Work programme of the Commission for 2025 adopted in February 2025. The annexes list the new initiatives for each political priority as well as revisions, evaluations, fitness checks of existing regulations, pending proposals that will be prioritised or withdrawn, and existing legislation which the Commission proposes to repeal.

Report a breach of EU law by a national authority by lodging a complaint with the Commission. The Commission has the responsibility to make sure that Member States comply with their obligations under EU law. If they fail to properly implement EU laws, the Commission can launch a formal infringement procedure against them. See also the ‘Infringements’ tool.

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.

Ways of working of the second von der Leyen Commission: collegial decision-making process, structure, inter-institutional & external relations, relations with the services of the Commission, ethics, transparency, communication etc.

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.

Access briefings tracking the commitments made by Commissioners of the von der Leyen I Commission (2019-2024) to the European Parliament in their written answers to Parliament's questions, in their confirmation hearings and, in some cases, in subsequent appearances before Parliament's committees.

Detailed calendar of the European Parliament hearings of the Commissioners-designate of the von der Leyen II Commission taking place in November 2024.

Read the biography and mission letters of the Commissioners nominated by Ursula von der Leyen for scrutiny by the European Parliament's committees before a formal vote of approval by the plenary of the Parliament and the Council.

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.

Access the resources of the knowledge sharing platform created by the European Commission's Directorate-General for International Partnerships (INTPA) for development professionals around the world including: articles, projects and events by topic or country; Team Europe Initiative and Joint Programming tracker; communication products...

Political guidelines of the Commission for 2024-2029 presented by Ursula von der Leyen to the European Parliament in July 2024.

European Parliament website of the 2019 hearings of the Commissioners-designate. Understand the process and access the recordings and documents for the hearing of each Commissioner, including the questions and answers, verbatim report and the final assessment of the Committees.

European Parliament Research Service website on the hearings of Commissioners-designate carried out by the EP before their investiture as part of its scrutiny powers. Find recordings and records of previous hearings, the planning of future hearings and an explanation of the procedure and role of the EP.

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.

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