Parliamentโs right-wing majority puts EU ethics body in the crosshairs
Lawmakers claim right-wing coalition is using procedural tricks to “obstruct” implementation.
Lawmakers claim right-wing coalition is using procedural tricks to “obstruct” implementation.
The Commission president is pushing a sweeping, rapid and centralized agenda to โsimplifyโ EU rules โ and not everyone in Brussels is thrilled.
We call on the EUโs member countries and institutions to be the voice of human dignity globally, and to mobilize, defend and support the court.
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
Love is in the air in the halls of power.
The endorsement of Signal could be considered a snub to rival direct-messaging apps such as Whatsapp, Messenger, and Telegram.
During her official visit to Israel and the occupied Palestinian Territories, EP President Metsola was the first European leader to enter Gaza in more than a decade. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
New judgement sets a precedent for greater transparency in future cases
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Tรผrkiye, Nicaragua and Nigeria.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
There is broad agreement to boost defense spending โ but the U.S. president’s call for 5 percent of GDP is too much for most European countries.
Emboldened by his ‘dear friend’ US President Donald Trump’s return to power, Hungary’s nationalist leader has vowed to ‘occupy Brussels’ by bringing together far-right parties in the European Parliament.
The US’s decision to to resume 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium imports will fuel inflation and create a ‘lose-lose scenario’, the EU trade commissioner, Maroลก ล efฤoviฤ, told the European parliament on Tuesday. He added that the EU ‘will be respondin…
Member of Congress said the U.S. will “proudly welcome” Greenlanders to “join the freest nation to ever exist.”
On Tuesday, the Chair of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, addressed a formal sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
SNEAK PEEK โ The EU plans to raise the American pushback against tech law with the U.S., said tech boss Henna Virkkunen. She also promised a more โinnovation-friendlyโ AI regulatory framework. โ Rolling out AI should mean talking to workers and helping them gain new skills, said EESC president Oliver Rรถpke. Failing to get it [โฆ]
Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.
Repayment of the EU’s โฌ300 billion joint borrowing hangs like a cloud over the European Commission’s budget brainstorm.
Richard Ferrand’s appointment drew criticism even before being made official.
Buoyed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the far-right Patriots for Europe group met in Madrid on Saturday. Their leaders’ speeches were marked by contradictions, demonstrating the ambiguities that prevail within the third largest group in t…
Buoyed by Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the far-right Patriots for Europe group met in Madrid on Saturday. Their leaders’ speeches were marked by contradictions, demonstrating the ambiguities that prevail within the third largest group in t…
European Parliamentโs spokespersons will hold a last-minute briefing on the 10 – 13 February plenary session today at 16.30. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Policymaking is not accountancy: in the medium and long term, the EU will be better off keeping factories within its borders.
Proposed EU rules could see almost 100% of solid fuel local space heaters disappear from the European market, destroying European jobs, growth and competitiveness, warns CEFACD
The European Union has pivoted to cheering AI innovation, laying less emphasis on rules that curb potential threats.
Patriots for Europe, the far-right group created in July in the European Parliament, held its first summit in the Spanish capital on Saturday. From Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to French far-right leader Marine Le Pen, all see Trump as a harbi…
After last year’s European Parliament elections, in which far-right parties performed strongly in several countries, a rally Saturday in Madrid was a meant as a show of force by the EU parliament’s biggest far-right bloc. The rally adopted the slogan …
โOur friend Trump, the Trump tornado, has changed the world in just a couple of weeks,โ Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbรกn tells far-right rally in Madrid.
The fresh restrictions come amid a political crisis over disputed elections and the government’s reversal on its EU membership bid.
After last year’s European Parliament elections, in which far-right parties performed strongly in several countries, a rally Saturday in Madrid was a meant as a show of force of the EU parliament’s biggest far-right bloc. The rally adopted the slogan …
A Kremlin-backed campaign is trying to influence voters ahead of Feb. 23 poll, according to government report obtained by POLITICO.
The European Union needs lithium for its energy transition and is eagerly eyeing huge reserves in northern Serbia, but twenty years after making the discovery in the Jadar valley, Rio Tintoโs ambitions to mine the site remain stuck in a mire of environ…
Lawmaker’s office deletes TikTok video that “may have offended people.”
The pilsner plan is finding parts of the electorate other initiatives can’t reach.
The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.
Freeze to EUโs LIFE programme funding would deprive 30 NGOs of up to 70% of annual incomesSeveral environmental NGOs could be effectively shut down in Europe, if a defunding push by rightwing MEPs is successful, campaigners say.At the same time that ce…
European Parliament’s new democracy committee slammed as undemocratic
At the informal European Council meeting on defence, the European Parliament President Metsola outlined her vision on how Europe can and must strengthen its own security and defence. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
The EU’s AI Act bans some โunacceptableโ use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.
Italy’s food is supposed to be the world’s healthiest. So why are so many of its kids obese?
European Commission says the bloc “regrets” new U.S. tariffs on Mexico, Canada and China.
Friedrich Merzโs CDU is set to endorse the EPP head on Sunday, boosting Weber’s chances at a decisive party congress in April.
MEPs had criticized the world football governing body for awarding the 2034 tournament to the Gulf petromonarchy.
Tariffs on Russian fertilizers aim to hit Moscowโs war machine. Europe’s growers are still angry.
