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.
Labour MPs โ and opposition lawmakers too โ are asking for a parliamentary say on any British escalation.
With Germany embroiled in political and economic difficulties, nuclear advocates see an opportunity to score points in Brussels.
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 Brits, French, and Germans all have their own ideas about how to defend the continent with Americaโs plans in flux.ย
The U.S. vice president attacked Europe’s regulations governing American Big Tech giants and online speech.
Ulla Neergaard, Professor of EU Law, University of Copenhagen
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Neergaardโs forthcoming work, โโEurarcticโ: Colonialism and EU-Greenland…
“AI must never replace medical expertise but rather complement it,” MEP Victor Negrescu told Euractiv.
Riga wants to reduce the risks of human rights violations of Latvian citizens in those countries, and prevent their recruitment as spies.
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Plus, Parliament and Council were blindsided by the Commission’s withdrawal on Standard Essential Patents, but the EU’s Patents Office was not.
Brussels has strengthened its trade toolkit since Donald Trumpโs first term. But it would need the broad support of EU countries to strike back hard.
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.
Prime Minister Keir Starmer promised to be a โsteadfastโ backer of Ukraine. But Britain is cash-strapped and struggling to build links.
Green politicians describe plan as โa historic attack on Norwegian natureโThe Norwegian parliament has voted to open up protected rivers to hydropower plants, prompting fury from conservation groups who fear for the fate of fish and other wildlife.The …
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
A minister told parliament that while the government does have a contract with Israeli cyber solutions firm Paragon, it has not overstepped the law in its use of spyware technology.
The Rwandan government must withdraw its troops from the Democratic Republic of Congoโs territory and cease cooperation with the M23 rebels, Parliament says.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted human rights resolutions on Tรผrkiye, Nicaragua and Nigeria.Subcommittee on Human Rights Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
SNEAK PEEK โ Has Elon Muskโs Starlink got a shot in Europe? Not really. โ The withdrawal of the EUโs AI liability rules has fans and critics. โย Thereโs a new report about the price tag of the Eurostack. Good morning and welcome to Morning Tech. Hi, this is Pieter, back in Brussels after frantic days [โฆ]
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.
“Letโs not mince words about what this represents: a surrender of Ukraineโs interests and our own, even before negotiations begin,โ says U.S. Senator Adam Schiff.
If we canโt join Nato we must build our own, says Zelenskyy; Russian trial begins over explosion that crippled Kerch bridge. What we know on day 1,086 Nothing about ending Russiaโs war against Ukraine should be decided without the Ukrainians, Europea…
U.S. president announces that talks with Russia’s leader on ending the war will start โimmediately,โ after his defense chief warns that Ukraineโs peace goals wonโt be met.
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.
Prime Minister Micheรกl Martin accuses opposition chief of telling lies โ but his use of โbrรฉagaโ draws a blank from the Sinn Fรฉin leader. It highlights a parliament struggling with the national language.
The intention to withdraw the proposal caught the Commission, Parliament and Council by surprise.
The Defense secretaryโs comments at NATO headquarters signal the Trump administration will support stopping Russian efforts in Ukraine โ with caveats.
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…
The update will notably require that VAT be paid for services provided through online platforms, putting an end to an unfair distortion of competition. It will also fight VAT fraud.Committee on Economic and Monetary AffairsSubcommittee on Tax Matters S…
SNEAK PEEK โ Where does the Paris summit leave the U.K.โs AI policy? โย MPs tackle the data bill, amendments and all. โย Patrick Vallance sets out his plan to remake science. Good morning and welcome to Wednesday, This is Tom, heading back to London from a gloomy City of Light. Come and say hi if youโre [โฆ]
Germany’s election will be a gauge of how far the world’s third biggest economy has swung to the right.
Member of Congress said the U.S. will “proudly welcome” Greenlanders to “join the freest nation to ever exist.”
The allegations concern officials at the school that Bayrou’s own children attended.
In the lead-up to Germany’s Parliamentary Elections, centre-left Chancellor Olaf Scholz accused his conservative election arch rival Friedrich Merz of planning an immigration crackdown that would “bury Europe”. For in-depth analysis and a deeper persp…
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
Country’s role in Europe gets a surprise central focus in election campaign.
56 EU vessels will be able to fish tuna and related species during the next five years in Cabo Verdeโs waters, under an updated fisheries deal.Committee on Fisheries 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.
The EPP has two options to get their reforms through the Parliament – with its traditional centrist partners, or in collaboration with an EU-sceptic far-right alliance.
Numerous UK politicos have found their group chats getting two ticks โ from the entire British public.
