The European Parliament’s leaders will first approve the plans in a meeting on Wednesday, a source told Euractiv.
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Early drafts of the Commission’s 2025 work programme spring few surprises โ with competitiveness the order of the day.
The vote is symbolic but lawmakers still couldn’t come to an agreement.
A new Commission is confirmed, and the EPP are rejoicing. But Manfred Weber’s hard-won “expanded majority” in Parliament will bring fresh managerial challenges.
EPP leader Manfred Weber is promoting an โexpanded majorityโ that reinforces his group’s dominance.
Left to their own devices, MEPs have managed to jeopardise the pro-European coalition that von der Leyen is convinced should carry her Commission into office. It now falls to her to rescue it.
Spanish conservatives want to block the country’s socialist candidate for European Commission vice-president.
It means his appointment will be tied to the more high-profile commissioner hearings on Tuesday.
MEPs hold back the green light for the controversial Hungarian Commission nominee.
MEPs resort to mutually assured destruction to get Jessika Roswall and Hadja Lahbib through their parliamentary hearings.
Sweden’s Jessika Roswall has passed the European Parliament after a lacklustre performance saw her delayed alongside a liberal would-be colleague.
Olivรฉr Vรกrhelyi has little chance of winning the two-thirds majority he needs for quick confirmation, say European Parliament officials.
A protracted standoff among rival political factions could mean all commissioners squeeze through.
Your step-by-step guide to the European election’s season finale.
It was a “mistake” to side with the far right in yet another migration quarrel, top EPP lawmaker said.
The upcoming interinstitutional negotiations on the EU budget for 2025 are likely to be tense.
Peter Liese’s resolution will be voted on by MEPs on Wednesday.
Giorgia Meloni wished that “all political forces will actively engage with their respective European political families,” to ensure Fitto’s confirmation.
Even for the EPP the situation seems unclear to many.
While the EPP, as expected, welcomed the Commission’s stance, left-wing parties are calling for caution.
As president-elect presents his priorities, he will listen closely to fellow social democratic ally Scholz
In a more delicate political landscape than 2019, MEPs are wary that political point-scoring during the upcoming commissioner hearings could come back to bite.
A fight over key positions in the European Parliamentโs research panel and working groups has sparked a major spat between influential lawmakers from the centre-right EPP and the Greens.
Aprรจs avoir dรฉvoilรฉ sa nouvelle รฉquipe, la prรฉsidente de la Commission europรฉenne est plus influente que jamais.
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…
As the dust settles after weeks of wrangling, here are the key things you need to know.
The European Parliamentโs sub-committee on public health (SANT) discussed whether a new full committee dedicated to health should be created (9 September), raising tensions between MEPs over its future competences.ย
EU energy industry associations welcomed the Draghi report, lauding its restraint to attack the blocโs energy market principles, while MEPs want to make sure it is politically recognised.
EU member statesโ nominees for the new European Commission will next month have to run the gauntlet of European Parliament hearings before legislators approve their appointments.
Either more commissioner posts, more powerful portfolios, or ironclad commitments will be needed to cement Socialist support for von der Leyenโs Commission, key figures warn.
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…
Aurore Lalucq hasn’t always been a fan of financial services firms.
“We have cooperated so far and will continue to do so in the future,” Meloni tells Corriere della Serra.
More right-wing, less green โ and less Franco-German power.
Your guide to the jargon that’s everywhere in Brussels.
The European Commission president is up for re-election โ and despite criticisms, she is best-placed to keep Europe secure in a time of crisisUrsula von der Leyen should get a second five-year term at the head of the European Commission despite the som…
MEPs pick incumbent for another 2.5 years at the helm.
The group is ditching some of its ambitions as it prepares to back conservative Ursula von der Leyen atop the EU executive.ย
Secret ballot poses extra challenge as European Commission president seeks a second term.
Liberals are incensed over a backdoor deal between the EPP and ECR.
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
EU leaders cannot afford a delay and must nominate incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for a second term this summit, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz urged on Wednesday (26 June).
