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On 11 September 2026, new reporting obligations under the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) take effect across the EU. The Act will strengthen the cybersecurity of software and hardware products with digital elements and better protect consumers and businesses from cyber threats.

The affordable housing act is a new EU initiative aimed at helping countries and cities keep housing affordable and available, especially in areas where people face the greatest housing pressures.

The Commission has put forward a new strategy that will ensure the EU's outermost regions can fully realise their potential, with stronger support, greater resilience and fairer opportunities for their people.

The European innovation act will help Europe's most innovative ideas be developed, financed and scaled up in Europe

On her visit to Nuuk, President von der Leyen announced that the EU will invest €200 million in and with Greenland this year and the next. The EU, Greenland and Denmark also signed a new Joint Declaration to strengthen the common investment agenda, political dialogue and people-to-people exchanges.

Statement by President von der Leyen with NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte following Russia's attack in Leipzig.

Op de Onafhankelijkheidsdag van Oekraïne onderstreept de EU haar niet-aflatende steun voor de soevereiniteit, defensie en het Europese traject van het land.

Op 19 augustus is het de Internationale Dag van de Humanitaire Hulp, een gelegenheid om de onmisbare, onvermoeibare en levensreddende inspanningen van hulpverleners wereldwijd voor het voetlicht te zetten.

Vanaf 12 augustus 2026 gelden er in de EU nieuwe regels voor verpakkingen en verpakkingsafval. Hierdoor zullen producten anders worden verpakt, waardoor het milieu en de gezondheid van mensen worden beschermd. Dit schept ook kansen voor bedrijven.