An institutional clash looms between the European Commission and the European Parliament due to the undermining of the rule of law in Hungary. The European Parliament is preparing to take the Union Executive before the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) for unfreezing the delivery of 10.2 billion euros of European funds to Budapest. … Read more
2023-12-02 10:58:24 Event on the topics “Overcoming conflicts”, “Creating cooperation” and “Shaping the future” with, among others, Husain, Shklarek-Zeman, Fasslabend, Freiheim Vienna (OTS) – Yesterday, Friday afternoon, the Austrian MEP Lukas Mandl invited people to an afternoon at the Diplomatic Academy under the motto “Red-White-Red and Europe”. Mandl gave a speech to around 100 guests … Read more
2023-09-16 21:21:55 Istanbul (agencies) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan announced yesterday that Ankara could “distance” from the European Union if necessary, in response to a question about the content of a European Parliament report on Turkey.The report adopted last week said that the process of Turkey’s accession to the 27-member bloc cannot be resumed under … Read more
2023-07-19 18:10:41 By Solenn Paulic Posted 2 hours ago, Updated 37 minutes ago MEP François-Xavier Bellamy (LR) voted against the text, described as “ideological”. François BOUCHON/Le Figaro The Industry Committee votes on a text that makes public support for existing plants more complicated. The battle is not yet lost, but not very well underway. While … Read more
2023-04-23 21:17:38 The European Union (EU) has committed itself to the Green Deal and actually wants to protect the climate. But EU Council President Charles Michel (47) does not seem to take the whole thing seriously, squandering hundreds of thousands of euros on private jet flights in 2022! What climate hypocrisy! ► A list of … Read more
2023-04-20 11:46:44 MEPs approved rules for cryptocurrencies on Thursday, a first step at a time when several regulators around the world are trying to regulate this sector. The MiCA (Markets in Crypto-assets) regulation, which aims to regulate this industry to fight against money laundering and the financing of terrorism and to protect consumers, was voted … Read more
The European Parliament urged the Tunisian authorities to “immediately release” journalist Noureddine Boutar and “the other persons arbitrarily detained”, denouncing the “authoritarian drift of President Saied”. In a resolution adopted Thursday by a very large majority, the European Parliament said it was “deeply concerned by the authoritarian drift of President Saied and by his instrumentalization … Read more
TikTok, the Chinese short video app, is increasingly controversial. Western security services fear that Beijing is spying on them through this app. Result: TikTok is banned by many institutions, like the European Parliament which prohibits this network on professional devices. And a bill being considered in Congress could even lead to its complete ban in … Read more