuring a colorized portrait of an older Marie Curie inside a Polaroid-style frame with her signature ("M. Skłodowska Curie") below it. The page is decorated with dried flowers and scientific illustrations, with script text reading: "Now is the time to understand more so that we may fear less".

ALT An EU-themed graphic with a purple gradient background and yellow stars. Bold white text reads PRELIMINARY FINDING at the top, followed by 'TikTok’s ‘For You’ feed is in breach of the Digital Services Act.' A European Commission logo is centered along the bottom.

ALT A scenic landscape showing a rustic stone house nestled among tall cypress trees on a rolling Tuscan hillside bathed in warm, golden light. The text "Summer holidays are overrated." is overlaid in the upper center of the image.

ALT On a blue background the text reads EUROPE’S DIGITAL FUTURE in large, bold white and yellow lettering, with the subtitle 'Stronger. Smarter. Sovereign.' Below it are three white icons and labels—AI, Cloud, and Chips—separated by thin vertical lines: three sparkles, a cloud with an upload arrow, and a microchip. A white outlined EU logo appears in the bottom-right corner.

ALT Title poster for the "2026 Update: EU Enlargement" on a blue background featuring EU stars and four custom stars representing candidate countries: Montenegro, Albania, Ukraine, and Moldova.

ALT Summary slide titled "2026 Update: EU Enlargement" on a blue background detailing the progress of four countries with corresponding emblem stars: Montenegro (completed screening, 33 chapters opened, 21 provisionally closed), Albania (completed screening, 33 chapters opened, 4 provisionally closed), Ukraine (completed screening, 24 chapters opened), and Moldova (completed screening, 24 chapters opened).

ALT A woman packing a water bottle into a backpack, surrounded by emergency supplies and text overlay reading "PREPAREDNESS: New guidelines to prepare citizens for growing crisis risks".

ALT European flags flying at half-mast outside the Berlaymont building in Brussels, on the evening of 28 October 2026.