Approaching the first official state visit of a French president to Germany in 24 years, the Franco-German engine is again struggling to design a framework for the EU of the future, but upcoming national elections add unprecedented urgency to their task.
European affairs ministers and their counterparts from EU candidate countries started talks on Tuesday (30 April) on how to strengthen the rule of law both within the bloc and in countries seeking to join it.
In theory, political convention requires the leaders of the EU27 to decide on whether to open a new convention on EU treaty reform after the European Parliament formally demanded one. In practice, however, treaty reform was not on the agenda at …
National leaders must agree to open a new European convention to reform the EU treaties and deliver on the recommendations made by the Conference on the Future of Europe.
The European Parliament adopted a wide package of reforms of its internal rules covering the legislative process, scrutiny activities and budgetary functions a senior official from the European Parliament confirmed to Euractiv on Thursday (7 December).
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques will bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at how MEPs quietly voted …
There seems to be a broad consensus among EU countries that enlargement has become a geopolitical necessity. However, the corresponding discussion on reforming the bloc ahead of admitting new members never seems to get off the ground - for which Germany is partly to blame.
The European Parliament secretariat has prepared a ‘reflection paper’ - exclusively seen by Euractiv - addressed to political groups with concrete examples on how to reshape the Parliament’s committees in the next legislative mandate.
The likelihood of a new pro-European government in Warsaw has brightened the prospects for the twin project of EU enlargement and reform, one of the experts behind the recent Franco-German enlargement report said, but warned change may still be a long way off.
The EU should focus on doing less but doing it better, leading conservatives concluded following a two-day summit of young delegates in Brussels this week, as they seek to counter the push towards more EU integration.
A Franco-German expert report on how to best reform the EU to prepare it for the accession of future members is expected to be submitted to European affairs ministers on Tuesday (19 September). The report, prepared by a group of twelve …
The French and German ministers of state for Europe, Laurence Boone and Anna Lührmann, emphasised in an exclusive interview with EURACTIV that the two countries are confident that partial institutional reform of the EU will be possible within this year.
One year after EU governments backed Ukraine’s status as a candidate to join the bloc, Kira Rudik, a senior lawmaker in Kyiv, says that the country is on track for EU accession - but it needs political support from the bloc as much as ever.
Addressing the EU lawmakers on Tuesday (9 May), German Chancellor Olaf Scholz stressed the need to reform the bloc, particularly if it wants to continue enlarging, and strengthen the European Commission's ability to bring member states to court over rule of law violations.
The perfect way to celebrate tomorrow's Europe Day is to eat a centuries-old Portuguese delicacy that has an unsuspecting link with a foundational moment of the EU’s integration process.
With almost fifteen years passed since the entry into force of the EU's current treaties, every day there is new evidence that an update and adaptation is needed, writes Guy Verhofstadt. Guy Verhofstadt is an MEP for Renew Europe, co-chair of …
Few topics in European politics are as unsexy as EU treaty reform. Yet two years ago, it was briefly back in fashion. A majority of national governments, including Germany and France, the EU’s engine room, gave their backing for treaty reform. Emmanuel Macron, then still something of a European poster boy, was the main cheerleader.
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at why national politics looks like it will stymie reform of the …
Dear readers, Welcome to EU Politics Decoded where Benjamin Fox and Eleonora Vasques bring you a round-up of the latest political news in Europe and beyond every Thursday. In this edition, we look at why there is not much that is new about the alternative …
EU lawmakers have made a series of new demands for the revamp of the European Parliament’s transparency regime including mandatory asset declarations and financial sanctions for code of conduct breaches.
There are many more accessible actions that can be taken on health before getting onto the bigger question of changing the EU treaties, EU lawmakers said in a health committee meeting on Monday (5 December).
Long-term investment tools of the EU should be used for ‘strategic’ planning instead of ‘tactical’ operational targets, the president of the EU's peripheral maritime regions told EURACTIV.
The European Commission’s actions on health are just a first step, as they need to be followed by increasing the collaboration of the member states in the health field, Vytenis Andriukaitis told EURACTIV in an interview.
"I am going to work to get each and every government, one by one, to look at the demands that citizens have asked for," European Parliament President Roberta Metsola told EURACTIV in an exclusive interview after the State of the …
