Labour under fire for failing to name MPs for key EU role

Calls for UK to work more closely with the EU on everything from defence and trade to immigration grow following Trumpโ€™s re-electionKeir Starmerโ€™s government is coming under fire for having failed over more than four months to appoint new MPs and peers…

In an increasingly uncertain world, we Europeans must be bold and build hope | Stella Creasey and Sandro Gozi

With far-right parties gaining support across the globe, it is crucial we collaborate with our neighbours and restore faith in democracyIn the 1930s Antonio Gramsci, the Italian Marxist philosopher, warned that as the old order was dying, the new world…

โ€˜What does reset mean?โ€™ asks top EU-UK lawmaker Sandro Gozi

โ€œThere is the potential to open a new phase with our British friends, but itโ€™s not down to use to define what this โ€˜resetโ€™ means in practice: itโ€™s on them,” Gozi told Euractiv in an interview.

UK government must say what Brussels โ€˜resetโ€™ means, says EU delegation head

Sandro Gozi calls for detail from Labour administration and says โ€˜new phase in bilateral relationshipโ€™ is possibleKeir Starmerโ€™s government must spell out what it wants from a reset of Britainโ€™s relationship with the EU, the European parliamentโ€™s lead …

Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s Commission of โ€˜light and darkโ€™ โ€“ EU politicians react

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) of all political stripes spent much of Tuesday (17 September) briefing journalists on what they think of European Commission President Ursula von der Leyenโ€™s proposal for the next EU executive team.

Von der Leyen โ€˜hopesโ€™ to announce top team on Tuesday

Commission refuses to comment on Thierry Bretonโ€™s accusation of “questionable governance.”

Europeโ€™s needs a centrist agenda

Extremist and populist parties exploit real fears and frustrations โ€” they don’t invent them. And far too many feel their grievances have been insufficiently addressed by the political center.

France in ‘battle for survival of republican valuesโ€™, says Renew Europe MEP

France is in a “battle for the survival of republican values” after far-right National Rally won the first round of legislative elections,ย Renew Europe MEP Sandro Gozi told FRANCE 24. “We, the republicans from left, the centre and the right, must win,…

Liberals search top job for Strack-Zimmermann, defence chair a possibility

As negotiations on the EU parliamentโ€™s top jobs are due to heat up next week, the Liberalsโ€™ main lead candidate, German Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, has yet to find an office, her preferred post โ€“ chairing a new defence committee โ€“ is highly conteste…

Right-wing ECR group becomes EU Parliamentโ€™s third-largest force

Meloni’s ECR edges out Macron’s Renew, as groups battle to grow.

France at a crossroads: Is the far right on the verge of power?

Charles de Gaulle famously complained that governing a country with 246 kinds of cheese was all but impossible. Less known is what De Gaulle said just before that: “Only peril can bring the French together”. President Emmanuel Macron had peril on his …

Macron auf Konfrontationskurs

Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brรผssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des grรถรŸten Newsrooms der europรคischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JรœRGEN KLร–CKNER Mit LAURA HรœLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” Agent Provocateur: Frankreichs Prรคsident kommt mit zwei โ€” aus hiesiger Sicht โ€” ungemรผtlichen Themen nach Deutschland. Es [โ€ฆ]

EU election debates show it will be national governments calling the shots

Two weeks ahead of the European elections, the main EU parties’ lead candidatesย for the next European Commission president met twice this week to discuss their key priorities, with economy featuring prominently – and blurring party lines.

EU commissioner Schmit lambasts blocโ€™s migration deal with Tunisia

Nicolas Schmit launches scathing attack against Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen.

Neue EU-Strategie fรผr Verteidigung

DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” Strategie fรผr die kommenden fรผnf Jahre: Wie die EU-Chefs die gemeinsame Verteidigung ausbauen wollen, geht aus einem noch unverรถffentlichten Entwurf der Strategieagenda hervor. POLITICO kennt die Details. โ€” RechtsauรŸen-Fraktion wirft AfD raus: Der Skandal um ihren Spitzenkandidaten Maximilian Krah kostet die Partei ihre Sitze in der ID-Fraktion. Der AfD gehen damit voraussichtlich [โ€ฆ]

EU elections candidates clash over whatโ€™s best for European economy

Today in the EU: Party candidates clash over the economic way forward during debate week

Candidates across the political spectrum are meeting twice this week to confront their adversaries and share their vision for Europe. What did they have to sa…

Palรคstina-eklat in Europa

Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brรผssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des grรถรŸten Newsrooms der europรคischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JรœRGEN KLร–CKNER Mit JULIUS BRINKMANN und LAURA HรœLSEMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN โ€” Eklat in Europa: Drei Lรคnder haben Palรคstina als Staat anerkannt. Israel rief darauf die Botschafter in Irland [โ€ฆ]

Renew, ID lead pre-EU election debate as EPPโ€™s von der Leyen keeps low profile

IDโ€™s Anders Vistesen, who repeatedly sparred with von der Leyen during the first debate, mostly directed his ire last night on Renewโ€™s Sandro Gozi, leaving the floor clear for von der Leyen to present her economic prescriptions largely unchallenged.

Ursula von der Leyen, Nicolas Schmit, Anders Vistisen and Sandro Gozi debate economy โ€“ as it happened

European leaders participate in debate hosted by Bruegel and the Financial TimesKarl Nehammer, the Austrian chancellor, hosted the British prime minister, Rishi Sunak.โ€œThe leaders committed to implementing stronger frameworks to deal with migration, an…

Speak for the values youโ€™re fighting for, Kallas encourages liberal ally Strack Zimmermann [Advocacy Lab Content]

Estonian PM Kaja Kallas told Euractiv her advice for liberal ally Marie-Agnes Strack Zimmermann is โ€œBe yourself, and speak for the values youโ€™re fighting for,โ€ as Strack Zimmermann begins her campaign as ALDEโ€™s lead candidate for the June elections….

Macron forms โ€˜New Europeansโ€™ club to unite fragmented EU liberals

A freshly-created association aims to spur the liberal center-ground to join together, but it faces an uphill struggle.

Low appetite for EU liberalsโ€™ election campaign kick-off

EU liberals kicked off their campaign for June’s European election to a muted reception, amid internal divisions that have forced the multi-party alliance to agree on a joint electoral programme of the lowest common denominators.ย 

Macronโ€™s liberals pile pressure on von der Leyen

Centristsโ€™ numbers are set to drop in the EU election, but that doesnโ€™t stop them upping the ante on the Commission incumbent.

EU elections: The Trio that will enter the ring for the Liberals

On Wednesday, the EU liberals will kick off their joint election campaign and present their three Franco-German lead candidates who will spearhead their campaign.

EU liberals gear up to campaign against von der Leyen

European liberal forces will be warming up for an electoral battle against Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at a Wednesday (20 March) meeting to launch their joint “Renew Europe Now” electoral campaign platform in the hopes of mitigating the p…