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Okay: - Attached bottlecap - Schengen, expanded to Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria - The euro joined by Croatia and Bulgaria - Air passenger rights (older, 2004, newly updated 2025) - Galileo satellite navigation - EU-Canada trade deal (CETA) - EU-Mercosur trade deal - EU-Japan trade deal - EU-Singapore trade deal - EU-Vietnam trade deal - EU-Indonesia trade deal - End of roaming charges, extended to 2032 - Price cap on calls and texts to other EU countries - USB-C common charger - Geo-blocking ban for online shopping - Streaming subscriptions that work abroad - Payment Services Directive (PSD2), no card surcharges and open banking - Instant payments regulation - EU Digital Identity Wallet - eCall automatic crash alert in new cars - Automatic emergency braking in new cars - EU-Alert emergency warnings on phones - Single Digital Gateway for cross-border admin - No more apostille stamps between member states - WiFi4EU free public wifi - DiscoverEU free Interrail passes for 18-year-olds - Erasmus+ (older, 2014), budget nearly doubled - European Universities alliances - European Solidarity Corps - EU Digital COVID Certificate - Joint COVID vaccine procurement - Health Emergency Preparedness and Response Authority (HERA) - EU4Health - Europe's Beating Cancer Plan - European Health Data Space - NextGenerationEU joint borrowing - SURE short-time work loans - 15% global minimum corporate tax - European Market Infrastructure Regulation (EMIR 3), euro clearing back in the EU - Anti-Money Laundering Authority (AMLA) - European Green Bond Standard - Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) on defence - European Defence Fund - European Peace Facility arms for Ukraine - EU military training mission for Ukrainian troops - Act in Support of Ammunition Production (ASAP) - Strategic Compass and the 5,000-strong rapid deployment capacity - European Defence Industrial Strategy - Security Action for Europe (SAFE), €150bn joint defence loans - ReArm Europe / Readiness 2030 - First ever Commissioner for Defence and Space - Military mobility funding - IRIS² sovereign satellite constellation - EU Space Programme and the EU Agency for the Space Programme - rescEU shared firefighting fleet - 5G security toolbox - Foreign investment screening - Foreign Subsidies Regulation - International Procurement Instrument - Anti-Coercion Instrument - Dual-use export control regulation - Temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees - Candidate status and accession talks for Ukraine and Moldova - Ukraine Facility - €90bn joint-borrowing loan to Ukraine - Sanctions on Russia (older, 2014), big packages from 2022 - Russian banks cut from SWIFT - Russian oil embargo and oil price cap - Russian gas import phase-out - Western Balkans Growth Plan - Global Gateway - REPowerEU - Gas storage regulation - Joint gas buying through AggregateEU - Coordinated gas demand cut - Windfall levy on fossil energy profits - Electricity market reform - European Climate Law, net zero by 2050 - Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) - Emissions Trading System reform and the Social Climate Fund - Renewable Energy Directive, 42.5% by 2030 - European Wind Power Package - European Hydrogen Bank - Methane regulation - Nature Restoration Law - Ambient air quality directive - Drinking water directive - Urban wastewater directive, polluter pays - Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA) - Conflict minerals regulation - European Chips Act - Net-Zero Industry Act - Batteries Regulation with battery passport - European Battery Alliance - Important Projects of Common European Interest (IPCEI) on batteries and hydrogen - EuroHPC supercomputers, including JUPITER - InvestAI and the AI gigafactories - Horizon Europe and the European Innovation Council - Ecodesign regulation, no destroying unsold clothes - Right to repair - Ban on products made with forced labour - Ban on vague greenwashing claims - General Product Safety Regulation - Common Agricultural Policy (older, 1962), current version 2023 to 2027 - Unfair trading practices directive protecting farmers - Geographical indications reform for food, wine and spirits - EU-China agreement protecting European regional products - Geographical indications for crafts, like Murano glass and Delft Blue - Creative Europe (older, 2014), current programme 2021 - Culture Moves Europe grants for artists - Music Moves Europe - European Year of Cultural Heritage - European Capitals of Culture (older, 1985) - New European Bauhaus - European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage - Ban on importing looted cultural goods - 30% European content on streaming platforms - Culture Compass for Europe - European Media Freedom Act - Anti-SLAPP directive protecting journalists - European Public Prosecutor's Office (EPPO) - Rule of law conditionality on EU funds - Annual Rule of Law Report - Article 7 against Hungary - Whistleblower protection directive - European Labour Authority - Work-life balance directive, paternity leave - Adequate minimum wages directive - Pay transparency directive - Women on boards directive - Violence against women directive - European Child Guarantee - European Accessibility Act - European Disability Card - Rail passenger rights (older, 2007), recast 2021 - Trans-European Transport Network (older), revised 2024 - Single Market Emergency Instrument - EU Inc (proposed) - Digital euro (in negotiation) - Next EU budget at close to €2 trillion (proposed) - European Competitiveness Fund (proposed) - AgoraEU culture and media programme (proposed) - Savings and Investments Union (proposed) - European supervision of big stock exchanges and crypto firms (proposed) - Scaleup Europe Fund (launching) - Startup and Scaleup Strategy - Digital Omnibus simplification (proposed) - European Business Wallet (proposed) - European Innovation Act (expected) - Quantum Act (expected) - Cloud and AI Development Act (expected) - Chips Act 2.0 (expected) - Biotech Act (proposed) - Advanced Materials Act (expected) - Industrial Accelerator Act (expected) - Circular Economy Act (expected) - Critical Medicines Act (proposed) - EU Space Act (proposed) - European Grids Package (proposed) - 2040 climate target of 90% (in negotiation) - European Defence Industry Programme (EDIP) - Defence Readiness Omnibus (proposed) - Military mobility package (proposed) - European Drone Defence Initiative and Eastern Flank Watch - High-speed rail linking European capitals (plan) - Single cross-border train ticketing (expected) - EU Customs Authority (in negotiation) - European Affordable Housing Plan - Union of Skills and cross-border recognition of qualifications - EU-India trade deal (in negotiation) - Montenegro and Albania accession - Qualified majority voting in foreign policy (under discussion)