The Christian Democrat EPP party family wants a stricter approach to asylum legislation. Asylum procedures should take place in third countries. To this end, migration agreements are to be concluded with other non-EU countries. This should ensure that “asylum seekers receive protection in a civilized and safe manner”. This is stated in the manifesto with […]
In the middle of the week, the Christian Democratic Party (EPP) family will meet for its two-day congress in Bucharest. The strongest European force with Manfred Weber (CSU) at the head of the parliamentary group and the party is going into the election campaign with a lot of tailwinds. The EPP is doing well in […]
Negotiators at the World Trade Organization (WTO) have failed to achieve a breakthrough on important reforms. Despite an extension of the five-day negotiations until early Saturday morning, there was no success on the topics of agriculture and fisheries. “There was no agreement on the important issues that are critical to the WTO’s mandate, such as […]
According to its party leader Manfred Weber (CSU), the European People’s Party (EPP) is willing to work with selected right-wing populist parties in the European Parliament. “Why shouldn’t we work together with right-wing conservatives such as Italy’s head of government Giorgia Meloni and Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala?” Weber told Welt am Sonntag. Meloni and […]
MEP Malte Gallée resigns from office. The 30-year-old Green, who replaced Sven Giegold in 2022, gave the reason in a personal statement on his website: He is accused of having “behaved inappropriately towards employees.” He had already called an ombudsman’s office about the matter in 2022. The personal statement continues: “I am convinced that I […]
Deutsche Umwelthilfe (DUH) refuses to disclose 15 major donations from 2021. Of 17 donations and gifts with a volume of more than €20,000 that the organization received in 2021, it only named the donors for two items. In the case of 15 donations with a total volume of €1.5 million, DUH refuses to be transparent […]
In future European elections in Germany, a threshold of at least two and at most five percent will apply. This is the result of a decision by the Federal Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe. On Thursday, the Second Senate rejected complaints against the introduction of the blocking clause as inadmissible. The small party “Die Partei”, or […]
Following the change of government in Poland, the EU Commission is releasing frozen funds worth up to 137 billion euros to the country. “I have good news,” said Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on Friday during a visit to Warsaw. Next week, the Brussels authority will take two decisions to release the funds. After […]
MEPs from the Social Democrats, Greens, Liberals and Left are demanding information from the EU Commission on the appointment of a top post in the authority. CDU politician and MEP Markus Pieper was recently appointed as the Commission’s Commissioner for SMEs. He is to represent the interests of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). MEPs want […]
Two days before Alexei Navalny’s funeral, Yulia Navalnaya came to the European Parliament and addressed the MEPs. In her speech, she blamed the Russian regime under the leadership of Vladimir Putin for the death of her husband. She said that the act showed that “Putin is capable of anything and you cannot negotiate with him“. […]