Longtime leader heads for the exit amid political turmoil in Bucharest.
Opposition from the financial services sector on the FiDA bill found sympathy within the French government, which called for its demise.
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
PM Albin Kurti claims โvictoryโ and vows to form government but analysts warn of prolonged crisis and instabilityThe governing party of the prime minister, Albin Kurti, is on track to secure the most seats in Kosovoโs parliament but will lack the numbe…
The European Union has pivoted to cheering AI innovation, laying less emphasis on rules that curb potential threats.
The Fatherland Union of Brigitte Haas won over 38 percent of votes in the constitutional hereditary monarchy.
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 …
The vote is seen as a key test for incumbent Prime Minister Albin Kurti and this is the first time since independence in 2008 that Kosovo’s parliament has completed a full four-year mandate.
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.
Investigation is over allegations the social media company manipulated its algorithm, Paris public prosecutor’s office says.
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 …
The possibilities for conservative frontrunner Friedrich Merz to form a coalition government are looking increasingly uncertain.
โI do not approve of someone in Trumpโs orbit attempting such direct interference in Germanyโs elections,โ says Friedrich Merz.
Greenlandic parliament calls for snap election for 11 March as ruling party, Siumut, proposes accelerating independence processGerman chancellor Olaf Scholz said on Friday that US president Donald Trump was wrong to impose sanctions on the internationa…
Even if Merz stumbles across the finish line and secures a coalition government, the death knell for Christian democracy may well have been sounded.
POLITICO has processed 35 years’ worth of election data to find out why this month’s vote is messier than ever โ and what will happen next.
The former U.K. prime minister has quietly been meeting Labour’s new MPs โ and he’s not the only Blairite who’s at it.
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…
Spokespersons for Parliament and for the political groups will hold a briefing on the 10 – 13 February plenary session on Friday at 11.00, in Parliamentโs Anna Politkovskaya press room. Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Lawmaker’s office deletes TikTok video that “may have offended people.”
Former German leader reiterates swipe at chancellor candidate from her own Christian Democratic Union ahead of Feb. 23 election.
Meloni who is investigated for embezzlement in connection with the case, chose not to appear in parliament.
In this episode, host Giada Santana and Paris-based politics reporter Theo Bourgery-Gonse make sense of the French left’s fragmentation and Prime Minister Bayrou’s latest moves.
Germanyโs conservatives are desperate to avoid a three-party coalition, but the outcome depends on how many small parties make it into parliament.
The pilsner plan is finding parts of the electorate other initiatives can’t reach.
National Rally and Socialists did not back no-confidence motion tabled by hard-left France Unbowed The French prime minister, Franรงois Bayrou, has survived an initial confidence vote in parliament called for by the hard left, after the far-right Nation…
Never mind the budget: navigating the parliament will be no walk in the park going forward, as critical bills pile up.
The decision by the National Rally gives Bayrou some breathing room.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou is expected to survive a no-confidence vote in parliament, winning some breathing space after less than two months in office. All the while, risk analysis firm Eurasia Group is giving a 70-percent chance that the …
The European Commission plans more customs checks and fees to stem flood of low-value parcels from China.
The offer comes as Ottawa remains in the White Houseโs crosshairs.
U.S. president’s shake-up of the security apparatus has complicated scrutiny of controversial British deal over Diego Garcia military base.
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
The U.S. president hinted heโll spare Britain from his trade war, while hammering the EU. But as Nigel Farage surges in the polls, Keir Starmer isnโt safe from Brexit yet.
The former German chancellor is suffering from severe exhaustion, lack of energy, concentration and memory problems, his doctor says.
The first major survey of voters after frontrunner Friedrich Merz’s controversial alignment with the far right suggests the gambit failed.
French far-right lawmaker Sarah Knafo is holding the pen on a report on the EU’s dependence on foreign tech.
Ukraine wants Donald Trump’s support, but has suffered thousands of casualties and desertions as it holds the line against Russia.
French PM Bayrou faces no-confidence vote after forcing budget plan through parliament
After the rebuilding of the Notre-Dame cathedral, Macron has a new pet project: the Louvre.
Munich Security Conference gets tough on anti-establishment parties ahead of German election.
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
โI find it quite disturbing when the Holocaust is politically instrumentalized,โ far-right leader says.
MADRID – Inspired by Donald Trump’s MAGA slogan, parties aligned with the Patriots for Europe group will gather in Madrid on Friday and Saturday under the banner “Make Europe Great Again” (MEGA), aiming to disrupt the dominance of the EPP…
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The EU’s AI Act bans some โunacceptableโ use of the technology but critics say the law is riddled with security exemptions.