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On Wednesday at 14.30, MEPs and advocates for a free Iran will discuss the events unfolding in the country.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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On Wednesday at 14.30, MEPs and advocates for a free Iran will discuss the events unfolding in the country.
Committee on Foreign Affairs

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Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will brief journalists ahead of a committee vote on Parliament’s negotiating position.
Committee on Budgets

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Parliament’s co-rapporteurs on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) will brief journalists ahead of a committee vote on Parliament’s negotiating position.
Committee on Budgets

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On ignore si d'autres efforts seront entrepris pendant le cessez-le-feu de deux semaines, ou si une session distincte est prévue. Les pourparlers au Pakistan ont échoué, faute d'accord.

Written by Jakub Przetacznik.

The reintegration of Ukrainian war veterans into civilian life presents both a significant challenge and an opportunity for Ukraine’s economic reconstruction. Veterans are facing various difficulties depending on factors such as their educational background, military role, access to healthcare (including psychological assistance), gender and access to housing, especially for those from territories currently occupied by Russia.

Ukraine recently adopted its veterans policy strategy for 2030, aiming to restore the human capital and wellbeing of veterans and their families. It also seeks to express respect and gratitude towards veterans, commemorate fallen soldiers and define the role of veterans in ensuring Ukraine’s security and defence capabilities.

The European Commission’s Ukraine 2025 enlargement report addresses the situation of veterans in several sections, assessing reforms and providing recommendations for progress on the path to EU membership. These sections concern employment and the rights of people with disabilities.

Implementing the veterans policy for 2030 and various recommendations from the European Commission will require further resources to build a lasting support system for veterans. This issue is expected to be discussed during the Council of the European Union meeting on 21 April 2026.

Read the complete briefing on ‘Ukraine’s veterans policy‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.

En Grèce, Pâques, c'est le moment central du calendrier orthodoxe et un incontournable rendez-vous familial. Cette année, toutefois, l'inflation fait exploser les prix du repas pascal et complique aussi les voyages.

- Articles / Courrier des Balkans, Société, Grèce, Guerre Moyen Orient, Religions

Weekly schedule of President António Costa, 13 - 19 April 2026.

The Council adopted implementing decisions making the financial assistance under the SAFE regulation available to Czechia and France.

The EU issued a statement on the ceasefire agreed by the United States and Iran.

Les incursions transfrontalières menées par des islamistes militants menacent de plus en plus la stabilité de cet État d'Afrique de l'Ouest.

Committee meetings, Brussels

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The Hungarian election taking place this Sunday is of major significance for the EU as a whole. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, whose 16-year rule has become increasingly authoritarian, based the election campaign of his Fidesz party on hostility towards Brussels and Kyiv, and has received backing from both Washington and Moscow. In the polls, however, he is trailing behind opposition candidate Péter Magyar and his Tisza party.

A meeting between US President Donald Trump and Nato Secretary-General Mark Rutte on Wednesday has failed to mend the rifts within the alliance. Rutte said afterwards that Trump was "clearly disappointed" by the Europeans' refusal to support the US in the war against Iran, while Trump pointedly raised the subject of Greenland again.