Zuzanna Stawiska
Portuguese prime minister told MEPs that solving the cost of living crisis is key to keeping the far-right out of power, as ultra-nationalist party reaches record popularity at home.
Jordan Bardella, a leader of the French far-right National Rally, has denied writing antisemitic messages in 2013.
EUobserver spoke to Marjan Šarec, former Slovenian prime minister, MEP for Renew Europe, and the parliament’s rapporteur for Montenegro. He’s keeping his optimism for the country’s accession.
With 24 votes in favour and one abstention, MEPs proposed to increase the European Commission’s original proposal from €40bn to €47bn on Tuesday.
Russia’s hybrid attacks on Europe are “unacceptable,” EU Council president António Costa said in New York, as threats increase across the continent.
The Dutch fossil fuel phase-out plan falls short of outlining clear deadlines, as EU countries struggle to fulfil the 2050 climate neutrality goal.
As Romania does not recognise same-sex partnerships, having a partner there is not a basis for residency, according to a European Court of Justice opinion on Thursday.
Turkey has arrested dozens of LGBTI+ activists in nationwide raids, drawing meek criticism from EU officials and calls for Europe-wide solidarity protests on Friday.
The parliament supports the European Democracy Shield proposal and calls for sanctions to fight Russian disinformation campaigns.
The European Commission says that new public procurement rules would allow more flexibility in choosing the best offer, stopping the “race to the bottom” for the lowest bid.
The EU should collect more data and standardise country legislation on illicit tobacco to fight fraud, reports the European Court of Auditors.
Homophobic and hateful content on Facebook was a contributing driver of psychological distress for the LGBTQI community in Hungary, who were already the target of former prime minister Viktor Orbán’s gender-war policies.
Malta’s Roberta Metsola, president of the European Parliament, said the fight would go on after the acquittal of millionaire Yorgen Fenech over the 2017 car bombing assassination of Daphne Caruana Galizia.