Promoting values through trade: In light of continuous allegations that the Saudi Arabian regime violates international humanitarian law, demands for an EU-wide embargo on arms sales have intensified. While ensuring stable foreign-trade relations for European industries and the active promotion of human rights across the globe, how should the EU strike a balance between its commercial and humanitarian foreign policy aims with Saudi Arabia?
Prepare and prevent: Since 2008, the UNHCR estimates that 22.5 million people have fled their homes due to extreme climate conditions. With the number of environmental refugees expected to increase in coming decades, how should EU policies on sustainable development and refugee protection be reformed to efficiently tackle the causes and consequences of environmentally induced migration?
Hungry for change: With the UN warning that the world is facing its largest humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II and 20 million people facing the threat of starvation and famines, what can the EU do to ensure resilience to food crises and help countries at risk improve food security?
Trading tissue: Increasing numbers in the trafficking of organs, tissues and cells as well as the trafficking people for organ removal put human rights and public health at risk. What measures can the EU take to tackle the global black market for organs fit for transplant?
Swimming in plastic: The production and use of plastic has grown since the 1950s, causing serious maritime pollution worldwide. How can the EU cooperate with other entities to change global consumption trends and efficiently tackle the environmental damage that has already been done?
Protecting a basic human need: Given the increasing relevance of water supplies in international politics and its growing potential for causing armed conflicts, what measures should the EU take to safeguard global water supplies?
Free and equal in dignity and rights! After almost 30 years of trade benefits granted under the Generalised Scheme of Preferences (GSP), how can the EU coordinate an approach to facilitate trade with developing countries while ensuring adherence to good governance principles, human and labour rights?
Power plays: Considering the importance of sub-Saharan Africa as an energy supplier, how can the EU become a better facilitator of sustainable energy development in the countries of the sub- Saharan region while ensuring the energy supply for its Member States?
Citizens of nowhere? With an estimated 570,000 stateless persons living in Europe today, how should the EU assist Member States and neighbouring countries in safeguarding the fundamental rights of stateless persons and in providing them with access to public services and opportunities?