To Ursula, with love: Paris sends Brussels the anti-Breton
Franceโs incoming commissioner is a Macron loyalist who prefers backroom dealing to attention-grabbing stunts.
Franceโs incoming commissioner is a Macron loyalist who prefers backroom dealing to attention-grabbing stunts.
Left-wingers rail against rightward shift ahead of showdown with commissioners.
Sakharov Prize goes to politicians who took on authoritarian ruler Nicolรกs Maduro.
Weimer’s comments come when the party is facing renewed accusations of anti-Semitism.
In his answers to MEPs, Fitto sought to dispel doubts about his nomination, reaffirming his commitment to European values and declaring himself a “firm supporter of the European project.”
The upcoming interinstitutional negotiations on the EU budget for 2025 are likely to be tense.
ECR is the fourth largest right-wing group after Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbanโs new Patriots for Europe.
Peter Liese’s resolution will be voted on by MEPs on Wednesday.
MEPs will grill all executive vice presidents on Nov. 12 after a weeklong hearing marathon in the Parliament.
ECR ‘family’ congress set to unite right-wing parties
Italian Prime Minister and European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) leader Giorgia Meloni appears to be bridging the gap between the European Peopleโs Party (EPP) group and the far-right Patriots for Europe group, as representatives from both have b…
Spain’s Vox received โฌ9.2 million from a bank linked to the Hungarian prime minister.
The leader of the far-right Sweden Democrats, Jimmie Akesson (SD, ECR), is now in hot water after a media investigation revealed that he allegedly knew the president of a motorcycle club with links to organised crime.
A document obtained by Euractiv reveals that MEPs are concerned that the objectives of cohesion policy “may be compromised” by possible RRF-style reforms
Czechia plans to push for changes to EU car emission targets, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and Transport Minister Martin Kupka (both ODS, ECR) announced on Friday, confirming that the focus will be on speeding up the review of the internal combustio…
Polandโs Piotr Serafin will face many challenges if he succeeds in becoming the new EU budget commissioner, while Italian and Dutch commissioners-designate Raffaele Fitto and Wopke Hoekstra are likely to be grilled the most during parliamentary hearing…
France and Germany have joined calls for a tougher EU migration policy following a series of far-right election wins.
Adam Niedzielski, the health minister in the previous conservative PiS (ECR) government, has been charged with abuse of office for publishing a patient’s private medical information.
POLITICO’s guide to understanding what the European Commission president says vs. what she means.
Mario Draghiโs report on European competitiveness was sharply criticised by far left and far right MEPs in a European Parliamentary debate in Strasbourg on Tuesday (17 September) but received strong backing from Commission President Ursula von der Leye…
Socialists, Liberals and Greens oppose von der Leyen’s appointment of Italian hard-right Raffaele Fitto (ECR) as executive vice-president of the new European Commission.
Health policy is looking like the poor cousin and is likely to be downgraded this mandate.
The leader of Forza Italia (EPP) in the European Parliament, Fulvio Martusciello, confirmed that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen plans to grant Italy an executive vice presidency despite the ECR not being part of the pro-European maj…
Germanyโs progressive parties bear significant responsibility for the historic surge in support for the far-right AfD in Sundayโs state elections in eastern Germany, Manon Aubry, the French co-chair of the Left Group in the European Parliament, told Eu…
Polish Prosecutor General Adam Bodnar has asked the European Parliament to lift the immunity of Michaล Dworczyk (PiS, ECR), the new Polish MEP and head of the office of former PiS prime minister Mateusz Morawiecki, who has been embroiled in a scandal o…
A new rift has emerged within Italyโs governing coalition over the controversial and hotly debated issue of citizenship reform, with Lega (ID) and Fratelli dโItalia (ECR) warning their ally Forza Italia (EPP) not to join forces with the opposition on t…
Polandโs former prime minister, Mateusz Morawiecki, is vying for the leadership of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group, a role currently held by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Polish media reports.
The Hungarian leader has been able to build a coalition of like-minded allies who share his strategic goal โ creating โa Europe of nation states.โ
There’s been a marked decline in women MEPs in the European Conservatives and Reformists group of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
Centrist majority managed to keep Patriots for Europe at bay but backed the European Conservatives and Reformists.
The gentlemanโs agreement among the EU’s centrist parties to keep extremes at bay held as the European Parliament elected chairs and vice chairs of its committees, but rows over gender balance exposed tensions between the mainstream parties.
While the political balances of the new European Parliament started to be redrafted on Tuesday (23 July) as MEPs picked the leading roles for each policy committee, the influential economic and monetary affairs (Econ) and budget committees remained fir…
“We have cooperated so far and will continue to do so in the future,” Meloni tells Corriere della Serra.
Two Czech MEPs from the hard-right ECR group confirmed to Euractiv Czechia that they voted for Ursula von der Leyen, but “with a heavy heart”, stressing that the vote on the entire European Commission in the autumn will be crucial.
More right-wing, less green โ and less Franco-German power.
