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 is a political professional, as she proved once again on Thursday. The old and new Commission President has spent weeks wooing the MEPs, who have now given her a comfortable majority. She has managed to bring together all the concerns, wishes and sensitivities into a mosaic. Unlike in 2019, she relied […]
In Strasbourg today, the European Parliament is voting on the new Commission President, while in Milwaukee the Republicans are choosing the candidate for the US presidential election at their convention. Ever since Donald Trump chose Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate, it has been clear that a second Trump term would be uncomfortable for […]
The new European Parliament was constituted on Tuesday and the prominent posts were distributed: Roberta Metsola remains President of the Parliament, as expected, and the election of her 14 Vice-Presidents also brought few surprises (see our Analysis in today’s issue). As of today, the posts of coordinators of the parliamentary groups, who have more influence […]
The tenth parliamentary term of the European Parliament begins today. MEPs, staff, visitors and journalists can enjoy the new access area at the Parliament’s headquarters in Strasbourg. The security gates in the barracks are history. When the crowds are there, they can now queue in a beautiful, new, underground, covered and well-tempered area.As the first […]
The first plenary session of the newly elected parliament starts tomorrow in Strasbourg. At the same time, the eurozone finance ministers will meet in Brussels for the Eurogroup meeting. One of the first items on their agenda is to decide on the work program until March. The focus is once again on the Capital Markets […]
edi Europe 11.07.2024
The EU environment and climate ministers are meeting in Budapest today and tomorrow in the second week of the Hungarian Council Presidency. However, there can hardly be any talk of environment ministers. The German government is represented by state secretaries from the Federal Foreign Office and the Federal Ministry for the Environment. There seems to […]
The left-wing alliance Nouveau Front Populaire (NFP) wants to take over as prime minister following its victory in the French parliamentary elections. The leader of the Socialist Party, Olivier Faure, declared on Tuesday that he was “ready to take on this office”. From the point of view of his allies, Faure could calm the situation […]