French PM to testify under oath on snowballing child abuse scandal
Centrist Prime Minister Franรงois Bayrou is facing a week from hell.
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Press release – Press conference: European Parliament reports on Kosovo and on Serbia
Standing rapporteur for Kosovo, Riho Terras, and standing rapporteur for Serbia, Tonino Picula, will hold a joint press conference at 15:40 on Wednesday.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Press release – Press conference on European Parliament report on Tรผrkiye
Nacho Sรกnchez Amor โ standing rapporteur for Tรผrkiye โ will hold a press conference at 10:30 on Wednesday.Committee on Foreign Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Energie et climat : les 33 personnalitรฉs qui comptent
Ministres, PDG ou militants, ils faรงonnent le dรฉbat public sur le sujet.
Guerre commerciale : Bruxelles pourrait cibler les Gafam, mais ce nโest pas si simple
Le secteur du numรฉrique pourrait รชtre le talon dโAchille de Washington, mais les Europรฉens ne sโentendent pas sur la maniรจre de le pรฉnaliser.
Press release – New tariffs by the Trump administration: press conference on Thursday at 9.00 CET
The Chair of the International Trade Committee and standing rapporteur for the US, Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), will hold a press conference in Strasbourg on Thursday at 9.00.Committee on International Trade Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
Press release – New tariffs by the Trump administration: press conference on Thursday at 9.00 CET
The Chair of the International Trade Committee and standing rapporteur for the US, Bernd LANGE (S&D, DE), will hold a press conference in Strasbourg on Thursday at 9.00.Committee on International Trade Source : ยฉ European Union, 2025 – EP
How Europeโs most powerful party keeps lawmakers in line
Loyalty to the political family earns MEPs rewards and influence.
Eaux en bouteille : les sรฉnateurs convoquent Alexis Kohler et le PDG de Nestlรฉ
PARIS โ Le secrรฉtaire gรฉnรฉral de lโElysรฉe Alexis Kohler et le PDG de Nestlรฉ Laurent Freixe sont convoquรฉs les 8 et 9 avril prochains par la commission dโenquรชte sur les pratiques des industriels de lโeau en bouteille. Le prรฉsident Laurent Burgoa (LR) et le rapporteur Alexandre Ouizille (PS) ont annoncรฉ mercredi cette dรฉcision, prise โen [โฆ]
Giuseppe Antoci, lโeurodรฉputรฉ qui veut porter la lutte contre la mafia et le crime organisรฉ ร Bruxelles
L’Italien a luttรฉ contre la mafia sicilienne. Mais peut-il affronter la fabrique de la loi de l’UE ?
Meet the Mafia-busting MEP taking the fight against organized crime to Brussels
Giuseppe Antoci battled the Italian mob. But can he take on EU policymaking?
The Italy-Albania protocol before the Court of Justice of the European Union โ hearing of the CJEU
Matteo Zamboni (human
rights lawyer working between Italy and the UK. He is a partner to the
Immigration Law and Policy clinic of Goldsmiths, University of London)
Photo: The towers of the Court of Justice in the Luxembourg fog (c)…
EU must be ‘stronger, bolder, faster’ on Ukraine minerals, key MEP says
Euronews asked Dutch MEP Thijs Reuten, who is the European Parliamentโs shadow rapporteur on Ukraine and sits for the centre-left S&D group on the foreign affairs committee, what he thinks about potential rivalry between the US and EU over access to Uk…
Intelligence artificielle : Keep on rolling, rolling !
AU MENU โ Le jour dโaprรจs, la petite musique de la dรฉrรฉgulation de lโIA continue de monter. โ Un rapport parlementaire pointe les avantages de Starlink pour connecter les trains. โ Nouveau retard au dรฉcollage pour la PPLย anti-fast fashion. Bonjour ร toutes et ร tous, nous sommes jeudi 13 fรฉvrier, et vous lisez Tech Matin [โฆ]
Commission plans to withdraw AI Liability Directive draw mixed reactions
EPP rapporteur Axel Voss slammed the Commission for creating a ”Wild West” that only benefits Big Tech.
EU Parliament deeply divided over AI liability directive
The Directive should not create additional burdens on companies, JURI rapporteur Axel Voss told Euractiv.
The post EU Parliament deeply divided over AI liability directive appeared first on Euractiv.
Voici les 35 ministres du gouvernement Bayrou
Le Premier ministre a formรฉ son gouvernement, mรชlant des figures de la vie politique franรงaise et des ministres dรฉjร nommรฉs par Michel Barnier.
Unprecedented protests sweep Georgia after government scraps EU bid
The European Parliament has called for elections to be rerun amid claims of irregularities and intimidation.
UN rapporteur urges Azerbaijan to release climate activist ahead of COP29
The COP29 UN climate summit is being held in Azerbaijan’s capital Baku from 11 to 22 November. Azerbaijan has faced considerable scrutiny over its hosting of COP29.
EU-Turkish border exposes hell of animal transport
As the European Commission tries to update its decades-old rules, lawmakers are turning the issue into a political battleground.
Sites pornographiques : chรฉrie, รงa va couper !
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCรANE HERRERO Avec EMILE MARZOLF et KLARA DURAND Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand, Emile Marzolf et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โย Pornographie : lโheure de couper est-elle venue ? โ InfraNum sโouvre de nouveaux [โฆ]
Le Parlement vole au secours des tรฉlรฉcoms
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCรANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND, EMILE MARZOLF et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โย Tรฉlรฉcoms : le sรฉnateur Patrick Chaize trouve des relais au ministรจres des Anciens [โฆ]
Vidรฉosurveillance algorithmique : stop ou encore ?
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par KLARA DURAND Avec OCรANE HERRERO & TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Maintien de la vidรฉosurveillance algorithmique : le dรฉbat dรฉchire dรฉjร . โ Budget : les [โฆ]
Press release – Press conference: rapporteur Victor Negrescu on the EU budget 2025
The rapporteur for the 2025 EU budget will hold a press conference on Wednesday at 13:30 following the plenary vote on the EPโs stance on the EU budget for 2025.Committee on Budgets Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Budget : les 6 points chauds que le gouvernement devra dรฉminer
Le projet de loi de finances 2025, riche en sujets inflammables, est dรฉbattu toute la semaine ร lโAssemblรฉe nationale.
Etes-vous prรชts ร prendre la vague NIS2 ?
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur tech en France. Par OCรANE HERRERO Avec KLARA DURAND et TIPHAINE SALIOU Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Klara Durand et Tiphaine Saliou | Voir dans votre navigateur AU MENU โ Cybersรฉcu : la transposition de la directive NIS2 enfin lร . โ โFair shareโ, CIRโฆ [โฆ]
Les 42 personnes qui comptent dans la tech
Ministres, PDG ou lobbyistes, ils faรงonnent le dรฉbat public sur le sujet.
UN aid workers feel forgotten and in peril as Gaza war drags on
โWeโre punished for doing our jobs,โ said one foreign doctor who volunteered in Gaza.
Assemblรฉe : la guerre entre Attal et Wauquiez profite aux Insoumis
Elue prรฉsidente de la commission des Affaires รฉconomiques, la mรฉlenchoniste Aurรฉlie Trouvรฉ a bรฉnรฉficiรฉ de la rupture de lโaccord entre la droite et les macronistes sur la rรฉpartition des postes au Palais-Bourbon.
Show me the money, Gastein says
SNEAK PEEK โย Gastein day 1 kicks off with a plea to ramp up investment in health โ and ways to do it. โ Can tech help to close the gender health gap? Some think so, but only if its funded and reaches all in need. โ Is COP29 the breakthrough year for health and [โฆ]
EU farm chief drafts secret law on food security in last hurrah
Departing Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski breaks protocol by concocting his own food security law.
Israeli strike on Gaza school reportedly kills at least 90 civilians
Israel’s military said it struck an โactiveโ Hamas command center in the attack, which came during dawn prayers at the school.
