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 […]
What you can get done today, you better postpone until next week. Actually, it was supposed to happen very quickly. Already in July, the European Commission presented its Fit-for-55 legislative package to implement the EU climate targets. Since then, the ball has been in the EU Parliament’s court and time is running out. The 1.5-degree […]
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“. […]
“There should be more EU in the Arctic and more Arctic in the EU,” tweeted the chairman of the EU Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, David McAllister. Given the melting glaciers, the second part of the tweet would certainly be desirable in climate terms. We could really use the Arctic ice here.In fact, McAllister’s first sub-sentence […]
MEP Martin Sonneborn has been a member of the European Parliament since 2014. Apart from (confused) “one-minute speeches on issues of political importance” and occasional comments on the situation of the Armenians, to whom Sonneborn feels a connection for family reasons, his membership of the Parliament has been characterized by inactivity. He claims to be […]
On Wednesday, Yulia Navalnaya will speak in the European Parliament. Martin Schirdewan will be sitting in the front row to her left. The leader of the Left Group in the European Parliament has found clear words on the death of Alexej Navalny in a Russian prison camp. He described Navalny’s death as “political murder” in […]
Big excitement: Young Green Party politician Sarah-Lee Heinrich (20) is attracting attention with her pubescent self’s internet posts. How silly.For it is solely by the grace of an earlier birth that there is no real social media stupidity to marvel at from many established politicians in their youth. I wonder what we would see there?A […]
Olaf Scholz is running in the European elections: Most people would probably consign this claim directly to the world of fake news. Not so in Italy. Here, the head of government is actually toying with the idea of having her name on the ballot paper at the beginning of June. Giorgia Meloni has not yet […]
Clear the stage for round three. For the third time in three years, three or more candidates are vying for the chairmanship of the CDU. This time the candidates entering the race will be: Friedrich Merz, Jens Spahn, Norbert Röttgen. And the surprise guest on this stage: the re-elected parliamentary party leader of the CDU/CSU […]
Armin Laschet is currently accomplishing a feat: Is he really still in office as CDU chairman or has he already left? A statement by the candidate for chancellor, Armin Laschet, was announced in the Adenauer House after the CDU and CSU parliamentary group meeting. For days, many observers had no longer been wondering whether he […]