Commission President Ursula von der Leyen wants a paradigm shift in agricultural policy: in the last mandate, the Commission led by her presented proposals that focused on climate and species protection. For the next five years, the focus will be on adapting to climate change.In an interview with Table.Briefings, agricultural politician Norbert Lins (CDU) explains […]
Mr. Lins, Ursula von der Leyen has clarified that in the next agricultural policy mandate, adaptation to climate change should take priority over measures to protect the climate and species …With this focus, the Commission President has made an important contribution to depolarizing the debate on agriculture. There is a broad consensus in the new […]
In her speech to the European Parliament, the now re-elected Commission President Ursula von der Leyen also made the reduction of bureaucracy a key issue. It is good that the EU Commission wants to deal with this in detail. After all, much of our national legislation now also has its origins in European directives and […]
The Commission has adopted guidelines for investments in the New European Bauhaus (NEB). They are intended to convey how and why investments can be made in line with the values and principles of the NEB. The NEB was founded by the Commission in 2021 as an interdisciplinary and creative initiative to anchor aesthetics, sustainability and […]
The EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens and Left have succeeded in excluding the radical right-wing and anti-EU MEPs when the European Parliament and its committees were constituted. The firewall has held. The radical right-wing Patriots for Europe group, into which the ID Group has merged and which is led by Jordan Bardella from the Rassemblement National, […]
In May, Ursula von der Leyen and Manfred Weber were still openly toying with the idea of cooperating with parties from the national-conservative camp such as the Fratelli d’Italia. After the European elections on June 9, there was soon no more talk of this. The simple reason: a center-right alliance of Liberals, EPP and ECR […]
Today at 12:30 p.m., Bernd Lange (SPD) will all likely be elected by the other chairmen of the committees in the European Parliament as their chairman. Lange has already held the post since 2022. The head of the CCC has an important job: He settles conflicts when committees tussle over responsibilities for dossiers. Does the […]
The committees in the European Parliament are being constituted from today. At least the chair and the first deputy must be elected. Three further deputies can be elected later. It has been decided that at least one woman will be appointed as chair or first vice-chair.The firewall will also be raised: The chairmanship of the […]
Ursula von der Leyen has been elected for a second term as Commission President with the votes of the pro-European center groups in the European Parliament. She received 401 votes in a secret ballot – 41 votes more than necessary for an absolute majority of 360 seats. 284 MEPs voted no, and 22 ballots were […]
The agreements between Christian Democrats, Socialists, Liberals and Greens have held in the elections for the new Bureau of the European Parliament. The members of the political groups of the platform supporting the “Von der Leyen Commission II“, i.e. EPP, S&D, Renew, as well as the Green Group, voted in such a way that they […]