The hearings of the candidates for the Commissioner posts are scheduled to begin on Nov. 4. If the hearings go according to plan and no replacements become necessary, the European Parliament will be able to vote on the approval of the Von der Leyen Commission II during the session week of Nov. 25 in Strasbourg. […]
An open power struggle has escalated between Manfred Weber, leader of the EPP parliamentary group and party, and the party’s Secretary General, Thanasis Bakolas. On Friday, Bakolas sent an email to the Presidium members in which he accuses party leader Weber of unlawful behavior. Weber had given Tom Vandenkendelaere, a former Belgian MEP, a post […]
EU ambassadors have endorsed the Commission’s move to downgrade the downgrade the protection status of the wolf from “strictly protected” to “protected”. This clears the way for the proposal to be adopted by the Competitiveness Council this Thursday. The Commission can then lobby for the downgrading on behalf of the EU on Dec. 4 in […]
Pressure is mounting on the EU Commission to bring forward the statutory review of the CO2 fleet limits from 2026 to 2025. Jens Gieseke (CDU), Coordinator in the Transport Committee, is calling for a “clear commitment” from the responsible Commissioners, Wopke Hoekstra and Teresa Ribera, in the hearings “for flexibility and not to stick rigidly […]
A majority is emerging in the Council in favor of the Commission’s proposal to downgrade the protection status of the wolf. Until now, the Commission has not had a qualified majority among the member states for its proposal. The background to this was that the German government had to abstain because Minister for the Environment […]
The EPP Group is spending its study days in Naples from now until Friday. EPP leader Manfred Weber wants to talk to the 187 MEPs about competitiveness and cooperation in the Mediterranean region, both in the economy and in the fight against illegal migration.However, the thematic focus of the days will clearly be on defense […]
It already seemed as if EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen’s initiative to lower the high standard of species protection for wolves had fizzled out. There was no majority on the member states’ side in the spring. Now something is happening: Luxembourg has announced its support for the initiative. This would fulfill one of […]
Some titles will change, but the responsibilities of the new Commissioners for agricultural and food issues will essentially remain the same. As before, the Agriculture Commissioner – proposed by Christophe Hansen (EPP) from Luxembourg – will be responsible for agriculture and rural development and thus for both pillars of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The […]
The hearings of the commissioner-designates in the European Parliament are likely to start on Nov. 4. The committee chairs, responsible for conducting the hearings, will meet on Oct. 1 for an extraordinary session to finalize the schedule. The Legal Affairs Committee (JURI) postponed its meeting to review the financial and other interests of the commissioner-designates […]
The automotive umbrella organization ACEA does not want to call on the Commission to use the emergency clause of the European Treaties, Article 122, to suspend fines for fleet limits and postpone them for two years. According to reports in Brussels, there was not enough support among manufacturers for ACEA President Luca de Meo’s proposal.Instead, […]