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By electing the institutionโs vice-presidents, the members of the European Parliament kept the far-right political families isolated from vice-president positions on Tuesday (16 June), in a move that secured the cordon sanitaire in place.
Italy’s PM faces a choice: Reelect the Commission president and stay relevant in Brussels, or light up her Euroskeptic base at home.
Liberal leader Valerie Hayer and socialist chief Iratxe Garcia Perez are among the big names set to join the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee (AGRI) for the new term, draft lists of several political groups seen by Euractiv show.
The European Commission president must gain the backing of the European Conservatives and Reformists group to secure her second term.
Italian prime ministerโs MEPs weigh whether to back EU Commission president for second term Thursday.
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico comparing Trump’s assassination attempt with his own, Bulgarian politicians widely condemning the attack, and so much more.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will reveal her position on whether she will support a second term for Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after the latter presents her programme to Meloni’s hard-right European Conservatives and Reformists …
Commission president could be forced to rely on Greens and liberals to secure a second term, weeks after they were rejected by voters in the European election.
Marine Le Penโs RN and Hungaryโs Fidesz have joined forces. But Europeโs far right is fractured and Orbรกn isolatedโVictory in defeat, there is none higher,โ wrote Robert A Heinlein in Stranger in a Strange Land, about unsung heroes who never give up. A…
The European Parliament, the biggest democratic institution in the world, now features three far-right groups. Two of them, Patriots for Europe and Europe of Sovereign Nations, emerged only this week, from the ashes of failed alliance negotiations.
The group is ditching some of its ambitions as it prepares to back conservative Ursula von der Leyen atop the EU executive.ย
The European Parliament LIBE committee, which focuses on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs, will be chaired by the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) although for now in the ongoing negotiations is with the hard-right ECR group.
Renew Europe currently has 76 MEPs, which Ursula von der Leyen needs to secure the confirmation for a second mandate.
Petr Fiala expressed support for von der Leyen and said she understands “the problems of Central Europe.”
Liberals are incensed over a backdoor deal between the EPP and ECR.
The pro-EU forces of the European Parliament have agreed to block any member of the newly established far-right โPatriots for Europeโ group from getting any parliamentary committee, two EU Parliament sources confirmed to Euractiv.
Italian Prime Minister and European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) leader Georgia Meloni will remain a “friend and ally” of Spain’s far-right VOX, the party chief Santiago Abascal has said, after his party decided to switch from ECR to the ne…
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Italy’s Matteo Salvini being convinced that the new EU alliance with Orban will overtake Meloniโs ECR, , the Spanish right allegedly being nervous about Orban’s new group, and so much more.
The new alliance Patriots for Europe, led by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn and seeking to form a political group in the European Parliament, will overtake Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s ECR, Matteo Salvini, who is aligning himself more…
The new group, which also includes Viktor Orbรกn’s MEPs, is set to become the third-biggest force in Parliament.
The new Patriots for Europe grouping looks set to become the third largest political force in the European Parliament with Spainโs VOX party leaving the Conservatives and Marine Le Penโs party likely to join too.
The balance of power in the European Parliament is shifting again, with Spain’s far-right party moving from the ECR group led by Meloni’s party to a new potential alliance led by Orbรกn’s Fidesz party.
Poland’s PiS MEPs have turned down an offer from Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn to join his new Patriots of Europe group, deciding instead to accept Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s offer to remain in her hard-right European Conservatives…
Everything indicates the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group is set to collapse in favour of the newly created โPatriots for Europeโ, which aims to gather all radical right forces beyond the Conservatives (ECR) group.
Spanish far-right party VOX has rejected claims from Luise “Alvise” Perez, viewed as the ‘rising star’ in Spain’s far-right scene, that his party SALF has been denied entry into the EU’s conservative ECR group.
Ursula von der Leyen started talks with the Greens on Monday (1 July), following negotiations with Socialists and Liberals, as she enters the third stage of her campaigning to get the Commission presidency for a second term: winning over Parliament.
The coalition behind Ursula von der Leyen will reach an agreement with the European Conservatives and Reformists group (ECR) in the European Parliament as it is the only way for her to secure a second mandate, said Italian Deputy Prime Minister Antonio…
Le Penโs advantage is seen as a positive development for Giorgia Meloni and the ECRโs role in the EU, according to Italian media.
While Ursula von der Leyenโs bid for the European Commission presidency may have made it through EU27 leaders’ approval, her next big challenge now will be how to woo key parts of the European Parliament. ย
As leaders convene for the second day of the EU summit in Brussels, the spotlight is on Giorgia Meloniโs latest chess moves.
Polandโs conservative PiS party has reached an agreement with Giorgia Meloni’s Fratelli d’Italia (FdI) about the division of key posts within their EU political family, the European Conservatives andย Reformistsย Group (ECR), Polish Press Agency (PAP) re…
As negotiations among EU leaders kick off in Brussels, recent messaging from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and her governmentโs sources threatened a rejection of Commission President Ursula von der Leyenโs bid for a second term.ย
The head of the Czech ANO movement, former prime minister Andrej Babiลก, has said that his party, which quit the Liberals’ ranks last week, is establishing a new group in the European Parliament – but it is still unclear with whom he will team up.
