Access Info Europe promotes and protects the right of access to information in Europe in order to increase participation and accountability. Access Info Europe runs several projects that facilitate access to information for public interest advocates and journalists including AskTheEU.org, a tool allowing to file and consult access to documents requests, the RTI Rating, which measures the strength of access to information laws globally, and the Legal Leaks Toolkit to support journalists.

This tool protects your identity and allows you to contact the Commission anonymously to report possible violations of EU sanctions. EU sanctions (‘restrictive measures’) support the objectives of the EU’s common foreign and security policy. The European Commission monitors the implementation and enforcement of EU sanctions across Member States.

EU sanctions (‘restrictive measures’) support the objectives of the EU’s common foreign and security policy. The EU sanctions map provides comprehensive details of all EU sanctions regimes and their corresponding legal acts, including those regimes adopted by the UN Security Council and transposed at EU level.

Access the Presidency programme, calendar of events and news of the Polish Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Find out who the Members are of the European Council, their political affiliation and understand the balance of power within the European Council.

Map stakeholders and interest groups, the human and financial resources they allocate to influencing the EU institutions, who they are meeting and their responses to Commission public consultations. Review the outside activities and sources of income of Members of the European Parliament. Access national transparency websites shedding light on interest groups in several Member States. See also Transparency Register and LobbyFacts.eu.

Map stakeholders and interest groups, the human and financial resources they allocate to influencing the EU institutions, who they are meeting and their responses to Commission public consultations. See also Transparency Register and EU Integrity Watch.

Understand the division of competences and balance of power between the EU and its Member States set out in the treaties for the different policy areas in which the EU is active.

Access to summaries and easy-to-understand explanations of the main legislation adopted by the EU and of some international agreements in 32 thematic areas, such as agriculture, environment and climate change, development, external action and single market.

Find the results of regular cross-national opinion polls carried out on behalf of the EU institutions and agencies to monitor public opinion and attitudes in Europe on EU-related issues.

Independent online media outlet supporting independent European journalism run by a European press cooperative, with journalists, editors, translators and media partners from over 30 countries. Read news and investigative articles about climate, inequalities, democracy, migration and more in nine languages.

Policy priorities of the European Council for the 2024-2029 institutional cycle focusing on three pillars: a free and democratic Europe; a strong and secure Europe; a prosperous and competitive Europe

Independent and impartial non-judicial body that holds the EU institutions and agencies to account. File a complaint to report maladministration by an institution. Read the reports of the Ombudsman's proactive investigations on systemic issues.

Tracks the political affiliation of the members of the European Council over time.

Register of groups advising the Commission for the preparation and implementation of legislation and policies, and of other consultative entities managed by the Commission.

Access the Presidency programme, calendar of events and news of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the EU.

Short explanation & infographic setting out: (1) how the EU's long-term priorities are set at the start of the 5-yearly institutional cycle through the adoption of the European Council's Strategic Agenda and the Commission's Political Guidelines. (2) how these long-term priorities translate into the annual work programme of the Commission.

Official directory of the EU

List of presidencies of the Council of the EU until 2030.

Access the Presidency programme, calendar of events and news of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU