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European Parliamentary Research Service @EP_EPRS 5d

🚜🌾 Why are young people not taking up farming?

Lack of access to land, financing & knowledge are just some of the reasons.

Read the background: link.europa.eu/7MJgxV

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EPRS bar chart showing 1 in 10 EU farm managers are under 40 in 2020: 57 % of farm managers are over 55 years of age, while only 12 % are under 40.

European Parliamentary Research Service @EP_EPRS 6d

🔴 We are live!

The 2026 ESPAS conference is streaming now, join online the EU’s biggest foresight event!

Our speakers explore what European security could look like by 2040.

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European Strategy and Policy Analysis System (ESPAS) event poster for the ESPAS annual conference taking place on 3 November 2026 on the topic 'Europe 2040: What future for European security security?' including geopolitics, defence, energy, climate, technology, economy, and society

European Parliamentary Research Service @EP_EPRS 6d

The 2026 Gender Equality Week starts today in the European Parliament, with a focus on women in leadership.

Check ↓
📋Programme:
link.europa.eu/Rg7jck

📚EPRS publications:
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www.europarl.europa.eu European Gender Equality Week 2026 | Topics | European Parliament European Gender Equality Week in November 2026 highlights the European Parliament's continued efforts to advance women's rights through legislation.

European Parliamentary Research Service @EP_EPRS 6d

💶 How does the EU decide on its annual budget? And how does it ensure that the money is well spent?

Our video explains it all ↓

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European Parliamentary Research Service @EP_EPRS Nov 2

📰 Journalists play an essential role in democracy.

Yet threats and attacks against them continue across Europe.

Today is the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists.

📝 Read what the EU does to protect journalists 👇
link.europa.eu/QBjkhN

eprs.europarl.europa.eu Counteracting impunity for crimes against journalists In December 2013, the United Nations General Assembly proclaimed 2 November as the International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, commemorating the assassination in Mali of...