This week in the European Parliament
18 Oct EU Institutions

This week in the European Parliament

The European Parliament’s second October Strasbourg session is not only packed with key issues coming to fruition, but also comes with quite a few potential moments of reckoning and could turn out to be action packed
by Andreas Rogal
Roberta Metsola: Pro-European Visionary
12 Oct EU Institutions
Roberta Metsola: Pro-European Visionary
Slovenian PM’s ‘tasteless’ twitter spat with MEPs roundly condemned by EU policymakers
18 Oct EU Institutions
Slovenian PM’s ‘tasteless’ twitter spat with MEPs roundly condemned by EU policymakers
New EU journalism prize in honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia awarded to Pegasus Project journalism team
14 Oct EU Institutions
New EU journalism prize in honour of Daphne Caruana Galizia awarded to Pegasus Project journalism team
5 Questions with... Gilles Boyer
15 Oct EU Institutions
5 Questions with... Gilles Boyer
Gilles Boyer (FR, RE) is a member of Parliaments ENVI Committee and SEDE Subcommittee.
Movers and Shakers | 15 October 2021
14 Oct EU Institutions
Movers and Shakers | 15 October 2021
Today’s Movers & Shakers are about: A new German MEP, two MEPs change national parties, new Judges of the General Court, new FRA vice-chairperson, national news, and more!
Polexit ruling could be defining moment of Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission Presidency, argues Daniel Freund
12 Oct EU Institutions
Polexit ruling could be defining moment of Ursula von der Leyen’s European Commission Presidency, argues Daniel Freund
Rule of Law in Europe is in crisis, and little has been done by the Commission to defend it, writes German Greens/EFA MEP
This week in the European Parliament
11 Oct EU Institutions
This week in the European Parliament
The European Parliament’s Committees and Political Groups will be meeting in Brussels this week with important decisions due on both fronts, and against the background of a Rule of Law crisis triggered by the Polish Constitutional Tribunal ruling against the primacy of EU law on Friday
Issue 542 | 11 October 2021
11 Oct EU Institutions
Issue 542 | 11 October 2021
The latest edition of The Parliament Magazine is now available to read online for free.
It’s time for the EU to open the world’s ‘Global Gateways’ explains Reinhard Bütikofer
08 Oct EU Institutions
It’s time for the EU to open the world’s ‘Global Gateways’ explains Reinhard Bütikofer
German Greens/EFA MEP says EU’s Global Gateway initiative should extend its reach beyond Eurasia to Africa
European Parliament debates Pandora Papers; condemns EU governments’ watering down of tax haven blacklist
08 Oct EU Institutions
European Parliament debates Pandora Papers; condemns EU governments’ watering down of tax haven blacklist
MEPs angry that despite a succession of damning reports, not enough is being done at EU level to tackle tax avoidance, tax evasion and money laundering
Movers and Shakers | 8 October 2021
07 Oct EU Institutions
Movers and Shakers | 8 October 2021
Today’s Movers & Shakers are about: The approval of the joint assembly between British and EU lawmakers, Renew Europe’s chair resigns, Germany’s coalition talks, new commission appointments, and more!
China, multilateralism and NATO dominate European Parliament’s lively debate on EU-US relationship
05 Oct EU Institutions
China, multilateralism and NATO dominate European Parliament’s lively debate on EU-US relationship
European Parliament plenary debate on the future of EU-US relations made clear that there is still hope and that the transatlantic partnership can continue to grow, despite recent upsets
8 Questions with... Mick Wallace
05 Oct EU Institutions
8 Questions with... Mick Wallace
Mick Wallace (IE, GUE/NLG) is a member of Parliament’s ENVI Committee and SEDE Subcommittee.
