Emmanuel Macron’s political calculations did not pay off. With 21 percent of the vote, his party “Ensemble pour la République” only came third. This puts it behind the left-wing alliance “Nouveau Front Populaire” (NFP) with 28.1 percent and the far-right election winner “Rassemblement National” (RN) with 33.2 percent. Macron’s defeat weighs all the more heavily […]
“Make Europe Great Again” – that is the slogan Hungary has chosen for its six-month presidency of the Council of the European Union. It began this week. The formula is of course cribbed from former US President Donald Trump, who has a good chance of winning the next US elections in November. That is, during […]
The first round of parliamentary elections will take place in France on Sunday. Rarely have the political stakes been so high, both at the French and European levels. Rarely has the political situation been so confusing. Rarely has the future of France been so uncertain.This is because a far-right party is on the cusp of […]
This was certainly not French President Emmanuel Macron’s plan. The political bomb he detonated just one hour after the results of the European elections was intended to strengthen his camp in the showdown with the far-right Rassemblement National (RN) – by seeking votes on the left.Now, however, the opposite is the case. Contrary to all […]
The Liberal Renew Group has re-elected its chairwoman Valérie Hayer by acclamation. The group leadership will be completed today: Nine deputy positions in the group, which currently has 74 MEPs, will be allocated. Thirteen group members have thrown their hats into the ring.There are two nominations for First Vice-President. Billy Kelleher from Ireland is given […]
Valérie Hayer, the previous Chair of the Renew Group in the European Parliament, has been re-elected Chair by acclamation. The Portuguese João Cotrim de Figueiredo, a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), the liberal wing of the Renew Group, threw in the towel. He had been running a lightning campaign […]
“One has the impression that the ecological turnaround has disappeared into a trapdoor.” This was not stated by the party representatives who presented their programs to business associations in Paris on Thursday, but by the moderator of the debate, journalist Hedwige Chevrillon.The various candidates had come to present their programs in detail. They all took […]
“Give me a little more time, I’m having trouble understanding what’s going on.” This is the most common answer you get in France at the moment when you ask for an analysis of the conservative situation in the country. From outside France, the situation seems even more nebulous. So here is an attempt to put […]
With a majority of 20 countries, representing 66 percent of the EU population, the member states officially adopted the Nature Restoration Act yesterday, Monday, in Luxembourg. This was possible because Austria’s Green Environment Minister Leonore Gewessler changed her mind at the last minute and agreed to the law. Slovakia, which had previously publicly expressed doubts […]
On Monday, European environment ministers will meet in Luxembourg to decide the fate of the proposed Nature Restoration Law. The stakes are high: According to a diplomatic source, “one or two votes” will be enough to either pass or bury the law. This would bring an end to a legislative process marked by intense political […]