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Here you’ll find graphs, charts, tables and maps with statistics in the area of freedom, security and justice.

Gap between expectation and current EU involvement

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Here you’ll find graphs, charts, tables and maps with statistics in the area of freedom, security and justice.

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Graphics on Migration and refugees

Figure 1 – Migration routes and illegal crossings to the EU

Irregular border crossings and asylum applications (in millions)

Missing migrants along the Mediterranean migratory routes

Recent migration flows to the EU — © European Union 2020, EPRS

First permits issued for family reunification to a beneficiary of protection status 2016-2018

First-instance decisions 2015-2018, by outcome

Non-EU population 25-54 years by education level (2018)

Age distribution by citizenship - EU and non-EU (Percentage of population, 2018) — Age distribution by citizenship – EU and non-EU (Percentage of population, 2018)

Labour force - non-EU population (% of non-EU population 15-64 years, 4th quarter 2018) — Labour force – non-EU population (% of non-EU population 15-64 years, 4th quarter 2018)

Non-EU population in the Member States (Percentage share and in million persons, 2018)

First instance decisions on asylum (2018)

Top 20 countries of origin (in 1 000 applicants, 2018)

Asylum applicants in the EU (in 1 000 applicants, 2018)

Asylum applicants in the EU (per million inhabitants, 2018)

Figure 1 – Migrants in the European Union* (in millions) — Migrants in the European Union* (in millions)

Figure 2 – First residence permits per inhabitant in 2016 — First residence permits per inhabitant in 2016

Figure 3 – First residence permits by reason — First residence permits by reason

Figure 4 – First residence permits for occupational reasons in 2017 — First residence permits for occupational reasons in 2017

Figure 5 – EU blue cards granted in 2017 — EU blue cards granted in 2017

Figure 6 – EU blue card holders' main countries of origin, 2017 (thousands) — EU blue card holders’ main countries of origin, 2017 (thousands)

Figure 7 – Residence permits granted in the EU for family reasons — Residence permits granted in the EU for family reasons

Figures 8 and 9 – Employment rates in 2017, by citizenship group, education and gender — Employment rates in 2017, by citizenship group, education and gender

Detections of illegal crossings of EU external borders

Detections of illegal border crossings in the EU and migratory routes

First-time asylum applications and irregular border crossings

Number of resettled refugees by resettlement country in 2017

Top 25 countries in the world ranked by the number of refugees and people in a refugee-like situation, excluding asylum-seekers, living in them in mid-2017

First instance decisions on asylum in the EU-28

Detections of illegal border crossing in the EU

Areas targeted by main migration funding programmes

Top 20 states of non-EU citizens returned to their country of origin, 2015-2016

Figure 2 – Hits related to persons found illegally staying in a Member State who had previously lodged an application in another Member State

Figure 1 – Hits related to applicants for international protection who have previously lodged an application in another Member State

Comparison of EU Blue Cards (BC) and first permits

New data subjects related to illegal stay and corresponding hits in Eurodac

VIS searches for law enforcement purposes

International tourist arrivals in the EU, including projections

Requests and notifications sent through ECRIS (thousands)

Member states implementing the Prüm Decisions on key types of data

New data subjects related to asylum claims and corresponding hits in Eurodac

VIS searches for asylum purposes and for visa verification in the territory

Applications for Schengen visa (in millions)

Alerts on persons in the SIS (in millions)

Illegal border crossings and first time asylum applications (in millions)

Illegally staying third-country nationals, return decisions and effective returns

Regional statistics (absolute numbers) for migrant children, 2015

Children on the Move Globally in 2015 (absolute numbers)

Asylum applications in the 28 EU Member States

Authorities involved in the asylum procedure

Foreign fighters (FF) and returnees by Member State, 2015

Top three main countries of origin for asylum applications in the EU 2011-2014

Migration routes towards Europe, main countries of origin and detention centres

The EU contribution to building refugee and host community resilience (29 January 2016)

The EU contribution to building refugee and host community resilience (14 January 2016)

Humanitarian response plans 2016 (US$bn)

Graphics on Institutional affairs

College of Commissioners by age and gender

The College of Commissioners in historical perspective

Commissioners and groups of Commissioners

Commissioners' relationships with EP Committees — Commissioners’ relationships with EP Committees