MEPs shocked by ‘aggressiveness’ during Hungarian Article 7 fact-finding trip
04 Oct EU Institutions
MEPs shocked by ‘aggressiveness’ during Hungarian Article 7 fact-finding trip
Originally planned for March 2020 but delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, LIBE Committee delegation finally visited Hungary last week
This week in the European Parliament
01 Oct EU Institutions
This week in the European Parliament
EU-US Relations, the growing spectre of ‘Big Brother’, European soaring Energy Prices, progress on the common asylum and migration policy, Taiwan, Belarus and a new delegation to the UK are among the issues being discussed and debated during this week’s Strasbourg Plenary session
Movers and Shakers | 1 October 2021
01 Oct EU Institutions
Movers and Shakers | 1 October 2021
Today’s Movers & Shakers are about: An MEP standing to be French President, new directors in DG DIGIT, ECHO AND TAXUD, the German parliamentary election results, public affairs news, and more!
Who will be Germany’s next Chancellor?
01 Oct EU Institutions
Who will be Germany’s next Chancellor?
Germany has voted, but the race to succeed Angela Merkel still has quite some way to go. Courtesy of our colleagues at Dods German Monitoring, here’s a short guide to the top three candidates vying to become the leader of Europe’s largest economy.
European Commission loses patience with intransigent Italy over non-implementation of 2006 CJEU enforcement ruling
30 Sep EU Institutions
European Commission loses patience with intransigent Italy over non-implementation of 2006 CJEU enforcement ruling
The long-running discrimination case around non-national university teaching staff (Lettori) in Italy may now, finally, be heading to a conclusion. But as Henry Rodgers explains, the result may yet be a bittersweet one
Budget Committee MEPs reverse Council cuts to 2022 EU Budget
30 Sep EU Institutions
Budget Committee MEPs reverse Council cuts to 2022 EU Budget
European Parliament’s BUDG MEPs argue more money needed to tackle EU’s post-COVID recovery
Everyone must have a seat at the table when it comes to delivering Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, writes Stella Kyriakides
29 Sep EU Institutions
Everyone must have a seat at the table when it comes to delivering Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan, writes Stella Kyriakides
Delivering EU's ambitious Beating Cancer agenda is a 'marathon, not a sprint', says EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner.
Christine Lagarde tells MEPs she’s ‘optimistic’ recent rise in inflation is temporary
29 Sep EU Institutions
Christine Lagarde tells MEPs she’s ‘optimistic’ recent rise in inflation is temporary
European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) met again remotely with the President of the European Central Bank (ECB) on Monday for their third monetary dialogue of this year
Juan Fernando López Aguilar interview: A Union in Law
28 Sep EU Institutions
Juan Fernando López Aguilar interview: A Union in Law
Migration, Rule of Law, the future of Europe and reshaping the Council. There weren’t many top-line EU issues that Juan Fernando López Aguilar didn’t discuss with Ana Gallego Solana.
Issue 541 | 27 September 2021
27 Sep EU Institutions
Issue 541 | 27 September 2021
The latest edition of The Parliament Magazine is now available to read online for free.
MEPs welcome steps taken to address Slovak media freedom challenges
24 Sep EU Institutions
MEPs welcome steps taken to address Slovak media freedom challenges
European Parliament LIBE delegation ‘encouraged’ by progress made in investigation of murdered Slovakian Journalist Ján Kuciak
Movers and Shakers | 24 September 2021
23 Sep EU Institutions
Movers and Shakers | 24 September 2021
Today’s Movers & Shakers are about: Italian MEP leaves national party, DG TRADE appoints a new deputy director-general, ESMA chooses a new chair, the latest Commission appointments, and more!
Polish court defers decision on EU Rule of Law for fourth time
22 Sep EU Institutions
Polish court defers decision on EU Rule of Law for fourth time
Controversial Constitutional Tribunal has once again postponed its judgement on whether EU law has legal supremacy over Polish national law
Germany’s federal election on 26 September is more unpredictable than ever
22 Sep EU Institutions
Germany’s federal election on 26 September is more unpredictable than ever
This latest briefing, prepared by Dods Monitoring's Rica Hülseberg, Fabio Sälzler and Maike Haas, examines the prospects of the candidates to be chancellor and how their respective parties might team up. It also explores what the elections could mean for Germany’s relationship with the European Union and its role on the world stage