The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Identity and Democracy (ID) groups at the European Parliament voted against a proposal to introduce mandatory anti-harassment training for parliamentarians.
The European Parliament has approved updates to the passport-free Schengen area rules, including the introduction of border restrictions in case of ‘instrumentalisation’, or facilitating the entry of irregular migrants into EU territory.
The Parliament plans to open a new office in the Western Balkans, as a strategy to enhance its oversight over the enlargement process the European Parliament's administrative body plans in a document seen by Euractiv.
The criminalisation of forced marriage, illegal adoption, and exploitation of surrogacy have been added to the scope of a directive to prevent human trafficking and protect victims, as voted by the European Parliament on Tuesday (23 April).
The EU is set to seal a highly sensitive and strategic deal worth up to €8 million with Egypt on Sunday (17 March), continuing its strategy of investing in the countries of origin or transit of migration flows.
One of the leaders of the liberals in the EU election campaign will be German defence expert Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, whose party in Germany has been obstructing significant legislative proposals related to business and the Green Deal in recent weeks.
EU institutions are set to simplify administrative rules for work and residence visas making it easier for third-country nationals who wish to work and live in the EU.
The European Parliament legal affairs committee (JURI) unanimously decided that Eva Kaili's immunity defence is inadmissible in the context of the Qatargate investigation, because everything was done 'by the book', a note from the parliamentary committee, seen by Euractiv, states.
To understand the obstacles women face when participating in politics, national authorities need to generate more gender-disaggregated data, Policy and Campaign Officer for the European Women’s Lobby, Jéromine Andolfatto, told Euractiv.
The EU border agency Frontex is drawing up 'potential scenarios' to assess how it might provide additional support, if needed, at the borders with the Gaza Strip, its executive director, Hans Leijtens, told a group of media, including Euractiv.
The new cooperation agreement between the EU's border agency Frontex and the UK was set up at the request of the British government, an official source from Frontex confirmed to Euractiv.
The centre-right, conservative and far-right lawmakers oppose the introduction of mandatory anti-harassment training for members of the European Parliament (MEPs) at the start of their mandate, a German EU lawmaker involved in the process told Euractiv.
Keeping Europe safe from wars and poverty is the key thread of the narrative the EU socialists pitched for June's European elections as they hammered out their strategy at a congress of the Party of the European Socialists in Rome last weekend.
The European socialists are set to ask for the confirmation of European Commission portfolios on the green transition, economy and social affairs for the next European Commission, the socialist EU leading candidate Nicola Schmit told Euractiv in an exclusive interview.
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.The EU border agency Frontex is unable to "fulfill its fundamental rights obligation" due to its reliance on EU member states when a migrant boat is in distress, EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly highlighted in a report following an investigation into Frontex's operations at sea.
The European Parliament decided to ban Amazon representatives from accessing its buildings on Tuesday (27 February), due to multiple events where the global retailing giant did not attend meetings requested by members of the European Parliament, press service confirmed Euractiv.
Europeans should have more say when it comes to spending the EU budget, as a way to boost citizens' participation in EU policymaking, a panel of experts on democratic processes said during a Euractiv event on Thursday (22 February).
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen ponders as a possibility for some parties within the conservative group (ECR) to join her centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) in the new European Parliament after June’s EU elections.
The far right is gaining momentum in Europe ahead of EU elections and is converging with the right, centre-right, and liberals on policies and politics ahead of EU elections, the co-president of The Left group at the European Parliament, Manon Aubry, told Euractiv in an interview
“The vote is never the last vote” - is what you can often hear in the so-called Brussels bubble when following the legislative path of an EU file.
A legally binding instrument to ensure quality traineeships in the EU is needed to prevent precariousness and abuse of young people in work, Renew MEP Monica Semedo told Euractiv in an interview.
The EU's new migration rules make it mandatory for EU border guards to gather biometrics from irregular migrants over the age of six, even allowing for "proportionate coercion" if a child is resisting, according to the consolidate legislative text.
The EU will help Mauritania curb the number of migrants passing through the country en route to Spain's Canary Islands, European Commission President Ursula Von der Leyen and Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez announced during a visit to the West African country on Thursday (8 February).
