Newly elected and re-elected members of the European Parliament are gathering in Strasbourg for the first plenary session of the new mandate.
Exorbitant costs, carbon emissions, and time management are some of the reasons for scrapping the monthly commute of the entire European Parliament to Strasbourg, according to advocates of the idea. However, the dual residency of the institution is deeply rooted in European history and is actively supported by activists in the French city.
Although geothermal energy plays a small part of the EU’s renewable energy mix, it has significant potential as a stable and local source in the Unions quest for energy independence.
The European Parliament, the biggest democratic institution in the world, now features three far-right groups. Two of them, Patriots for Europe and Europe of Sovereign Nations, emerged only this week, from the ashes of failed alliance negotiations.
EU ambassadors met yesterday (July 10th) to prepare a joint response after President Viktor Orbán’s unexpected visit to negotiate peace with Putin. The amicable nature of the dialogue between the two leaders in Moscow upset EU ambassadors, as Hungary used the European Council presidency’s logo despite claiming a national agenda.
All eyes this week are on the NATO summit taking place in Washington, DC, to mark the military alliance’s 75th anniversary with a collective message about unity.
Today the European Union launches a rocket into space for the first time since the war in Ukraine began. The rocket, named Ariane 6, symbolizes a renewed hope that Europe will gain ground in the new space race. But the challenges ahead are plenty. Can Europe catch up?
In a surprising turn of events, the French left-wing coalition, the New Popular Front, has overtaken Marine Le Pen’s National Rally, coming first during the second and final round of France’s snap elections on Sunday (7 July).
The EU has set ambitious goals for securing its supply of critical raw materials, which are key to the digital and green transitions. Today we talk to Chad Blewitt, managing director of the Jadar Project, a highly-anticipated and highly-delayed lithium mining site in Serbia. Jadar is operated by Rio Tinto, the world’s second largest mining company.
Despite the EU’s attempts to keep up with AI updates’ breakneck speed, NGOs fear the union is taking a step back in the demanding fight to regulate the technology.
UK citizens head to the polls today for a general election widely expected to end the 14 years of Conservative rule and return the Labour Party to power, prompting questions about what it will mean for the EU-UK relations and why - while Europe is shifting to the right - the UK is turning left.
Ursula von der Leyen is campaigning to secure a second term as Commission president, negotiating with key groups, including the Socialists, the liberals, and the Greens, to secure the 361 votes needed for her confirmation in Parliament.
Sunday (30 June) marked the deadline for EU countries to submit their National Energy and Climate Plans (NECP), outlining how each member state will deliver domestically on the EU’s carbon neutrality goals by 2030. However, only a handful of countries have met the deadline so far. Is the EU at risk of missing its climate neutrality target?
The French headed to the polls to decide on their next government after President Emmanuel Macron announced a snap election a few weeks ago. Jordan Bardella’s far-right Rassemblement National emerged victorious in this first round of legislative elections, with a record score of 34%.
As leaders convene for the second day of the EU summit in Brussels, the spotlight is on Giorgia Meloni’s latest chess moves.
EU leaders are gathering in Brussels on Thursday and Friday for the last meeting of this mandate to seal the deal on the distribution of the bloc's top jobs following the European elections in early June.
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" is a saying that feels particularly relevant in Brussels as Hungary prepares to take over the presidency of the European Council—one of the EU's most crucial brokering positions—in less than a week.
The forthcoming report by former Italian prime minister and former European central bank president, Mario Draghi, on the future of European competitiveness is a valuable opportunity to shape the EU policy agenda for the coming EU legislative term and beyond.
The promise of halting migration to Europe has been at the heart of centre-right and far-right parties' election campaigns across the EU for June's elections. While the strategy worked and garnered wide public approval, voters are now expecting politicians to deliver and leaders are looking beyond the EU for solutions.
On Friday afternoon, Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, announced it is pausing plans to roll out artificial intelligence (AI) features that would use users’ public posts to train its AI models. The company cited a request from the Irish Data Protection Commission.
The European Conservatives and Reformists announced on Wednesday they've overtaken the liberal Renew group to become the third-largest political group in the EU Parliament. This shake-up impacts the negotiations for EU top jobs as - at least in theory - it makes the ECR entitled to one of them.
France has broken EU rules when it comes to fiscal policy, according to the European Commission’s latest report. In response, the Elysée has until September to present a plan able to quell Brussels’s fears.
The new legislature's work has unofficially kicked off in Brussels, as per post-election choreography. Freshly elected MEPs are now confronted with the choice to join existing political groups or form new ones
Countries in the Union will now have to respect legally binding targets regarding national efforts to restore degraded land and sea ecosystems in compliance with the newly endorsed Nature Restoration Law. Due to its politicized nature, the text risked falling through multiple times during the past few months.