Ex-Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki says his PiS party is exploring creating a Central Eastern European grouping in the European Parliament.
Diplomatic relations between Prague and Bratislava face turbulence after Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS, ECR) said the resumption of intergovernmental consultations with Slovakia โis not currently a topicโ, with the Slovaks calling the statement …
On the eve of a European Council summit where EU leaders are supposed to seal the deal on EU top jobs, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni sharply criticised the provisional agreement reached by the majority and indicated that she might oppose it.
The Italian prime minister also called the EU ‘an invasive bureaucratic giant.’
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) at the European Parliament will elect co-presidents today (26 June).
Millions of people vote in a European election and then six people work out a deal on the EUโs next leadership.
In todayโs edition of the Capitals, find out more about Germanyโs Scholz worried about shifting public opinion on Ukraine support, Poland consdering to close its border with Belarus, and so much more.
To play a kingmaker role in key votes and have a say in debates in the European Parliament, members of the conservative ECR group, now the third-largest EU group in the European Parliament, must be constructive and compact, Ondลej Krutรญlek, the newly e…
Italian Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Antonio Tajani, whose Forza Italia party is part of the European People’s Party (EPP), has issued a warning to the conservatives: they should seek the support of the European Conservatives and Reformis…
A new far-right parliamentary group, allegedly named “The Sovereignists,” is being formed in the European Parliament, led by Germany’s AfD and aiming to gather various nationalist parties across Europe, according to multiple sources and media reports.
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The Commission president needs Renew groupโs support for a new term โ but the faction is shedding seats.
In today’s edition of the Capitals, find out more about Orbรกn and the ECR drifting further apart amid the EU groupโs efforts to expand, Bulgaria heading for yet another general election, and so much more.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกnโs Fidesz party will be asked provide a written statement expressing support for Ukraine if they want to join the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR), according to the groupโs Vice-Chair Nicola Procaccini.
The European Conservatives and Reformists announced on Wednesday they’ve overtaken the liberal Renew group to become the third-largest political group in the EU Parliament. This shake-up impacts the negotiations for EU top jobs as – at least in theory …
EU leaders scramble to sign off on top jobs package at a summit next week.
A post-election push for new members sees the rival groups neck and neck in the race to become the third biggest force in the hemicycle.
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) said on Wednesday (19 June) they had become the third-biggest political group in the European Parliament, thanks to newcomers, potentially entitling them to take part in negotiating the EU’s top jobs.ย
Meloni’s ECR edges out Macron’s Renew, as groups battle to grow.
The new legislature’s work has unofficially kicked off in Brussels, as per post-election choreography. Freshly elected MEPs are now confronted with the choice to join existing political groups or form new ones
Despite having only two leaders, the Conservatives, represented by Italyโs Giorgia Meloni and Czechiaโs Petr Fiala, they aim to have a bigger say in the EUโs top jobs allocation, after their allied parties have won a large place in the European Parliam…
‘We cannot be a group that won the elections, that is now a huge group, and then not be included in basic negotiations,’ the ECR vice-chair told POLITICO.
In a surprising turn of events, four of the five newly-elected MEPs from the French far-right party Reconquรชte! (ECR), including party leader Marion Marรฉchal, openly criticised party founder Eric Zemmour on Wednesday.
The Sweden Democrats (ECR) came fourth in the European elections, despite being the second-largest party in the national parliament, marking the party’s first loss of ground in an election since entering parliament.
Between an oil tycoon embroiled in a visa-selling scandal, an anti-Semitic firefighter and former ministers convicted of abuse of power, the conservative PiS (ECR) party, which came a close second to Prime Minister Donald Tusk’s Civic Coalition, is set…
There will be no alliance with radical forces in the European Parliament, said Czech Prime Minister and leader of the Civic Democrats (ODS/ECR) Petr Fiala, adding that his conservative EU group should seek cooperation with the centre-right European Peo…
The Sweden Democrats (ECR) came fourth in the European elections, despite being the second-largest party in the national parliament, marking the party’s first loss of ground in an election since entering parliament.
If she can’t win over the entire centrist coalition, the EU’s top executive will need the Greens or even the hard right. Both options are fraught.
Prime Minister Donald Tuskโs Civic Coalition (KO, EPP) scored 37.4% in the European elections in Poland on Sunday the vote, with Law & Justice (PiS, ECR) trailing close behind with 35.7%, meaning both are expected to send 20 MEPs to Brussels.
Unlike in other European countries like France, Austria, and Germany, where the sweeping gains of far-right parties shook the grounds of incumbent governments, Italyโs leader Giorgia Meloni remained comfortably in the driverโs seat – with Fratelli dโIt…
The ruling centre-right coalition Jaunฤ Vienotฤซba (JV/EPP) won Latvia’s elections with 25.7% of the vote, followed by the opposition Nacionฤlฤ Apvienฤซba (NA/ECR) with 22.08%, securing two MEP seats each for the EPP and ECR groups in the European Parlia…