Manfred Weber MEP was re-elected on Wednesday with an overwhelming majority as Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament. The German member presides the biggest group in Parliament since 2014 and was today re-elected for the 3rd time. After the announcement of the election result, Weber thanked his fellow MEPs for the trust…
The S&D Group in the European Parliament is astonished by the latest declarations coming from the leading EP negotiator of the file on Digital Markets Act (DMA), Schwab (EPP Group). In an interview published today (6 October) Schwab is quoted saying he is ready to organise the EPP Group to vote against the Digital Services…
The EU is in danger of being “run over” by Russia and China in the Arctic, the EPP group has warned. “The EU must get much more involved in the Arctic. If we want to mitigate climate change, foster sustainable development and keep the Arctic a peaceful region, we cannot stand idly by anymore”, said…
External EU emergency funds should better address the causes of migration flows, always be scrutinised by the European Parliament and only be used as a last resort. This is what the EPP Group will call for in a debate and vote on the evaluation Report of the €6 billion used for refugees in Turkey, Syria…
The EPP Group has called on the EU not to recognise the elections in Russia. “What went on in Russia on 17-19 September was not elections. Russians were robbed of the possibility to have a say and freely choose their country’s destiny. The EPP Group calls on the EU and its Member States to not…
That, says the EPP political group, includes all workers: at the office, in factories and for digital platform workers such as Uber, Deliveroo and the like. This was the message of the EPP Group during the debate on the rights of platform workers on Monday night. “Digital platforms offer great potential for our future economy…
cksIn a statement today the EPP Group said, “We strongly condemn Belarusian dictator Lukashenko’s attempts to intimidate the European Union.” It said, “By sending hundreds of illegal migrants to Europe’s external border in Lithuania, Lukashenko is de facto playing by the worst of the smugglers’ and the human traffickers’ book, proving once again that there…
The EPP Group in the European Parliament has heavily criticized Josep Borrell, the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy. “Holding a press conference with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov while the leading opposition politician Alexei Navalny is again on politically motivated trials, does not help his case and is a slap in…
“Not every company can and must trace every single one of their possibly thousands of suppliers”, said Axel Voss MEP, ahead of the European Parliament’s vote in the Legal Affairs Committee on due diligence rules for the protection of human rights and the environment in the supply chain of European producers. The EPP Group advocates…
The European Parliament has voted to make development aid conditional on cooperation with the EU on migration management. This is a notable shift in the approach to development policy showing that the majorities in Parliament have changed. The EPP Group has been calling for such a conditionality for years. “We need to make better use…
