Photo by Max Kukurudziak on Unsplash MEPs have condemned Georgia’s foreign influence law and have called for its parliament to halt the draft law. This came when the EU Parliament adopted a resolution on the issue.It says the law breaches EU “values and principles.” The Parliament strongly condemned the re-introduction of the controversial draft law on the transparency…
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash A former UK minister under Tony Blair’s premiership says “no dramatic breakthroughs” should be expected in the upcoming EU elections. Denis MacShane, a former Europe Minister in the UK, was speaking about the EU-wide poll that takes place from 6 to 9 June. The EU parliament will spend an estimated €33 million…
Photo by Daiga Ellaby on Unsplash Socialist MEPs have voiced “regret” over the failure to classify non-consensual sex as rape under planned new EU laws. After a decade of calls and insistent pressure and campaigning, the EU will finally have the first-ever law to combat violence against women – a solid first step to eradicate the pandemic of…
Photo by Devin Kaselnak on Unsplash The European Greens are insisting that the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, “speeds up” the Parliament’s investigation into possible links between MEPs and foreign powers. This comes, it says, in response to reports that German police have arrested a parliamentary assistant on suspicion of being an agent of the Chinese…
Photo by Lisanto 李奕良 on Unsplash Taiwan’s elections in January demonstrated the “resilience” of a democratic society. That was one of the messages to emerge from an event in the European Parliament on Friday. The hearing in Brussels was organised by the Taipei Representative Office in the EU and Belgium along with three cross-party MEPs. They were:Petras Auštrevičius (Renew Europe), Vladimír Bilčík (EPP), and Markéta Gregorová(Greens/EFA). They…
Photo by Yellow Cactus on Unsplash From CAP to Iran – MEPs face a packed programme in the last plenary of the current term The Greens/EFA Group says it objects to the Commission’s proposal to re-open the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The group says this will weaken the CAP’s environmental conditionality rules and “remove essential ecological and agronomic…
Photo by krakenimages on Unsplash The EU has moved a step closer creating an ethics body for all the EU institutions. This comes after the European Commission officially approved the agreement resulting from the negotiations among the EU institutions and bodies for the creation of the first ever interinstitutional ethics body. On Wednesday, it said this was an…
Photo by Julie Ricard on Unsplash Some MEPs have heavily criticised the result of a key EU political agreement on the Pact on Migration and Asylum. The attack from the Greens and Left Group comes after the European Parliament adopted the Migration and Asylum Pact. The Commission says the draft law “puts in place clear, reliable rules with more solidarity and…
Photo by Yoal Desurmont on Unsplash MEPs have urged EU Member States to add sexual and reproductive healthcare and the right to a safe and legal abortion to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights. In a resolution adopted on Thursday with 336 votes in favour, 163 against and 39 abstentions, MEPs said they want to…
Photo by Katie Rodriguez on Unsplash Members of the European Parliament will this week vote for agreement on the EU Methane Regulation. With this regulation, the EU will for the first time adopt binding measures to reduce methane emissions. Methane is the main component of natural gas and is also released during oil and coal production. There are already…
