Month: January 2026

The Social Situation Monitor is pleased to announce two newly published research notes presenting empirical evidence on relevant social and labour market developments in Europe. How clustered are disadvantages among older Europeans?: This research note shows that recognising how disadvantages cluster across multiple active ageing dimensions not only reveals that many older Europeans continue to face overlapping challenges, […]

ISIN EU000A4EG021 EU000A4D8KD2 EU000A4EJF17 Competitive auction 26/01/2026 26/01/2026 26/01/2026 Settlement competitive auction 28/01/2026 28/01/2026 28/01/2026 Non-competitive auction 27/01/2026 27/01/2026 27/01/2026 Settlement non-competitive auction 29/01/2026 29/01/2026 29/01/2026 Maturity 14/10/2030 12/12/2035 12/12/2040 Announced volume * up to 2500 up to 2500 up to 2000 Maximum non-competitive allocation * up to 500 up to 500 up to 400 […]

On January 21, 2026, Mr. Akazawa Ryosei, Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry of Japan and Mr. Stéphane Séjourné, Executive vice-president of the European Commission for industrial strategy and prosperity held a bilateral meeting on the occasion of the World Economic Forum held in Davos.  At the meeting, both sides reaffirmed their intention to advance […]

The rooftops of EU’s 271 million buildings could host around 2.3 terawatts peak (TWp) of solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity and generate approximately 2,750 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity per year with current PV technology, according to a new study. This would provide 40% of the electricity needed in future zero emission scenarios, underlining how rooftop PV […]

The European Commission has announced its initial €1.9 billion humanitarian aid budget for 2026, at a time when 239 million people need assistance and major donors are cutting funding. Commissioner for equality, preparedness and crisis management, Hadja Lahbib, brings this commitment to Davos today, seeking to mobilise private sector finance and innovative solutions that can complement […]

  This week signs the launch of our new publication, the Quarterly European Employment and Social Outlook. New features  The new quarterly presents a much shorter and condensed part I on recent developments, a new visual identity used for all our future publication products and, most importantly, a fully interactive dashboard with quarterly data. The […]

ISIN EU000A4D85N4 EU000A4EDCQ2 EU000A4EMTG8 Date of auction 21/01/2026 21/01/2026 21/01/2026 Settlement date 23/01/2026 23/01/2026 23/01/2026 Maturity 10/04/2026 03/07/2026 08/01/2027 Volume bids * 1 404 1 314 1 617 Volume allotment * 930 850 1 387 Old outstanding amount * 4 611 3 183  1 292 New outstanding amount * 5 541 4 033 2 679 […]

The European Commission has published the list of members for the third mandate of the Platform on Sustainable Finance. The Platform will advise the Commission on topics related to the EU Taxonomy and the EU sustainable finance framework at large. Following a call for applications in July 2025, the Commission appointed 28 members and 16 observers from both the […]