Access Info Europe promotes and protects the right of access to information in Europe. Access Info runs a range of projects designed to leverage the right to information in order to increase participation and accountability, to defend human rights, and to advance democracy. Access Info Europe runs the RTI Rating, which measures the strength of access to information laws globally, and the Legal Leaks Toolkit to support journalists.

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.

Identify the European political parties and political foundations recognised and funded by the EU and understand the rules governing them. These parties and foundations are linked to the political groups in the European Parliament but are distinct legal entities. MEPs from the same political group may be affiliated to different European political parties. See also EP Political Groups.

The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is the EU's external auditor. The ECA audits the EU's finances and produces special reports auditing EU policies. The ECA’s special reports set out the results of its audits of EU policies of significant political and public interest. Read these reports to get an independent of the effectiveness, efficiency and integrity of important EU policies.

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...

Find information about EU legislation with European Economic Area (EEA) relevance and is likely to apply to EEA members (Iceland, Liechtensteing and Norway). Track its incorporation into the EEA Agreement.

Access information on European Free Trade Association (EFTA) and the European Economic Area (EEA). EFTA is the organisation set up to promote free trade and economic integration between the EU and Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. The EEA brings together EU Member States and three of the four EFTA members (Iceland, Liechtensteing and Norway) in the European single market, also called the Internal Market.

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.

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Advisory body representing regional and local authorities. The Commission and the Council must consult the CoR on legislative proposals that have impacts at regional or local level. The CoR monitors the respect of the principle of subsidiarity; see also the REGPEX tool.

Advisory body representing employers, trade unions and other civil society organisations. The EESC gives opinions on proposed EU legislation and policies to the Commission, the Council and the European Parliament.

Register of EU law, EU case law and parliamentary questions. Includes a feature to search by EU lawmaking procedures. Also includes a register of national law and case law of Member states.

Find opinions from regional parliaments on proposed EU legislation, in particular with regards to the respect of the principle of subsidiarity. See also IPEX for information on the scrutiny of legislative proposals by national parliaments. See also the 'Subsidiarity control mechanism' tool in the Commission toolbox.

Find opinions from national parliaments on proposed EU legislation, in particular with regards to the respect of the principle of subsidiarity. Also provides a calendar of interparliamentary conferences and meetings. See also the 'Subsidiarity control mechanism' tool in the Commission toolbox. See also REGPEX for information on the scrutiny of legislative proposals by the Committee of Regions.

Access the websites of the EU's decentralised Agencies, European Supervisory Authorities (ESAs) and Joint Undertakings (JUs) that comprise the EU Agencies Network (EUAN). Agencies implement EU policies in various policy areas, ESAs supervise the financial sector, JUs are public-private research partnerships.