◼ EU DATA SOURCE DIRECTORY
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30 official EU data sources across 9 categories. From legislative archives to lobbying registers.
🏛️Core EU Legislative Institutions6 SOURCES
European Parliament Open Data Portal
data.europarl.europa.eu ↗The richest single source. Covers meetings, adopted texts, plenary documents, plenary session documents (agendas, minutes, verbatim debate transcripts), and parliamentary questions — all via RESTful APIs with near real-time automation.
EP Public Register of Documents
europarl.europa.eu/RegistreWeb ↗Contains references to documents produced or received by the Parliament since December 2001, including meeting minutes, agendas, legislative texts, and resolutions.
EUR-Lex
eur-lex.europa.eu ↗The essential legal backbone. Contains all documents printed in the Official Journal of the EU, dating back to 1951. Covers treaties, directives, regulations, and CJEU case law.
Council of the EU — Public Register of Documents
consilium.europa.eu/en/documents/public-register ↗Contains official Council documents from 1999 onwards; about 80% are immediately accessible online. Includes preparatory legislative docs, meeting minutes, agendas, and voting records.
European Commission — Register of Documents
ec.europa.eu/transparency/documents-register ↗Access to Commission documents since January 2001, including legislative documents together with minutes and agendas of meetings.
European Council Conclusions
consilium.europa.eu/en/european-council/conclusions ↗Official conclusions adopted at each European Council summit.
⚖️Judicial & Audit Bodies3 SOURCES
CURIA — Court of Justice of the EU
curia.europa.eu ↗Full text of all CJEU and General Court judgments, opinions of Advocates General, and case law.
European Court of Human Rights (ECHR)
hudoc.echr.coe.int ↗The Council of Europe's court database — technically outside the EU but essential for European human rights policy.
European Court of Auditors
eca.europa.eu ↗Publishes annual audit reports, special reports, and opinions on EU financial management and the legality of EU spending.
💶Financial & Economic Bodies3 SOURCES
European Central Bank
ecb.europa.eu/pub ↗Publishes diaries, decisions, opinions, agendas, and meeting minutes, plus working papers, economic bulletins, and monetary policy statements.
European Investment Bank
eib.org/en/publications ↗Project documents, environmental assessments, annual reports, and policy papers on EU investment and financing.
Eurostat
ec.europa.eu/eurostat ↗The EU's statistical office. Essential context layer for any policy document — links statistics to policy areas.
🌐External & Advisory Bodies3 SOURCES
EEAS — European External Action Service
eeas.europa.eu ↗Documents produced since January 2015, including proposals, recommendations, working documents, and administrative decisions on EU foreign policy.
European Economic and Social Committee (EESC)
eesc.europa.eu ↗Documents available in electronic format, representing employers, workers, and civil society stakeholders on EU policy.
Committee of the Regions (CoR)
cor.europa.eu ↗Opinions and resolutions from regional and local authorities on EU legislation — a unique subnational perspective on policy.
🔬Research, Transparency & Consultation5 SOURCES
CORDIS
cordis.europa.eu ↗Provides information on all EU-supported R&D activities, including Horizon Europe and H2020 programs, projects, results, and publications.
EU Transparency Register
transparency.ec.europa.eu ↗A database of organisations seeking to influence EU policy-making, including their budgets and areas of interest. Crucial for understanding who is lobbying on what.
Have Your Say — EC Consultations Portal
ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say ↗All open and closed public consultations, impact assessments, roadmaps, and feedback on draft legislation.
Comitology Register
ec.europa.eu/transparency/comitology-register ↗Contains a list of all comitology committees, background information, and documents including draft implementing acts, voting results, and summary records of committee meetings.
IPEX
ipex.eu ↗Online platform for exchange of information between the European Parliament and national parliaments. Covers draft legislative proposals, consultation documents, and material from national parliaments and EU bodies.
📋Legislative Monitoring3 SOURCES
OEIL — EP Legislative Observatory
oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu ↗Monitors the inter-institutional decision-making process from the Parliament's perspective and lets you download dossiers in XML format.
TED — Tenders Electronic Daily
ted.europa.eu ↗The EU's official public procurement journal. Useful for tracking policy implementation through contracts.
EU Open Data Portal
data.europa.eu ↗Single point of access to data from all EU institutions and bodies, free for commercial or non-commercial reuse.
🇪🇺Council of Europe (Non-EU but Essential)2 SOURCES
HUDOC — Council of Europe Treaty Office
search.coe.int ↗Treaties, conventions, resolutions, and recommendations from the 46-member Council of Europe, which heavily shapes European policy even outside EU structures.
PACE — Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe
pace.coe.int ↗Debates, resolutions, and recommendations from the CoE's parliamentary assembly — often the precursor to EU-level policy.
📜Historical & Institutional Archives3 SOURCES
DORIE — EC Institutional Documents Database
ec.europa.eu/dorie ↗Provides access to documents relating to institutional issues and intergovernmental conferences from 1946 to the present day.
EU Historical Archives (EUI Florence)
historicalarchives.eui.eu ↗Digitised Council and Commission documents older than 30 years, held at the European University Institute.
EP Think Tank / Research Service (EPRS)
europarl.europa.eu/thinktank ↗Searchable database of research produced by European Parliament departments covering all policy areas including legal affairs, economy, human rights, and the environment.
🔗Aggregators2 SOURCES
EU Publications Office
op.europa.eu ↗The official publisher for all EU institutions — a meta-source linking EUR-Lex, TED, CORDIS, and the Open Data Portal.
AskTheEU.org
asktheeu.org ↗A freedom-of-information request platform that has catalogued thousands of released EU documents not always indexed elsewhere — a valuable supplementary corpus.