Farnborough Airshow kicks off; Joe Biden drops out
SNEAK PEEK โ The Farnborough International Airshow starts today in the U.K. as the EUโs space program stutters. โ Tensions between Rome and outgoing NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg escalated over the weekend โ Plot twist in the French defense committee: Jean-Michel Jacques is the new president. Good morning, and welcome to Morning Defense. In case [โฆ]
How to dominate your European Parliament committee
Itโs where the legislative magic happens.
Advancing Gender Equality: The EU`s Landmark Directive 2024/1385 on Violence Against Women
Dr. Ceren Kasฤฑm, Postdoctoral
Research and Teaching Fellow, University of Hildesheim, Germany
Photo credit: MesserWoland, via Wikimedia Commons
INTRODUCTION
The first-ever binding European
Union (EU) legal instrument to…
For Geert Wilders, โhousingโ is code for โimmigrationโ
The Dutch firebrand promised to cut waiting lists by freezing out foreigners.
Letโs get to grips with the housing crisis โ the young demand it
Incumbent leaders have largely failed to tackle key socioeconomic issues like the rising cost of housing.
Hope is like the sun: Court of Justice ruling extends right to family reunification for refugee minors
Chiara De Capitani (PhD)
is a linguist agent at the European Commission and member of Amnesty
International Belgique francophoneโs Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity
(OSIG) coordination. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in this paper
are …
Du vent dans les pales
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur lโรฉnergie et le climat en France. Par AUDE LE GENTIL Avec NICOLAS CAMUT et ARTHUR NAZARET Infos et tuyaux ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Nicolas Camut, Aude Le Gentil et Arthur Nazaret | Voir dans le navigateur AU MENU โ Eolien en mer : pas de laurรฉat, mais une vision [โฆ]
EDIS vote in ECON: Ignoring consequences of rush is careless
The European Deposit Insurance Scheme is back on Parliamentโs banking union agenda, but key regulatory issues remain unresolved, and premature โcompromiseโ may have a far-reaching impact on upcoming European elections.
Numรฉro 1 sur le gaz russe
La source dโinformations quotidiennes sur lโรฉnergie et le climat en France. Par AUDE LE GENTIL Avec NICOLAS CAMUT, ARTHUR NAZARET et VICTOR JACK Infos et tuyaux ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Nicolas Camut, Aude Le Gentil et Arthur Nazaret | Voir dans le navigateur AU MENU โ La France, championne dโEurope du gaz russe โ [โฆ]
EU must suspend ties with Israel to prevent crimes of genocide in Gaza, UN rapporteur says
The European Union should suspend its trade and institutional ties with Israel to deter war crimes that amount to genocide in the Gaza Strip, the UN’s special rapporteur on Palestine has said.
ENVIโs EU pharma package โa bloody compromiseโ says Czech shadow rapporteur [Advocacy Lab Content]
EP votes on Wednesday (10 April) on the new pharmaceutical legislation, which the shadow rapporteur Kateลina Koneฤnรก (The Left) calls a โbloody compromiseโ, while Czech MEP Ondลej Knotek welcomed the ENVI outcome.
The Markus Ferber affair: When lawmaking meets business
The relationship between a powerful German MEP and a Dutch businessman blurred the lines between public service and private gain.
EU negotiators strike deal on Ukraineโs free trade measures
The agreement narrowly avoids harsher import restrictions on Ukrainian grain, despite a last-minute push from Poland and France.
