Meet the new European Commissioner hopefuls
Sep 18, 2024 · In September, having made it through the final hurdles of horse-trading with European Union member states, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen unveiled the lineup of College of Commissioners for her second mandate.
Enlargement Package: How are candidate countries faring?
The European Commission on Wednesday adopted its annual Enlargement Package, which takes stock of the progress and problems on the path to EU enlargement.. Several countries are candidates to join the bloc. Though Russia’s war in Ukraine has injected the enlargement question with fresh energy, progress remains slow.
Party manifestos: This is what the European Parliament’s groups …
May 17, 2024 · European Commission (EC) President Ursula von der Leyen reacts in Bucharest, Romania, March 7, 2024. The incumbent EC President Ursula von der Leyen has won the nomination from the European People's Party (EPP), the largest political group in the European Parliament, for a second term.
Orbán’s far-right Patriots for Europe sidelined over committees ...
The far right in the European Parliament has been assembled anew. Most of what was the Identity and Democracy group (ID) has morphed into Patriots for Europe, which was established by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán in the wake of last month’s European elections.. But when MEPs convened Tuesday to vote for the chairs of Parliament’s key committees, the Patriots’ 84 members came up ...
The Parliament Magazine's latest issue on EU enlargement is out
The latest edition of The Parliament is now available to read in print and by PDF online. This month's magazine focuses on the EU's policy around enlargement, which has taken on a new urgency amid Russia's war in Ukraine.
Ursula von der Leyen’s second term: Power, crisis, and the future …
Nov 28, 2024 · The last five years of EU politics have seen no shortage of crisis. When Ursula von der Leyen stepped into her first term as European Commission president, Brexit was reaching its climax and the migration crisis was still ongoing.
EU economic debate heats up as Germany struggles and Spain soars
Dec 2, 2024 · There seems to be no end to gloomy headlines about the European Union's economic outlook. The bloc’s two largest economies, France and Germany, are in a dreadful state and politically adrift. Growth forecasts are shaky.The European Central Bank is sending out debt crisis vibes like it’s 2010 again.. Meanwhile, the United States is surging ahead and threatens to drag the EU into a trade war ...
What’s next for EU policy after the elections?
Jun 18, 2024 · The European elections shifted the power balance in the European Parliament, bolstering right-wing groups to the detriment of the Greens and the Left.
Q+A: No, Draghi does not want €800b in EU debt
Sep 11, 2024 · Mario Draghi is the talk of the town this week. The former European Central Bank president who coined the phrase "whatever it takes” to save the euro more than a decade ago is now warning of "slow agony,” economically speaking, if the European Union does not catch up to the United States and China.. After a year putting it together, Draghi handed his two-part, 393-page competitiveness ...
How the EU's enlargement policy is a tool for peace in Europe
Mar 19, 2024 · The Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Borjana Kristo, met with the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Nov 01, 2023