Trump’s oil ultimatum squeezes EU holdouts, but tightens US grip
16 Sep Foreign & Security Policy

Trump’s oil ultimatum squeezes EU holdouts, but tightens US grip

Donald Trump has tied “major sanctions” on Moscow to a NATO-wide halt in Russian oil, pressuring Hungary and Slovakia. But with sanctions stalled and US exports waiting, Brussels risks swapping one dependency for another.
by Eloise Hardy
Europe’s farm policy shake-up pits green ambition against budget reality
15 Sep EU Institutions
Europe’s farm policy shake-up pits green ambition against budget reality
Op-ed: Bayrou’s fall exposes France’s need for a new political culture
12 Sep Member States
Op-ed: Bayrou’s fall exposes France’s need for a new political culture
Von der Leyen's fragile alliance put to the test over US trade deal
11 Sep EU Institutions
Von der Leyen's fragile alliance put to the test over US trade deal
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07 Oct 19
Europe’s health systems in need of a disruptive rethink
Bad Hofgastein, Austria: change needed to keep health systems “fit-for-purpose”.
07 Oct 19
A passion project
Petra De Sutter was a world-renowned gynaecologist and fertility expert when she decided to take the leap into politics. Now a newly-elected MEP and Chair of Parliament’s IMCO Committee, she tells Lorna Hutchinson what drives her passion for Green policymaking and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
07 Oct 19
Civil society groups urge changes in new Commission portfolios and nominees
Civil society groups say there is rising “grassroots pressure” for further changes to nominees and portfolios for the new European Commission.
07 Oct 19
Issue 502 | 7 October 2019
In our latest issue, Petra de Sutter, the chair of the European Parliament’s Internal Market Committee, tells us what drives her passion for Green policymaking and sexual and reproductive health and rights.
04 Oct 19
Migrants and asylum seekers still given ‘poor’ protection at EU external borders, says report
A report by JRS Europe has voiced concern at the “poor” protection still given to migrants and asylum seekers at the EU’s external borders.
04 Oct 19
Health inequity a threat to core European values
Bad Hofgastein, Austria: New WHO report warns of polarising effects of health inequalities.
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04 Oct 19
Empty stadiums and empty promises
The failures of the IAAF World Championships began long before the games themselves, says Human Rights without Frontiers’ Willy Fautre.
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04 Oct 19
Three words of advice for the new Commission on Artificial Intelligence
DIGITALEUROPE’s Cecilia Bonefeld-Dahl explains how the EU can become a world leader in AI.
03 Oct 19
EU health stakeholders call for strong political commitment on patient safety
Bad Hofgastein, Austria: Digital solutions and better surveillance systems key to safer care, conference told.
02 Oct 19
‘Trust’ key to reforming EU’s national healthcare systems, says Clemens Martin Auer
Bad Hofgastein, Austria: Strengthening the way decisions are made and implemented is crucial to improving performance, argues Gastein Health Forum president.
02 Oct 19
Orban nominates EU ambassador as commissioner-designate
Viktor Orban has nominated Olivér Várhelyi, Hungary’s EU ambassador, as the country’s new commissioner-designate after a parliamentary committee rejected the first nominee last week.
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02 Oct 19
Investing in the solutions Europe needs
Innovative solutions, both technological and legislative, can help enable the EU’s energy transition.
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02 Oct 19
Fighting inequalities in childhood cancer
Childhood cancer care continues to suffer from widespread inequalities, says Pamela Kearns President of The European Society for Paediatric Oncology (SIOPE)
01 Oct 19
Parliament should have right of initiative, Šefčovič tells hearing
Commissioner-designate Maroš Šefčovič has told his nomination hearing that he supports the European Parliament being given “a right of initiative.”
30 Sep 19
Poland’s commissioner-designate ordered to pay back MEP expenses
Poland’s commissioner-designate Janusz Wojciechowski has been ordered to repay thousands of euros in expenses to the European Parliament from his time as an MEP.
30 Sep 19
Brexit Party and Lega top bill of MEP ‘highest earners’ report
The UK's Brexit Party and Italian party Lega have the joint highest outside earnings of any national party delegations in the European Parliament.
27 Sep 19
UK must nominate EU commissioner if still in EU after Halloween
The UK will have to nominate an EU commissioner if it is still in the EU after 31 October, the European Parliament has confirmed.
27 Sep 19
Influentially Disruptive
The status quo cannot continue; it’s time to reshape and remould our approaches to healthcare. The process can start at EHFG 2019, writes Clemens Martin Auer.
27 Sep 19
5 questions with...István Ujhelyi
István Ujhelyi (HU/S&D) is vice-chair of the parliaments transport and tourism (TRAN) committee.
27 Sep 19
UK MEPs at loggerheads over fishing industry no-deal Brexit scenarios
British MEPs Chris Davies and June Mummery have clashed bitterly over the prospect for the UK’s fishing industry if Britain exits the EU on 31 October with no deal.
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27 Sep 19
Public authorities falling short in fight against asthma and COPD
A new report by the European Federation of Allergy and Airways Diseases Patients’ Associations (EFA) takes a close look at asthma and COPD care across Europe.
26 Sep 19
‘Workable’ alternative is available to solve Irish backstop issue, says customs expert
A former senior customs official says a “workable” alternative is available to solve the Irish border issue in the protracted Brexit talks.
26 Sep 19
UK yet to propose any alternative to Irish backstop, says Verhofstadt
Guy Verhofstadt, the chair of Parliament's Brexit Steering Group, says no “fully-fledged, legally-operational” backstop alternative has been put forward.
26 Sep 19
Aiming high
The ambition of the Apollo missions showed how fragile our planet is; we should show the same ambition in preserving the planet’s safety., writes Veronica Manfredi.