[Opinion] Potential legal avenues to prosecute Nalvany’s killers
The UN could launch an independent international investigation into Navalny’s killing, akin to investigation I conducted on Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination, or on Navalny’s Novichok poisoning, in my role as special rapporteur on extrajudicial execution…
Press release – EU driving licence rules: press conference on Wednesday at 14.30
European Parliament rapporteur Karima Delli (Greens, FR) will brief journalists on the review of the EUโs driving licence rules, shortly after the vote in plenary.Committee on Transport and Tourism Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Press release – Geographical indications for agricultural products: press conference after vote
On Wednesday, the Chair of the Agriculture Committee and the rapporteur for revised rules on geographical indications for agricultural products will brief journalists about the new law.Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development Source : ยฉ European …
Press release – Transparent political advertising: Press conference after final plenary vote
Rapporteur Sandro Gozi (Renew, FR), will brief journalists after Tuesdayโs plenary vote on new rules on transparent and secure political advertising.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Czech shadow rapporteur weighs contentious new pharma package proposals [Advocacy Lab Content]
European Parliament is refining its position on two new proposals in ongoing pharmaceutical package deliberations. Czech MEP, Kateลina Koneฤnรก, favours Commissionโs proposal for a regulatory data protection period while criticizing shift to digital med…
Les 30 couples de pouvoir qui comptent en 2024
ร lโoccasion de la Saint-Valentin, POLITICO a listรฉ les couples les plus influents de lโannรฉe en politique.
Germany on board with EU sanctions against Israeli settlers, but EU disunity remains
EU struggles to play role in Israel-Gaza war because of internal frictions.ย
French influencer lawโs alignment with EU rules โnot a problemโ, leading MP says
France’s ‘influencer law’ is designed to target those from outside the European Union; therefore, aligning the law with EU rules will not be a problem, Stรฉphane Vojetta, the rapporteur of the law, told Euractiv.
Le jour oรน le MoDem a failli cosigner un amendement avec le RN
POLITICO vous raconte lโhistoire d’une collaboration bien avancรฉe.
How the West lost the plot on Serbia
If Western democratic governments find it too difficult to live up to the values they espouse and call for repeat elections, then maybe it would be better if they just said nothing at all.
Macron may be โkiller of Social Europeโ, Platform Work Directive rapporteur warns
Member states must do everything to ensure the Platform Work Directive provisional deal is approved, Parliament file rapporteur Elisabetta Gualmini told Euractiv in an interview, warning that Franceโs refusal to vote on the text is โunacceptableโ.
[Opinion] Why this week’s EU summit must agree a new budget deal
There are claims by some member states that there are pots of unused cash sloshing around in the EU’s coffers. This is simply untrue. By European Parliament budget rapporteur MEPs Jan Olbyrcht and Margarida Marques.
Low-speed zone: Europeโs super crops revolution hits bottleneck
Brusselsโ bid to fast-track looser rules for new genetically engineered plants is showing fractures, as more questions than answers arise.
Full speed ahead for gene editing as lead MEP aims to seal deal before EU elections
There is a possibility to finalise a deal on the EUโs plans on gene editing technology before next June’s EU elections, rapporteur Jessica Polfjรคrd told Euractiv in an interview, stressing this is necessary to equip farmers in the face of growing envir…
Press release – EU driving licence rules update: press conference on Thursday at 15.00
EP rapporteur Karima Delli (Greens, FR) will brief journalists on the review of the EUโs driving licence rules following a vote in the Transport and Tourism Committee on Thursday.Committee on Transport and Tourism Source : ยฉ European Union, 2023 – EP
How to navigate Belgiumโs EU presidency policy agenda like a pro
Time is running out to make progress on files before the 2024 European election.
