The results of the EU elections have had a bigger impact on many EU countries than the European Parliament itself.
The top national delegations will reshape the Parliament's balance of powers while feeding new priorities into the legislative work, and with voting set to start on Thursday (6 June), Europe Elects' final projections for Euractiv lay out what could lie ahead.
The ICC request to issue arrest warrants against Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister and two Hamas officials for a rap sheet of war crimes pitted once again the EU’s chief diplomat Josep Borrell against some member states.
The 2018 Prespa Agreement between Greece and North Macedonia must be implemented by “all parties” and in “good faith”, a European Commission spokesperson told Euractiv amid a new spat between Athens and Skopje threatening to revive a 25-year dispute.
Politicians are the main threat for media freedom in Europe with a third of member states being labelled as ‘problematic’ and even the ‘good’ and ‘satisfactory’ countries, seeing their scores drop, according to Reporters Without Borders World Press Freedom Index 2024, published on Friday (3 May).
The response to Iran's attack on Israel should not lead to a large-scale regional conflict that would make people forget about suffering in Gaza, the EU's High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrell, said in an interview with Spanish TV Antena 3 on Sunday.
While efforts to combat disinformation and voter manipulation are in full swing in Europe ahead of the June 2024 EU elections, in the US, European Commission Vice-President Věra Jourová told Euractiv.cz that the authorities are “calm” about hybrid threats before November’s federal polls, with no apparent evidence they have any preparations in place.
With two months until June’s EU election, the Parliament has gone into alert mode as pressure piles up to respond to a new cash-for-influence scandal rocking the institution, with new reforms back on the table.
In the complex and protracted negotiations on the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, “the ball is in the court” of the 27 member states, Paraguay’s Industry and Trade Minister Javier Giménez told Euractiv’s partner EFE in an interview, pointing to Europe’s strict environmental rules as the main obstacle to a swift agreement.
EU Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders was shortlisted to become the next secretary general of the Council of Europe, the Committee of Ministers announced on Tuesday.
In recent days, Germany has increased pressure to add to the EU summit conclusions a “positive” message for the future of EU-Turkey relations, something that Cyprus did not see in positive light, Euractiv has learnt.
The EU’s auditing body has warned that the European Commission’s strategy of relying on member states to ensure the money of the pandemic recovery fund is properly spent is heightening the “risk of irregularity or even corruption”.
EU member states on Tuesday (19 March) agreed on a deal that will see EU Galileo satellites launched from US territory in a last-ditch effort and extraordinary measure to save their space programme.
European leaders and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi have struck a deal to curb migration from Egypt, with the EU bloc agreeing to provide €7.4 billion in aid until 2027 to help manage migrant flows and boost the economy – a move criticised across the political spectrum, especially in Italy.
The European Data Protection Supervisor (EDPS) expressed its disappointment on Tuesday (March 12) about a treaty on Artificial Intelligence (AI) negotiated in Strasbourg this week, saying it has veered far from its original purpose.
The statement follows multiple experts’ warnings that the rules will render it “impossible” for the EU to achieve its net-zero target by 2050.
Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas confirmed on Thursday she will not be ALDE’s spitzenkandidat for the EU elections as the party scrambles to find the perfect match ahead of their electoral congress.
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) is eyeing a pro-EU, pro-centrist coalition with the socialists and liberals after June's EU elections, an EPP source told Euractiv, adding that the Greens are not on their radar while cooperation with some parties on the right who want to distance themselves from extreme rhetoric is not ruled out.
A balance of power shift after the European Parliament elections will give the centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) the upper hand, allowing them to bend the left while also reaching out to the right in a delicate balancing act that has the potential to backfire.
The European Social Democrats elected European Labour Commissioner Nicolas Schmit to be their lead candidate for the upcoming European elections with a large majority on Saturday.
Despite several challenges member states such as Poland face in implementing projects on time under the EU Recovery Fund, the European Commission insists on the agreed 2026 deadline, stressing the fund’s “temporary” nature.
While the EU auditors find that the European Commission´s annual rule of law reporting lacks transparency and accountability, EU lawmakers have voiced concerns about its susceptibility to political influence.
Ursula von der Leyen’s decision to re-run for the EU Commission presidency has prompted some positive reactions in several EU capitals, but her quest to secure enough support from governments may prove to be a delicate balance to strike.
While Germany’s new leftist breakaway party led by Sahra Wagenknecht soars with seven seats to the detriment of far-right AfD, Italy’s Fratelli d’Italia and France’s Rassemblement National are also on the rise, according to mid-February’s Europe Elects projections for Euractiv.
