European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said she supports a centrist approach to combat crises and political extremism ahead of European elections, calling on citizens not to vote for extremism out of frustration in an exclusive interview with Euractiv.
European Conservatives hope that there will be a right-wing majority in the next European Parliament, Nicola Procaccini, the co-president of the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) group at the European Parliament, told EURACTIV in a video interview. Looking ahead to the …
The European Commission's efforts towards the green transition are a "total failure", Marco Zanni, president of the far-right Identity and Democracy (ID) group at the European Parliament, told EURACTIV in a video interview. "What we have seen so far by the …
EU reindustrialisation and the creation of ‘green jobs’ are among top priorities of the liberal family ahead the next EU elections, the President of Renew Europe group Stéphane Séjourné told EURACTIV in a video interview.
The Greens campaign strategy will have a strong European focus when compared with the other political parties, Terry Reintke, co-president of the Greens/EFA group at European Parliament told EURACTIV. "We want to run a real European election campaign where we come …
The economic governance of the green transition is among the top priorities of the socialists and democrats (S&D) group ahead of the 2024 EU elections, S&D President Iratxe Garcia Perez told EURACTIV in a video interview. “If this has been the …
The approval of the reform of EU electoral law is absolutely doable before the next EU elections are due in spring 2024, Domenec Ruiz Devesa, a Spanish member of the European Parliament responsible for legislative text dedicated to the reform and transnational lists, told EURACTIV.
When the EU electoral system was established, ahead of the first European Parliament elections in 1979, the bloc had nine member states instead of the current 27 and 410 MEPs, in comparison to the current 705. “[It] is frustrating for many …
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's visit to Algeria brought speculation that the country is looking to forge a new energy policy. However, this is just business as usual, former prime minister and current leader of the Five Star Movement Giuseppe Conte told EURACTIV in an exclusive video interview.
The so-called Qatargate corruption scandal could impact the EU elections of Spring 2024, German MEP Damian Boeselager told EURACTIV in a video interview.
On 10 and 24 April, the French will go to the polls to choose the president of the republic for the next five years.
Ahead of next year's parliamentary elections in Hungary, EURACTIV spoke to the two contenders who hope to end the 12-year long rule of Viktor Orbán's nationalist Fidesz.
The upcoming German federal elections are already dubbed 'historic': Veteran Chancellor Angela Merkel will step down after 16 years in office while her conservative CDU/CSU union is polling at historic lows and trailing the Social Democrats, who are in pole position ahead of the 26 September vote.
Afghan situation leaves Europe stressed, the Bled Strategic Forum is a total sausage fest and German chancellor wannabes are put to the test.
EURACTIV takes a closer look a what the geography of EU discontent is, what a regional analysis of the citizens’ dissatisfaction can reveal about the places that are most anti-EU and what the EU can do.
The European Union does not recognise the results of Belarus elections and would shortly impose sanctions on those who were involved in electoral fraud and repression of protests, the European Council chief said on Wednesday.
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The June European Council was all about jobs. Leaders failed to fill the five available positions to lead the EU in the next mandate and to reach an agreement to achieve climate neutrality by 2050, which would lead to the creation of a million jobs, according to a European Commission assessment.
On June 9th, Kazakh citizens will go to the polls. It's the first time since since Kazakhstan's independence from the Soviet Union that it's first president, and long-time leader, Nursultan Nazarbayev isn't on the ballot.
Shock and awe at latest Parliament poll, Commission scores copyright own goal, and Hungary’s Fidesz party is playing the troll.
Green Party election results are thrilling, Theresa May flunks Brexit grilling and justice demanded over journalist killing.
On Wednesday morning (12 September), Jean-Claude Juncker delivered his final State of the Union address to this European Parliament. Check EURACTIV's coverage on how the speech went down and how everyone is reacting to it.
The EU’s budget Commissioner, Günther Oettinger, triggered a wave of outrage last month after reportedly suggesting that markets will “teach” Italian people how to vote. EURACTIV.com looks into the story as part of the 'Fact or Fake' series, in partnership with France 24.
A Brussels-based NGO has monitored the 2018 Italian election and came to the conclusion that "fake news" have been relatively rare. EURACTIV.com looks into the story as part of the “Fact or Fake” series, in partnership with France 24.
