European Parliament backs mandatory contracts, clearer labeling, and stricter import standards to ensure fair income for farmers and safeguard food quality across the EU

The European Commission president is expected to survive this week’s challenges in Parliament — but frequent no-confidence votes and growing political frustration could define her second term

Ermischer highlighted the pressures faced by NGOs in Greece, noting accusations of unlawful political activity against organizations working on sensitive issues.

Tensions flared in Strasbourg after European Parliament President Roberta Metsola rejected a proposal to hold a minute of silence for U.S. activist Charlie Kirk, who was killed in Utah earlier this week

The report, co-drafted by Farantouris—rapporteur for the ENVI Committee (The Left)—and Polish MEP Robert Biedroń, now stands as the official position of the European Parliament going into this critical global meeting.

Once seen as Ursula von der Leyen’s defining legacy, support for climate ambition at the EP has increasingly shifted from the EPP to the Left.

The European Parliament (EP) recommended Turkish EU accession procedures be frozen in a damning report supported by 367 MEPs, with 76 voting against it and 188 abstentions on Wednesday. The report stressed that despite Turkey’s geopolitical and strategic importance, this cannot compensate for its government’s “democratic backsliding,” adding that EU membership criteria are not up […]

The developments come on the same day as the European Parliament adopted a mostly negative report on the resumption of EU-Turkey talks

Far-right leaders rally in Madrid to 'Make Europe Great Again.

'Far-right parties in Germany and elsewhere often promote attitudes and values that challenge the foundations of liberal democracies' Renew Europe MEP Strack-Zimmermann commented on German politics

In September, the Commission announced a €35 billion EU loan for Ukraine as part of a plan by G7 partners to issue loans of up to $50 billion

Her second term will be for a period of two and a half years

Papadimoulis, 69, a member of the Left in the European Parliament – GUE/NGL served as Vice President of the European Parliament for ten consecutive years

According to other reports, Albania was pressured by European quarters which urged its authorities to grant the necessary permit to the ND MEP to assume his duties along with all the other elected members of the European Parliament.

The law was passed by the European Parliament at the end of February and overcame its last hurdle today when it got the green light by the EU Environmental Council

The results will impact Greece's ability to push its agenda, at the EU level, for the next 5 years, said the PM in an interview on Greek news channel ANT1

European elections are set for next month, June 9, with candidates for the Commission presidency facing off twice this week

In the first quarter of 2024, irregular crossings of migrants in the Eastern Mediterranean were up 109%—FRONTEX

Together with other EU countries, Athens successfully blocked a European Commission's proposal affecting the rice industry, namely, to increase allowable levels of a banned pesticide commonly found in rice imported from SE Asia

The report opens a "can of worms" about the potential for foreign governments to influence MEPs and notes that Greece's MEPs rank the 3rd highest for their generation of side income