Europäische Union

The European Investment Bank (EIB), the world’s largest multilateral financial institution, has supported projects in over 160 countries, including fragile and conflict-affected states (FCSs). Following Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the EIB adopted its first Strategic Approach to Fragility and Conflict in 2022. While the bank has a history of operating in FCSs, this strategy signals its ambition to strengthen the bank’s focus on state fragility. What is driving this shift and how does it align with the EIB’s traditional emphasis on financial sustainability and risk aversion? This paper examines the drivers of the EIB’s engagement with fragile states through an institutional logics lens, identifying three core logics embedded in the bank’s identity: development, investment and bureaucratic logics. The analysis shows that although development and bureaucratic logics strongly shape the new strategy, the investment logic – anchored in financial prudence – continues to influence lending practices. This finding suggests that the progressive rhetoric on fragility is constrained by institutional caution.

A delegation from the Employment and Social Affairs Committee was in La Réunion to assess youth employment initiatives and to meet government representatives.
Committee on Employment and Social Affairs

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Council agrees position to simplify and strengthen food and feed safety requirements.

The press briefing will take place on Thursday 28 May 2026 at 14:30.

Auf der achten Tagung der Beitrittskonferenz mit Albanien, die heute in Brüssel stattfand, wurde bestätigt, dass Albanien die Zwischenziele insgesamt erfüllt hat, und es wurden Benchmarks für den Abschluss von Cluster 1 „Wesentliche Elemente" festgelegt.

Der Rat hat den Rahmen für die Sanktionen, die auf jene abzielen, die für schwere Menschenrechtsverletzungen oder ‑verstöße, für Repressionen gegen die Zivilgesellschaft und die demokratische Opposition in Russland verantwortlich sind, um ein Jahr – bis zum 28. Mai 2027 – verlängert.