A parliamentary assistant was fired after reporting the MEP he worked for, accusing him of fraud and harassment. The European Parliament was ordered to pay compensation for failing to comply with its own rules on whistleblower protection. The European Court of Justice criticised the European Parliament for disclosing the whistleblower’s status without authorisation, thus exposing him to the high possibility, ...
The European Commission has rejected offers from some Chinese electric car manufacturers to offset the benefits of government subsidies and thus avoid the blow of European duties. The dialogue between China and the European Union to avoid a trade war remains open. What are the Chinese proposals considered “insufficient” by the EU? Today, Brussels judged the “price undertaking” proposal to ...
The headaches and worries continue for Ursula von der Leyen, struggling with the creation of her European team. Everything was supposed to be ready by September 11, but the President of the Commission has postponed the presentation of the possible commissioners to September 17, during the plenary session in Strasbourg. At the top of the problems is the nomination of ...
The travel expenses that MEP Ryszard Czarnecki presented to the European Parliament during his 20 years of service at the institution amount to a total of 203 thousand euros. According to the report presented by the Polish newspaper Gazeta Wyborcza, many of these trips were made on vehicles with invented license plates or registered to people who claimed to have ...
Pay more money to migrants who are willing to leave Sweden and return to their home country. This is the proposal of the far-right party Sweden Democrats (SD), which is dividing the government in Stockholm. “We believe that there are many people who would prefer to return home, but who might need a little help along the way,” said Ludvig ...
A step back from the EU on duties on Chinese electric cars. This is the request of the Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez made during the summit between Spain and China underway in Shanghai. Addressing both the member states and the European Commission, the Socialist leader hoped to “reconsider” the plan to impose additional duties of up to 36.3% on ...
The West is taking a swipe at Iran, with several nations deciding to impose restrictive measures against Tehran to punish it for allegedly supplying missiles to Vladimir Putin’s Russia to attack Ukraine. The United States has adopted a new package of sanctions, as have France, Germany and the United Kingdom, which has also decided to cut off all air links ...
Raffaele Fitto’s road to obtain an executive vice-presidency of the European Commission is becoming increasingly uphill, one of the objectives of Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni who has claimed it several times. After the Liberals, who had already expressed their doubts about the possibility, it is now the Socialists who are closing the door to the hypothesis, putting what seems like ...
The European Commission is enriched by another woman, after Bulgaria gave up its male candidate to satisfy the demands of President Ursula von der Leyen. But the proposed name has already sparked a controversy with old accusations of selling passports to migrants resurfacing. Ekaterina Zaharieva, former Justice and Foreign Minister of Sofia, has been officially nominated by Prime Minister Dimitar ...
Falsified documents to pretend to have a job he didn’t actually do in order to improperly receive European funds. This is the accusation that has been made against the leader of the Rassemblement National, Jordan Bardella, who allegedly pretended to have a job as a parliamentary assistant to work for the radical right-wing party. The French newspaper Libération made the ...