Paris is joining a growing chorus of countries casting doubt on an EU push to buy more gas from the U.S.
The Directive should not create additional burdens on companies, JURI rapporteur Axel Voss told Euractiv.
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Normally taciturn officials spar online over climate policy and reveal a deep split within the EU.
From Nigel Farage to Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, EU politicians are competing for the privilege of being Europe’s Trump whisperer.
European Parliament approves new HQ for border force despite pushback
The EU, the U.S. and Japan already teamed up in Trumpโs first term to counter the competitive threat posed by China.
The deal is the latest in a series designed to shore up regional governments and pave the way for deportations.
โClearly the situation has changed dramatically since โ85,โ when Greenland left the EU, senior lawmaker says.
The European Parliamentโs budget committee has green-lit the plan.
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Brussels hopes simplifying green compliance rules will boost Europe’s flagging economy. Green groups fear something more sinister.
New Chinese model suggests winning the AI race could be done on the cheap.
Patriots party prepping up grand far-right lovefest.
Jordan Bardella thinks he can convince the European People’s Party to suspend EU climate legislation.
Several online activists have been arrested over the past few weeks for inciting violence. Some have TikTok accounts with more than 400,000 followers.
“This is a blatant affront to democracy. Lukashenko doesnโt have any legitimacy,” EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said.
“I have to admit that it was inappropriate … to oblige NGOs to lobby members of the European Parliament” Budget Commissioner Piotr Serafin weighed in
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“You can’t compete when you can’t go through the approval process fast,โ the U.S. president said.
A spokesperson for the Brussels prosecutorโs office says the death did not appear suspicious.
The names of the members of the two upgraded committees and two new special committees were announced by the European Parliament on Thursday.Committee on Constitutional Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted three resolutions about the respect for human rights in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran and Algeria.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Five years after an inspiring democracy movement almost toppled Alexander Lukashenko, his brutal rule remains intact. The west must do more to helpIn the summer of 2020, Belarus appeared to be on the cusp of an extraordinary democratic revolution. On t…
The far right has made the running so far but mainstream parties hope to increase contact.
“There is no choice,” the Polish prime minister warned in an address to the European Parliament.
Representatives of Heartland Institute linking up with MEPs to campaign against environmental policiesClimate science deniers from a US-based thinktank have been working with rightwing politicians in Europe to campaign against environmental policies, t…
The contours of a mammoth industrial decarbonization strategy are taking shape ahead of its Feb. 26 unveiling.
And Catalonia’s new President wants to shoot it dead.
Lawmakers and media pour scorn on the key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump.
At the moment, EU law does not protect EU officials against spyware.ย
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Poland styles itself as a key US ally, but the chip restriction threatens to impact its ambitious military expansion on Putin’s border.
The Bavarian conservative may well be in charge of the EPP for another three years as of April.
European Parliamentโs spokespersons will hold a last-minute briefing on the 20 – 23 January plenary session today at 16.30. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Insiders say Wojciech Wiewiรณrowski’s intranigence cost him the support of conservatives.
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Ex-S&D politician is charged with participating in a criminal organization, more than two years after the corruption scandal broke.
Debate after debate, MEPs often speak to an empty chamber. A trial next week could change all that.
“How is this not a lobbying gig?” asks a Greens MEP.
The hearing is just a foretaste of a debate that will rage in the European Parliament over the coming weeks and months.
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While itโs not usual to invite foreign dignitaries, Trump is laying down a clear ideological marker with his invitees from across the world.
Herbert Kickl’s rise ends a firewall that has kept populist politicians out of power in EU countries for decades.
Alexander Schallenberg reassures officials that pro-Russian chancellor would be restrained.
He will take the baton from Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni.
If spending doesn’t rise, then MEPs should “get out your Russian language courses or go to New Zealand.”
By providing specialized data and research, Eurofound has long contributed to a stronger, fairer Europe โ in todayโs climate, its mission has never been more essential
The AfD is using Elon Muskโs endorsement to reach out to Donald Trump โ and to appear more acceptable at home ahead of a national election.
Far-right lawmakers feel empowered to step up their attacks against EU social media rules.
On Monday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte will make his first official visit to the European Parliament since taking office on 1 October 2024.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Independent MEP Fidias Panayiotou met the billionaire in 2023 and has taken his line on some big political issues, from Ukraine to digital rules.
Overcoming the doctor’s ego is a first hurdle for many rare disease patients in search of a diagnosis.
The election will be a make-or-break moment for the government of Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk.
Unless he is banned, ultranationalist Cฤlin Georgescu seems very much in the race for a presidential rerun in May.
The pundit-turned-politician could be a potential ally for the president-elect and Elon Musk as the tech billionaire wades deeper into European politics.
Vienna could be about to get its first far-right leader since World War II. Europe’s mainstream sees trouble brewing.
The X owner and Donald Trump pick will never, ever stop posting โ governments be damned.
European Commission says it will study whether X gives unfair boost to far right in German election.
News of the talks comes shortly after the Italian PM visited President-elect Donald Trump in Florida.
The two lead candidates are sparring over who has the ear of ordinary Poles.
Spain granted Edmundo Gonzรกlez Urrutia asylum on 20 December after Venezuela announced charges of conspiracy and racketeering against him.
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Animal rights activists, however, say a nationwide ban in Belgium should come first.