Commissioners, Directorates-General and staff

Gender distribution and size of each Directorate-General

Historical evolution of number of Commission staff

Political make-up of the College of Commissioners

Proposals and legal acts adopted by the Commission

Figure 1 – The pros and cons of QMV in foreign and security policy

Figure 1 – Total tweets per EU leader January 2019 to June 2020 — Total tweets per EU leader January 2019 to June 2020

Figure 2 – Total EU-related tweets by EU Heads of State or Government, January 2019 to June 2020

Figure 3 – EU tweets as a percentage of EU leaders' total tweets — Figure 3 – EU tweets as a percentage of EU leaders’ total tweets

Figure 4 – Total number of EU issues addressed per EU Head of State or Government

Figure 5 – Frequency and weight of tweets on EU issues

Figure 6 – EU leaders' Twitter activity on different clusters and individual EU issues — Figure 6 – EU leaders’ Twitter activity on different clusters and individual EU issues

Figure 7 – Tweets concerning EU external relations per EU leader and sub-issue

Figure 8 – Number of tweets by EU Heads of State or Government by meeting format

Figure 9 – Twitter communication by EU leaders on meetings with other EU leaders

Figure 11 – Actual vs potential bilateral meetings between EU leaders as reported on Twitter

Figure 13 – Bilateral meetings between EU leaders who were in office during the full 18-month period

Figure 12 – Extrapolated sum of bilateral meetings between EU leaders, as reported on Twitter

Figure 14 – Extrapolated data on EU leaders' meetings and their reporting on them via Twitter — Figure 14 – Extrapolated data on EU leaders’ meetings and their reporting on them via Twitter

Figure 15 – Key Franco-German interactions as reported on Twitter by Emmanuel Macron and Angela Merkel

Figure 16 – Average EU leaders' total and EU tweets January 2019-June 2020 — Figure 16 – Average EU leaders’ total and EU tweets January 2019-June 2020

Figure 17 – Average EU leaders' tweets on external relations, January 2019-June 2020 — Figure 17 – Average EU leaders’ tweets on external relations, January 2019-June 2020

Figure 18 – Average number of EU leaders' tweets on the MFF, January 2019-June 2020 — Figure 18 – Average number of EU leaders’ tweets on the MFF, January 2019-June 2020

Figure 19 – Average number of EU leaders' tweets on Brexit and Covid 19, January 2019-June 2020 — Figure 19 – Average number of EU leaders’ tweets on Brexit and Covid 19, January 2019-June 2020

Figure 20 – EU leaders' tweets on EU representatives and institutions, January 2019-June 2020 — Figure 20 – EU leaders’ tweets on EU representatives and institutions, January 2019-June 2020

Figure 21 – Average tweets on institutional and cross-cutting issues, January 2019-June 2020

Figure 22 – Average number of tweets by EU leaders who held the Council presidency, January 2019 June 2020

Overview of topics addressed by each head of state or government, January 2019

Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, January 2019

Timeline and key milestones of European Council involvement

Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, October 2018

Turnout in European Parliament elections, 1979-2014

Overview of topics addressed by each Head of State or Government

Figure 10 – Reservations in CETA by annexe and country — Reservations in CETA by annexe and country

Figure 6 – UK imports from extra-EU partners for selected agricultural sectors and share of UK imports in total EU imports from non-EU countries for those agricultural sectors (2017) — UK imports from extra-EU partners for selected agricultural sectors and share of UK imports in total EU imports from non-EU countries for those agricultural sectors (2017)

Figure 2 – UK trade with other EU Member States (in share of total trade with the EU, 2017) — UK trade with other EU Member States (in share of total trade with the EU, 2017)

Figure 7 –Tariff rate quote (TRQ) per EU-27 share of in quota usage — Tariff rate quote (TRQ) per EU-27 share of in quota usage

UK trade with EU-28 and with the rest of the world (2016)

steps to prepare for the special European Council (Article 50) meeting on 25 November

Gender distribution of staff by age group

Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 8 July 2015)

political affiliation of current EU Heads of State or Government

Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 11 November 2015)

Figure 9 – Repartition of UK total trade (2017) — Repartition of UK total trade (2017)

Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 10 June 2015)

Number and average length of co-decision procedures

Current membership of the European Council October 2018

Number of legislative and own-initiative reports

Gender and age of members of the European Council

Historical evolution of the European Council

Figure 3 – Dual citizenship in naturalisation in EU-28

Figure 6 – Migrant population in EU-28 (millions)

Figure 1 – Rules of jus soli citizenship in EU-28

Figure 5 – Major modes of involuntary loss of citizenship in EU-28

number of legislative resolutions adopted in plenary each year since 2004

Priority 8: Towards a New Policy on Migration

Figure 2 – Minimum period of residence required for naturalisation in EU-28 (years)

EP Size and proportion of political groups

Trends in turnout at national and EP elections

National parties and political groups in the EP

Table 2 – Essential elements of EU negotiating position on the financial settlement

Priority 7: An Area of Justice and Fundamental Rights Based on Mutual Trust

Priority 3: A Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy

Timeline of main steps taken in the EU and UK post-referendum, 2016 and early 2017

Expectations for more EU involvement – Differences between Member States

European Parliament Presidents — Data source: The European Parliament (9th edition), Corbett, Jacobs, Neville, 2016.

Size of political groups in the European Parliament by Member State (as of 03 May 2017)

Current membership of the European Council

Evolution of registrations in the Transparency Register since its launch

Number of trilogues per year and per committee

Breakdown of entities registered in the Transparency register

Priority 6: A Reasonable and Balanced Free Trade Agreement with the USA

stage of the co-decision procedure at which the EP and Council reached agreement on individual legislative texts

The College of Commissioners in a historical perspective

Characteristics of the structures and institutions of science-advice systems

Stage of the co-decision procedure at which the EP and Council reached agreement

Priority 4: A Deeper and Fairer Internal Market with a Strengthened Industrial Base

Priority 10: A Union of Democratic Change

Table 1 - Summary of benefits rights for EU citizens in a host Member State under the current EU rules — Table 1 – Summary of benefits rights for EU citizens in a host Member State under the current EU rules

Table 1 UK participation in certain instruments

Proportion of Members in each political group

Timeline towards the UK's in-out referendum on EU membership — Timeline towards the UK’s in-out referendum on EU membership

Priority 1: A New Boost for Jobs, Growth and Investment

Overview of results from studies on TTIP's economic impact on the EU and the USA — Overview of results from studies on TTIP’s economic impact on the EU and the USA

Strengths of the political groups in each parliamentary term

Lobbying regulation in the EU Member States

Step by Step Article 50 of a Member State applicaiton to leave the EU

Priority 2: A Connected Digital Single Market

Impact assessment support to Parliament's committees throughout the legislative cycle — Impact assessment support to Parliament’s committees throughout the legislative cycle

Commissioners, portfolios and project teams

Priority 5: A Deeper and Fairer Economic and Monetary Union

College of Commissioners by age and gender (1999-2014)

Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 1 March 2016)

Legislative resolutions adopted in plenary since 2004

Historical evolution of the number of Commission staff posts

Graphics on Legal affairs

Number of contact tracing apps developed/endorsed by EU Member States

Schengen countries with internal border controls

Figure 1 - EU citizens repatriated under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, to 30 March 2020 — EU citizens repatriated under the EU Civil Protection Mechanism, to 30 March 2020

Figure 1 – EU visa applications and granted visas (in millions) — EU visa applications and granted visas (in millions)

family and succession law magnitude of question EPRS graphic

Summary table trends in crime rates in existing Schengen states before and after 2007

Summary table trends in crime rates in newly acceding Schengen and Non-Schengen states before and after 2007

Key Legal Acts: Area of Freedom, Security and Justice

Graphics on Women’s rights

Female representatives in the EP by Member State

Women in national parliaments compared with the European Parliament

Women in external affairs in the European Parliament, (%) beginning of the 2019-2024 term

Women in foreign and defence ministerial positions in the EU, 2019

Women in the movies - Women behind the camera — Women in the movies – Women behind the camera

Women in the movies - Sexualisation of characters — Women in the movies – Sexualisation of characters

