MEPs push for health to be a priority investment in the next EU budget
“If the budget remains stagnant, health will be devastated, as it has been in recent years,” said Christophe Clergeau (S&D, France).
Christophe Clergeau
MEPs clash over rejected smoke-free environments resolution
The S&D blames the EPP for cosying up with the hard right.
EU political groups agree on new, full-standing health committee
In a first, its scope will be strictly limited to health.
Challenged during his hearing, Olivér Várhelyi struggles to convince MEPs
After a tough evening of questions from MEPs, Olivér Várhelyi will be hauled before the Parliament for a further hearing.
French Socialists between a rock and a hard place amid country’s ongoing political crisis
Divisions and frustrations are growing within France’s Socialist Party as it struggles to agree on whether to take part in future coalition talks in the hope of entering government, an approach that risks bringing down the left-wing union that got them…
No to Orbán, yes to Meloni. European Parliament hands out top jobs but cuts out (parts of) the far right
Centrist majority managed to keep Patriots for Europe at bay but backed the European Conservatives and Reformists.
Low-speed zone: Europe’s super crops revolution hits bottleneck
Brussels’ bid to fast-track looser rules for new genetically engineered plants is showing fractures, as more questions than answers arise.
Calls for a Gaza cease-fire divide Europe’s Socialists
Berlin and Madrid clinch agreement to urge ‘humanitarian pauses’ — but other member parties refuse to sign up.
Agriculture must escape the trap set by the European right
The European right is leading agriculture to its grave, writes MEP Christophe Clergeau, calling for the immediate launch of a citizens’ conference on the future of agriculture and food to reconsider the EU’s farming policy.