{"id":38671,"date":"2025-11-03T21:25:47","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/?p=38671"},"modified":"2025-11-03T21:25:47","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T21:25:47","slug":"eu-commissions-work-programme-for-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stm-assoc.org\/eu-commissions-work-programme-for-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"EU Commission\u2019s work programme for 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/commission.europa.eu\/strategy-and-policy\/strategy-documents\/commission-work-programme\/commission-work-programme-2026_en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">work programme<\/a>\u00a0of the EU Commission provides an overview of all that the institution will be working on in the coming year. 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