The Industrial Emissions Directive might trigger déjà vu for some. It involves a political U-turn, a compromise questioned in the trilogue and amendments introduced as a last resort: We’re talking about the Industrial Emissions Directive, or IED for short.What exactly is meant? Next Tuesday, MEPs in plenary will vote on a proposal to revise the […]
Sexual and psychological harassment continues in the European Parliament. A now-presented survey of staff and MEPs conducted between June and August 2023 by the MeTooEP group, shows that half of the respondents have experienced bullying at least once (49.5 percent), eight percent at least one case of physical violence and 15 percent sexual harassment. Almost […]
In the magnificent Palace of Versailles, French MPs incorporated “the guaranteed freedom of women to exercise the right to voluntary abortion” into the French constitution. This was a historic breakthrough, as it made France the first country in the world to constitutionally protect women’s freedom to decide what happens to their bodies as they wish.Because […]
The Rassemblement National (RN) campaign for the 2024 European elections will be launched in Marseille on Sunday. In France’s second-largest city, MEP Jordan Bardella, lead candidate of the far-right party, will hold his first election event, accompanied by Marine Le Pen. For the party with the flame, which is leading in the polls, the choice […]
It was an eagerly awaited decision. The fate of this highly controversial text remained uncertain until the very end. In the end, 329 MEPs voted in favor, 275 against and 24 abstained. MEPs from the Christian Democratic European People’s Party (EPP), the conservative ECR and the far-right ID had not succeeded in preventing the law.“This […]
There are some similarities between the Sahra Wagenknecht (BSW) Alliance and La France insoumise – and some acquaintances. Oskar Lafontaine, the former co-founder of the Left and later Wagenknecht’s husband, had a close relationship with Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Both were considered black sheep in their parties – Lafontaine in the SPD, Mélenchon in the Parti socialiste.Mélenchon […]
The wait is over and the nerves of the MEPs of Renaissance, the French branch of Renew, can calm down: French President Emmanuel Macron has finally decided who will lead the party into the European election campaign. It is the MEP and chairwoman of Renew, Valérie Hayer. This was reported by the newspaper “La Tribune […]
On Tuesday, the European Parliament will vote on the trilogue outcome of the highly controversial renaturation law. The conservative ECR group in the European Parliament has introduced six amendments. In addition, there are rejection proposals from the ECR and the right-wing ID groups.The amendments were published on Wednesday evening ahead of the plenary vote, which […]
On the journalists’ side, one can safely say the interest is there. The press room of the European Parliament was packed when the communication team presented yesterday in Brussels its tool kit for what can be seen as the equivalent to the Olympic Games for journalists covering EU Affairs. This interest from the media is […]
Following the CDU, the European People’s Party (EPP) is also backing Ursula von der Leyen’s candidacy for a second term as President of the European Commission. “We are proud to have Ursula von der Leyen as our only candidate”, said EPP party and group leader Manfred Weber at a joint press conference in Brussels. Two […]