Women in the movies - Characters — Women in the movies – Characters

Women shaping the news and in the news -Public broadcasters

Women shaping the news and in the news -People in the news

Women shaping the news and in the news - by topic by media — Women shaping the news and in the news – by topic by media

Women shaping the news and in the news - Reporters — Women shaping the news and in the news – Reporters

Activities conducted on the internet - Creating websites or blogs — Activities conducted on the internet – Creating websites or blogs

Activities conducted on the internet - Reading online news newspapers or magazines — Activities conducted on the internet – Reading online news newspapers or magazines

Activities conducted on the internet - Purchasing goods and services — Activities conducted on the internet – Purchasing goods and services

Use of mobile devices to access the internet

EU gender gap in digital and media sectors

Female Members of the European Parliament

Graphics on Public expectations and EU policies

Figure 3 – National governments should strengthen school education about rights and responsibilities as EU citizens (%) — National overnments should strengthen school education about rights and responsibilities as EU citizens (%)

Figure 1 – In your opinion, which of the following topics should be a priority for the EU? (%) — In your opinion, which of the following topics should be a priority for the EU? (%)

Figure 2 – Percentage of young people, who chose education and skills as a top priority for the EU — Percentage of young people, who chose education and skills as a top priority for the EU

Figure 1 – Expectations for more EU action than at present: percentage point difference between 2016 and 2018 — Expectations for more EU action than at present: percentage point difference between 2016 and 2018

Figure 2 – Percentage of respondents who would like the EU to intervene more than it does at present — Percentage of respondents who would like the EU to intervene more than it does at present

Figure 3: Perception of EU action as adequate at present: percentage point difference between 2016 and 2018 — Perception of EU action as adequate at present: percentage point difference between 2016 and 2018

Figure 3 – Perception of EU action as adequate at present: percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018 — Perception of EU action as adequate at present: percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018

Figure 2 – Expectations for more EU action than at present: percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018 — Expectations for more EU action than at present: percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018

Figure 1 – Percentage of respondents who would like the EU to intervene more than at present — Percentage of respondents who would like the EU to intervene more than at present

Market share of European films in terms of admissions % in 2016

Investment in cultural diplomacy, 2014, in €million

Multiannual Financial Framework 2014-2020

percentage of respondents who would like the eu to intervene more than at present

Figure 1 – Human rights as the most important personal value, per Member State, in % — Human rights as the most important personal value, per Member State, in %

expectations for more eu action than at present - percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018 — expectations for more eu action than at present – percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018

Figure 2 – Human rights as a value that best represents the European Union, per Member State, in % — Human rights as a value that best represents the European Union, per Member State, in %

perception of eu action as adequate at present - percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018 — perception of eu action as adequate at present – percentage points difference between 2016 and 2018

EU development aid for conflict, peace and security by sectors (2014-2016)

Share of EU official development aid (ODA) for peace and governance sectors (2014-2016)

EU development aid for government and civil society by sectors (2014-2016)

Public expectations and EU commitment on equal treatment of men and women

Expectations for more EU action than at present: percentage points difference between 2016 and 201

Public expectations and EU commitment on the issue of migration

Public expectations and EU commitment on industrial policy

Public expectations and EU commitment on energy supply and energy security

Public expectations and EU commitment on the fight against unemployment

Public expectations and EU commitment on agriculture

Public expectations and EU commitment on protection of external borders

Public expectations and EU commitment on environmental protection

Public expectations and EU commitment on the fight against tax fraud

Public expectations and EU commitment on economic policy

Public expectations and EU commitment on health and social security

Public expectations and EU commitment on the fight against terrorism

Public expectations and EU commitment regarding the promotion of democracy and peace in the world

Public expectations and EU commitment regarding security and defence

Public expectations and EU commitment on foreign policy

Chart 2: European Council meetings in 2020

Figure 1 – Key topics in the European Council on the coronavirus pandemic

Focus on migration as part of the European Council conclusions

Attention paid to Protecting citizens as part of the European Council conclusions 2014-2019

References to different topics related to EU values and democracy raised by EU Heads of State or Government during their Future of Europe debates in the EP 2018-2019

European Council role in the EU policy cycle

Monitoring by the European Council of the Syrian crisis

Interaction between CARD, PESCO and the EDF

The Commission's rule of law framework — The Commission’s rule of law framework

Article 7(1) TEU mechanism (preventive arm)

