The Group of European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) in the European Parliament has grown to 83 members in a second accession round. The Eurosceptic group has thus ousted Renew from third place in Parliament. The following new MEPs were formally admitted at the Group meeting in Brussels on Wednesday: The constituent meeting of the group […]
German Minister for Labor Hubertus Heil (SPD) is a staunch advocate for employee rights. At the Social Europe conference in November, for example, he emphasized the importance of strong European works councils for a strong Europe. However, Germany is likely to abstain in the Council of EU Labor Ministers, which is due to adopt a […]
The Commission presented the joint implementation plan for the Asylum and Migration Pact on Wednesday. The plan sets out ten areas of implementation that all member states must achieve in order to successfully apply the new legislation by mid-2026, according to the Commission. The building blocks of the implementation plan include a common migration and […]
The enemy is on the left or is a liberal – but certainly not on the right. This is how Éric Ciotti’s worldview can be confidently summarized. The current leader of the French conservatives Les Républicains already said that he would rather vote for the far-right candidate Éric Zemmour than Macron in the 2022 presidential […]
Who is Sibylle Berg? Despite an 84-minute documentary about the German-Swiss author, numerous columns and books by her – we don’t really know. The author remains elusive, somewhere between an artificial figure and complete seriousness. Serious, for example, when she criticizes the miserable conditions in care and even capitalism in general. So nasty that it […]
In a survey conducted by the Federation of German Consumer Organizations (vzbv), an overwhelming majority of Germans surveyed (95%) want consumers to be better protected against financial losses caused by online bank fraud in the coming legislative period. This is the result of a representative Forsa survey with 1,500 participants, which is exclusively available to […]
Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico has divided the country. But the reactions in Slovakia to the attack on him are unanimous. Everyone, starting with President Zuzana Čaputová, expressed deep shock on Wednesday after the assassination attempt on the 59-year-old. The assassination was strongly condemned across the political spectrum, and Fico, who was fighting for his […]