The European Union's decision to name a Hungarian as its health commissioner has raised eyebrows in his country, which itself has crumbling hospitals and no health minister.
A close ally of President Vladimir Putin warned Western governments on Thursday (19 September) that a nuclear war would ensue if they gave the green light for Ukraine to use long-range Western weapons to strike targets deep inside Russia.
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has designed her second-term Commissioner team to 'divide and rule' in the next five years.
Thierry Breton, Internal Market Commissioner also in charge of tech and defence announced his resignation from the European Commission, in a last move to question von der Leyen’s right to reign.
Bulgarian caretaker prime minister Dimitar Glavchev announced on Monday (9 September) that Commission President Ursula von der Leyen had asked him to nominate Ekaterina Zaharieva, a member of parliament from GERB (EPP), as Bulgarian commissioner.
French Rassemblement National (RN) sweetheart Jordan Bardella allegedly drafted falsified documents to prove he was working as a part-time MEP assistant while he was actually working for the party, an investigation by French daily Libération found.
A leak suggests that the portfolios Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is about to announce are tailored more to individual countries' interests rather than addressing the broader European agenda, writes Cristina Vanberghen.
Bulgaria has answered Commission President’s request and submitted two candidacies for EU Commissioner. Von der Leyen’s decision should be based on the candidate’s integrity, and not according to political favoritism, writes Yordan Terziyski.
EU chief Ursula von der Leyen has made her first picks for her top team, with the key economy vice-president job going to Italy's far-right nominee, German newspaper Die Welt reported Tuesday (3 September).
.European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has set the bar high for her second term, stating during her July speech to the European Parliament that decisions taken over the next five years will determine Europe's “place in the world for the next 50 years.”
EU member states have not helped European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen in her quest for a gender-balanced EU executive, with now little time left to weigh up all the factors that would make her new line-up pass parliamentary scrutiny.
With the deadline to submit candidates for the next EU Commission approaching on Friday (August 30th), the selection process is fraught with challenges. In this episode, host Giada Santana and Magnus Lund Nielsen delve into the hurdles obstructing the formation of the new EU Commission.
Outgoing Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Jozef Síkela has the right CV be the EU’s next Energy Commissioner, but he also has a few important political cards up his sleeve.
France’s President Emmanuel Macron proposed incumbent EU Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton for a second five-year term in a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, seen by Euractiv.
As European Commission President-elect Ursula von der Leyen prepares to spend the summer interviewing potential candidates for her new team, she may face challenges on three key fronts.
After seven rollercoaster months, European politicians mostly resemble beat-up-birds these days. And they might not have much time to enjoy their ice-cold poolside drinks this summer.
Younous Omarjee (GUE/NGL) was elected vice-president of the European Parliament on Tuesday, 16 July, a first for a racially diverse MEP from an outermost region, and he aims to bring the voice of peripheral areas to the heart of the European institutions.
The French far-right party Rassemblement national (RN) is set to join the "Patriots for Europe" group formed in the European Parliament by Viktor Orban and his allies, several sources within the party and Lega confirmed to Euractvi on Sunday (July 7).
The European Parliament’s environment and health committee (ENVI), burdened with a heavy workload in the last five-year term, is on track to be split up so that it no longer handles health and food safety, according to heavyweight centre-right EU lawmaker Peter Liese.
French far right lurches toward power. Viktor Orbán’s Hungary to lead the EU for the next six months. AfD states aim to govern Germany. Pro-Russian patriarch elected in Bulgaria. In the US, Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance augurs his election route in November.
The leader of the French far-right Rassemblement National Marine Le Pen said again that it is her party's role to choose the future French EU Commissioner, showing muscle against the President, two days before the legislative elections.
While Ursula von der Leyen’s bid for the European Commission presidency may have made it through EU27 leaders' approval, her next big challenge now will be how to woo key parts of the European Parliament.
EU leaders on Thursday gave their political approval to a trio of names - Ursula von der Leyen, Antonio Costa, and Kaja Kallas - to lead the EU's three major institutions over the next five years.
France's President Emmanuel Macron will try to nominate Thierry Breton for the European Commission, angling for an expanded portfolio around economic security and defence, Le Monde reported on Thursday (27 June).