Article 7(2) and (3) TEU mechanism (sanctions arm)

EU pact on democracy, the rule of law and fundamental rights (DRF)

EU mechanisms to monitor, prevent and enforce EU values

Appointment of judges-members of councils for the judiciary: involvement of the judiciary

New and re-elected MEPs - Age of MEPs - Gender of MEPs — New and re-elected MEPs – Age of MEPs – Gender of MEPs

Share of new MEPs by Member State - by political group — Share of new MEPs by Member State – by political group

Share of new MEPs by Member State - Share of new MEPs by political group — Share of new MEPs by Member State – Share of new MEPs by political group

New and re-elected MEPs - Gender of MEPs — New and re-elected MEPs – Gender of MEPs

Size of political groups in the EP, 13 February 2020

Number of seats in the European Parliament

Size of political groups before and after brexit

national parties obtaining redistibuted seats after brexit

gender distribution of representatives by member state 2018

gender distribution of representatives by Council configuration 2018

Historical overview of Council presidencies

Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 1 October 2019)

Women in the EP and EU national parliaments

Turnout in Member States at EP elections since 1979

Activity in EP plenary sessions in the seventh term (July 2009 - June 2014) — Activity in EP plenary sessions in the seventh term (July 2009 – June 2014)

European Parliament legislative activity, 2004-19

Overview of high-level office-holders since the 2009 EP elections

Key developments in the debate on the Future of Europe (April 2018 - June 2019) — Key developments in the debate on the Future of Europe (April 2018 – June 2019)

Policy priorities of the Bratislava, Rome and Sibiu Declarations

Selected changes in the 2019-24 Strategic Agenda compared to earlier drafts

Differences on horizontal issues between the old and the new Strategic Agendas

Fig 1 - Trends in turnout at EP elections — Trends in turnout at EP elections

Fig 2 - Turnout at EP elections 2019-2024 — Turnout at EP elections 2019-2024

Table 1: Treaty-based roles of the European Council and the European Parliament for high-level appointments — Treaty-based roles of the European Council and the European Parliament for high-level appointments

Figure 1 – European Parliament Presidents — European Parliament Presidents

Figure 1 – Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament (2018-2019) — Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament (2018-2019)

Figure 2 – Member States whose leaders have participated in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament (2018-2019) — Member States whose leaders have participated in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament (2018-2019)

Table 1 – Overview of topics addressed by each Head of State or Government — Overview of topics addressed by each Head of State or Government

Figure 3 – Main challenges mentioned by speakers — Main challenges mentioned by speakers

Figure 4 – Number of topics per speaker — Number of topics per speaker

Figure 5 – Amount of speaking time spent on various issues — Amount of speaking time spent on various issues

Figure 6 – Frequency of mention of topics — Frequency of mention of topics

Figure 7 – Time devoted to each topic — Time devoted to each topic

Figure 8 – Frequency and weight of topics mentioned — Frequency and weight of topics mentioned

Corruption Perceptions Index (2018 index)

Satisfaction of Europeans with the way democracy works in the EU

Do Europeans feel themselves citizens of the EU?

Women MEPs by Member State (as of 31 March 2019)

Figure 2 –Topics planned and actually discussed at Leaders’ meetings and at European Council meetings

Figure 3 – Questions in Leaders' Agenda notes clustered by topic and by type — Figure 3 – Questions in Leaders’ Agenda notes clustered by topic and by type

Figure 4 – Comparison between Leaders’ notes and European Council conclusions

Figure 5 – Political concerns of EU citizens

Figure 1 – Leaders' Agenda decision-making process — Figure 1 – Leaders’ Agenda decision-making process

Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament, 2018-2019 — Participants in Future of Europe debates in the European Parliament

Size of Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 29 March 2019)political groups by MS — Size of political groups in the EP by Member State (as of 29 March 2019)

European Parliament legislative activity, 2004-2018 - Legislative activities — European Parliament legislative activity, 2004-2018 – Legislative activities

European Parliament legislative activity, 2004-2018 - Codecision — European Parliament legislative activity, 2004-2018 – Codecision

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