The Italian prime minister also called the EU ‘an invasive bureaucratic giant.’
Europeโs socialists are kicking themselves that Keir Starmerโs party is no longer around.
Ursula von der Leyen could get burned, said former Luxembourg PM.
The Commission president needs Renew groupโs support for a new term โ but the faction is shedding seats.
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
Les 27 chefs dโEtat et de gouvernement ne sont pas parvenus ร un accord lundi soir sur le renouvellement du mandat dโUrsula von der Leyen ร la tรชte de la Commission europรฉenne.
We made our own group of the most outlandish MEPs coming to the new European Parliament.
Europeโs destiny must be to remain a beacon of peace, a thriving democracy where the rule of law is observed.
Trop rapide pour รชtre vrai ? Un consensus est dรฉjร en train dโรฉmerger pour les quatre postes les plus importants de lโUnion europรฉenne.
Far-right gains have left liberals and Greens reeling โ but despite differences, their interest lies in banding togetherFor Europeโs centre-left, it was the night from hell. Liberals and Greens took a beating in many countries and lost dozens of seats …
โThe majority should not be extended to the parties of the extreme right,” said former Commission boss.
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.
Les partis qui ont progressรฉ, ceux qui ont perdu des voix, quelle influence dans les institutions : POLITICO fait le point.
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…
After 185 million votes in 27 countries, POLITICO brings you up to speed.
The top national delegations will reshape the Parliament’s balance of powers while feeding new priorities into the legislative work, and with voting set to start on Thursday (6 June), Europe Elects’ final projections for Euractiv lay out what could lie…
Nicolas Schmitโs S&D group likely to come second in elections but he rejects any alliance with the far left or hard right
Clรฉment Beaune’s comments suggest that Paris is open to extending the German Commission president’s time in Brussels.
We do the math on whether the European Commission president can get a second term. It will go down to the wire.
When EU voters head to the polls later this week, one thing is certain: Almost none of them will be thinking of Europe when they cast their ballot.ย A plethora of studies โ and sky-high abstention rates โ show that most of the blocโs citizens neither understand nor care about the European Parliament vote. Because [โฆ]
Prepare for postelection negotiations changing the European Parliament just as much as voter choices.
Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brรผssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des grรถรten Newsrooms der europรคischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JรRGEN KLรCKNER Mit LAURA HรLSEMANN und JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN โ NATO-Treffen endet: Stoltenberg hat die Mitgliedslรคnder des Verteidigungsbรผndnisses dazu aufgerufen, sich auf jรคhrliche Militรคrhilfen fรผr die Ukraine [โฆ]
Your guide to the horse-trading thatโs about to begin.
The current EU Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights, Luxembourg’s Nicolas Schmit, is touring EU member states to rally support for national socialist parties and strengthen his party’s standing ahead of June’s EU elections.
DIE TOP-THEMEN โ Wegen Meloni-Flirt: SPD und Grรผne haben ein Ultimatum an Kommissionschefin von der Leyen gestellt. โ Wachsender Einfluss der Rechten: POLITICO analysiert, was die bevorstehende Europawahl fรผr zentrale Politikfelder von der Landwirtschaft bis zur Verteidigung bedeuten wรผrde. โ Streit um Militรคrhilfen: Ungarn blockiert weitere Unterstรผtzung fรผr die Ukraine. โ Buch der Sรผnden: Die [โฆ]
With two weeks to go to the EU elections, the French Greens – and their allies across Europe – are in freefall in the polls. After the great success of 2019, has the wind changed for the Green lists?
The new European Commission president must not collaborate with far-right forces, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz warned on Friday (24 May), amid signs that the current Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen is eyeing closer collaboration with hard-right …
Das Briefing dazu, wie sich Entscheidungen in Brรผssel auf Sie auswirken. Mit dem Wissen des grรถรten Newsrooms der europรคischen Hauptstadt. Im Browser anzeigen oder hier anhรถren von JรRGEN KLรCKNER Mit JULIUS BRINKMANN DIE TOP-THEMEN โ Signal an den Westen: Die Abschlusserklรคrung von Putin und Xi wird in Europa als Drohung verstanden. โ Kampfansage an Moskau: [โฆ]
The S&D’s lead candidate in the European elections outlined his views on revising the Migration Pact and opposing the far right to Global Conversation’s Isabel da Silva Marques.