Et la fortune Riyad aux audacieux
Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France. Par OCรANE HERRERO Avec AURORE GORIUS, ALEXANDRE LรCHENET, PAUL DE VILLEPIN et JASON WIELS Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Aurore Gorius, Alexandre Lรฉchenet et Paul de Villepin | Voir dans votre navigateur LE MENU DU JOUR [โฆ]
Une agence avec tous les voyants au vert
Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France. Par PAUL DE VILLEPIN Avec ALEXANDRE LรCHENET et OCรANE HERRERO Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Aurore Gorius, Alexandre Lรฉchenet et Paul de Villepin | Voir dans votre navigateur LE MENU DU JOUR โ Nouveau patron, nouveaux [โฆ]
Press release – Right to repair: press conference with lead MEP
On Tuesday at 14.30, rapporteur Renรฉ Repasi will brief journalists on the outcome of the plenary vote on the right to repair.Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Source : ยฉ European Union, 2023 – EP
We canโt leave anyone behind
It is urgent to assist the 360 million people worldwide who need humanitarian assistance, write Carlos Zorrinho and Mรณnica Silvana Gonzรกlez. MEP Carlos Zorrinho is EP Standing Rapporteur for Humanitarian Aid (S&D, PT). MEP Mรณnica Silvana Gonzรกlez i…
Un emballage peut en cacher un autre
Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France. Par AURORE GORIUS Avec OCรANE HERRERO, ALEXANDRE LรCHENET, PAUL DE VILLEPIN et JASON WIELS Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Aurore Gorius, Alexandre Lรฉchenet et Paul de Villepin | Voir dans votre navigateur LE MENU DU JOUR [โฆ]
Un lobbying gagnant (et en musique)
Notre newsletter quotidienne sur les enjeux de lobbying et de transparence en France. Par ALEXANDRE LรCHENET Avec OCรANE HERRERO, AURORE GORIUS et PAUL DE VILLEPIN Infos, tuyaux et mini-drames ร partager ? Ecrivez ร Ocรฉane Herrero, Aurore Gorius, Alexandre Lรฉchenet et Paul de Villepin | Voir dans votre navigateur LE MENU DU JOUR โย Comment Spotify [โฆ]
UK โin violation of international lawโ over poverty levels, says UN envoy
Exclusive: Special rapporteur Olivier De Schutter to urge ministers to increase welfare spending on visit to country this weekPoverty levels in the UK are โsimply not acceptableโ and the government is violating international law, the United Nationsโ po…
Greek government defangs probe into its spying on politicians and reporters
Opposition lawmakers cry foul as Mitsotakis administration neutralizes officials investigating Athens wiretaps.
MEPs propose to give seized weapons to Ukraine
SNEAK PEEK โ Parliamentarians want to dispatch military hardware that was impounded near Libya to Ukraine. โ Germany will send military equipment worth โฌ1.4 billion to Kyiv. โ A maritime lobby group has laid out the principal trends in naval defense to inform future EU financing programs. Good morning, and welcomeย to Morning Defense. Tips toย jposaner@politico.eu,ย lkayali@politico.euย andย clarson@politico.euย or [โฆ]
EU AI Act nearing agreement despite three key roadblocks โ co-rapporteur
As the European Parliament, European Council and member states prepare for fifth round of negotiations on the AI Act this week, three key stumbling blocks remain in the negotiations, MEP Dragoศ Tudorache told euronews in an interview.
EU AI Act trilogue to wrangle foundation models, governance issues โ co-rapporteur
Disagreements between the EU institutions over foundation AI models and governance issues are set to be wrangled during tomorrowโs (24 October) fifth trilogue negotiation taking place in Brussels, one of the AI Actโs MEP co-rapporteurs has told euronew…
Von der Leyen accused of โunacceptable biasโ toward Israel
European Commission presidentโs remarks on Gaza war charged with being out of step with EU foreign ministers.
Czechia behind push to delay combustion engine phase out
On Thursday, the European Parliamentโs Environment Committee (ENVI) adopted the Czech rapporteurโs watered-down version of the Commissionโs Euro 7 proposal, giving industry more time to prepare for the phase-out of combustion engines and echoing the Cz…
Russia-Ukraine war at a glance: what we know on day 597 of the invasion
Russia and Ukraine fighting fierce battles around eastern town of Avdiivka; Finland says โstate actorโ may be behind damage to gas pipelineSee all our Ukraine war coverageRussian and Ukrainian forces fought fierce battles around the eastern Ukrainian t…
Suivre le marathon budgรฉtaire en 5 รฉtapes
L’article ร lire pour comprendre comme un pro l’examen du projet de loi de finances.
We need a ‘very clear target’ for EU enlargement: EU reform expert Daniela Schwarzer
How can a much bigger European Union function effectively? Will key national interests be overridden for the benefit of collective decision-making? How should European institutions and budgets adapt to a union of more than 30 members? These are some o…
EU auditors highlight risks in Cyber Solidarity Act
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) warned on Thursday (5 October) that the Cyber Solidarity Act could increase member state reliance on EU funding, as well as create troubles in information sharing and add complexity to the European cybersecurity lan…