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Bulgaria disrupts European Parliament’s bill on North Macedonia EU accession

Bulgaria disrupts European Parliament’s bill on North Macedonia EU accession

Even the Bulgarian prime minister weighed in on the report over the Balkan country’s bid to join the bloc.

June 5, 2025 3:49 pm CET
EU prepared to counter new Trump tariffs
Trump court turmoil strengthens EU hand in tariff talks
How the EU always gets away with it

How the EU always gets away with it

May 28, 2025 7:32 pm CET
Rogue EU lawmaker Kartheiser to meet Kremlin officials in Moscow
Belgium bugged Anderlecht football stadium to spy on Huawei MEP lobbying
Huawei scandal: Belgium backtracks on MEP immunity request
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MEP and staffer scuffle over Gaza in European Parliament

Parliament administration says security footage backs up the lawmaker’s version of events.

May 22, 2025 11:05 am CET

Hitler serves as a warning to today’s conservatives, EU’s Manfred Weber says

The European People’s Party chief tells POLITICO he is trying to strike a balance between relying on far-right support while blocking extremists from power.

May 22, 2025 4:44 am CET

Muslim Brotherhood-linked groups tried to influence EU: Report

French authorities allege the Islamist group has gone to great lengths to push its fundamentalist agenda in France and throughout Europe.

May 21, 2025 7:39 pm CET

2 more Italian MEPs could lose immunity in Huawei corruption probe

Parliament to process immunity waiver for Fulvio Martsuciello, Giusi Princi, and three other lawmakers.

May 21, 2025 2:38 pm CET

EU to Africa: No more free cash

The European Commission wants to strengthen the link between foreign aid and domestic priorities like energy and migration.

May 20, 2025 4:23 am CET

Huawei bribery scandal: Belgium asks European Parliament to lift MEP immunities

Belgian authorities want to investigate five MEPs over cash-for-influence case, officials say.

May 19, 2025 6:40 pm CET

Portugal to demand EU put pressure on France over power connectors

Cross-border power links need to be beefed up, Lisbon says after huge blackout, calling it a Single Market issue.

May 18, 2025 1:46 pm CET

EU announces top lawyer’s departure on same day as ‘Pfizergate’ ruling

Daniel Calleja Crespo will take on a new role in Madrid after four decades in Brussels.

May 14, 2025 4:30 pm CET

Pfizergate: Will we ever see von der Leyen’s texts? ― and other burning questions

The EU court ruling doesn’t just say the Commission got it wrong — it says it knew better.

May 14, 2025 3:25 pm CET

EU farm boss tries to lock in wins ahead of difficult budget talks

European lawmakers and environmentalists also warn that slashing red tape might do more harm than good to farmers having to cope with climate change.

May 13, 2025 6:46 pm CET

EU to roll back Ukraine trade perks to protect its farmers

Brussels looks to reintroduce pre-war tariffs on some agricultural imports from Ukraine, documents seen by POLITICO show.

May 13, 2025 2:51 pm CET

‘Time to sober up’: Europe should be realistic on tech sovereignty, lawmaker says

The EU should “identify the few big ideas that can propel our economic and industrial base,” says Bulgaria’s Eva Maydell.

May 13, 2025 1:01 pm CET
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Chinese companies bought up European ports — and now Brussels is starting to worry

Chinese firms own stakes in about 30 European ports, and that’s raising security concerns.

May 9, 2025 4:19 am CET

Cypriot MEP Fidias Panayiotou travels to Moscow with German and Slovak lawmakers

The trio will be in the Russian capital on the same day as “Victory Day” celebrations.

May 8, 2025 7:39 pm CET

Parliament probes EU asylum agency amid allegations of mismanagement

Lawmakers are concerned about the agency’s governance after a report from the EU anti-fraud office.

May 7, 2025 4:01 am CET

A bruised Merz wants to prove he’s a strong leader in first foreign trip as chancellor

The newly sworn-in German leader heads to Paris and Warsaw in an effort to rejuvenate an alliance and show he’s ready to lead despite political troubles at home.

May 7, 2025 4:01 am CET

Centrist Nicușor Dan faces uphill battle to beat Simion in Romanian presidential runoff

Mayor of Bucharest has a daunting deficit to bridge with hard-right opponent.

May 5, 2025 8:55 pm CET

EPP’s war on NGOs is driving a wedge through Europe’s political center

Conservatives face accusations of collaborating with far-right parties in NGO funding probe.

May 5, 2025 4:20 am CET

European Parliament cracks down on lobbyists in effort to stop corruption

The stricter controls were introduced in the wake of a cash-for-influence scandal known as Qatargate.

May 5, 2025 4:00 am CET

Who can beat Romanian nationalist presidential candidate George Simion?

Romania’s political loyalties are complex. Don’t expect ganging up against Simion in the second round.

May 3, 2025 4:01 am CET

The winners and losers from Europe’s largest party’s big bash

With the dust settling on the EPP congress, we take a look at who’s up and who’s down in the EU’s most powerful grouping.

May 1, 2025 3:37 pm CET

Financing scandal rocks Greece’s ruling party

Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

May 1, 2025 4:01 am CET

China to lift sanctions on EU lawmakers to unlock trade talks

Donald Trump’s trade war is pushing China and the EU closer together despite their differences.

April 30, 2025 5:07 am CET

German coalition deal backs EU’s 90 percent climate target — with caveats

The incoming government wants emissions cuts paid for abroad to count toward domestic climate goals.

April 14, 2025 4:38 am CET
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