Brussels has warned new restrictions on civil society are “incompatible with European values.”
Google search data suggests reduced interest in June’s EU elections compared to 2019, with the centre-right EPP group much more frequently searched for than its main centre-left rivals.
The future of the European Parliamentโs Subcommittee on Security and Defence (SEDE) has become the source of horse-trading between several political groups, with some arguing the institution would lack the competencies and skills for its upgrade.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholzโs ailing SPD bets on fears of a looming far-right shift to turn around underwhelming ratings and deliver a much-needed boost to Europeโs socialists, even though polls suggest otherwise and analysts remain unconvinced.
POLITICOโs guide to key European lawmakers to pay attention to in the run-up to EU election June 6-9.
Lead MEP Javi Lรณpez (S&D, ES) will brief journalists on the revised rules following the final plenary vote.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
With European elections looming from 6 to 9 June, the centre-left Socialists and Democrats (S&D) and the Greens have two main goals: win votes from the right and be clearly distinguishable from their traditional allies.
Lead MEP Elisabetta Gualmini (S&D, IT) will brief media on the Platform Work Directive following the final plenary vote.Committee on Employment and Social Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Lead MEP Lara Wolters (S&D, NL) will brief journalists on the new rules for corporate sustainability through due diligence following the final plenary vote.Committee on Legal Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
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Following a final plenary vote, rapporteurs Maria-Manuel Leitรฃo-Marques (S&D, PT) and Samira Rafaela (Renew, NL) will discuss new rules banning products made with force labour.Committee on International Trade Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Despite a nerve-wreaking buildup leading up to the vote on Wednesday (10 April) afternoon, and the final agreement to no oneโs liking, the EUโs asylum and migration pact ultimately passed with a thin majority on certain parts of the package.ย
Catalan independence leader more recognizable at ground level than most big names from Brussels.
Europeโs fringe parties are beating centrists at reaching TikTok users, a data analysis by POLITICO shows.
It’s a warning to Ursula von der Leyen “that the rule of law canโt be traded for deals with Orbรกn,โ said key MEP.
The EUโs 2035 ban on new cars with internal combustion engines is the least popular climate protection measure in Germany, France, and Poland, even among voters of centre-left parties, a new survey conducted in the three countries showed.
Co-rapporteurs Andrus Ansip (Renew, Estonia) and Cyrus Engerer (S&D, Malta) will brief journalists following the plenary vote on the green claims directive.Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food SafetyCommittee on the Internal Market and …
Portuguese S&D MEP Carlos Zorrinho, chair of the delegation to the OACPS-EU joint parliamentary assembly, responds to EUobserver’s piece Energy and minerals disputes overshadow new EU-ACP pact.
Lead MEP Lara Wolters (S&D, NL) will update journalists on the status of the new rules for corporate sustainability through due diligence following the Coreper vote.Committee on Legal Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
Mistral’s AI pact with U.S. tech giant Microsoft comes after bitter lobbying over how Europe can push into the next tech wave.
Lead MEP Tiemo Wรถlken (S&D, DE) will brief journalists following the final plenary vote on new rules protecting journalists and activists from abusive lawsuits against public participation.Committee on Legal Affairs Source : ยฉ European Union, 2024 – EP
It is the first time Arena has been interviewed over the scandal.
The Socialists & Democrats have named Luxembourg’s EU commissioner for jobs and social rights Nicolas Schmit as their lead candidate โ or so-called Spitzenkandidat โ for the June European elections.
It’s possible that the senior roles at the European Commission, Council, Parliament and EEAS could all be held by women after the EU election.
Spanish and German backing clear field for Luxembourg’s Nicolas Schmit to become socialists’ top candidate in EU election.
German lawmaker Maria Noichl wants to ban buying sex โ but not everyoneโs on board.
