Europe News Oddballs, or independent-minded? Meet the MEP outsiders Some broke it off, some got dumped, and some just prefer the single life. Euronews examines how the EU’s 32 unattached MEPs got that way. 19/09/2024
Europe News European Parliament announces nominees for the LUX Audience Film Award Women's rights, climate change, colonialism, harassment in school and the war in Ukraine are the topics covered by the three fiction and two documentary films that were nominated for the LUX Audience Film Award 2025, by the European Parliament. 18/09/2024
Health news The EU's new Hungarian health Commissioner is in for a rocky ride Olivér Várhelyi, the controversial pick of Hungary's PM Viktor Orbán, has been handed a highly technical role by Ursula von der Leyen. What does it mean for EU health policy if he's rejected by the European Parliament? 18/09/2024
Europe News Von der Leyen unveils proposed team of EU Commissioners Top of the pecking order with executive vice-president roles are the French, Finnish, Estonian, Italian, Romanian and Spanish nominees. 17/09/2024
Radio Schuman Will Breton's final salvo rock von der Leyen's boat even further? Breton publicly accused European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of "questionable governance" and secretly trying to replace him by asking France for a different name for her College. Will von der Leyen's troubles end soon, or will they only worsen? 17/09/2024
Health news Ex Commissioner says EU needs more power to address health challenges European public health policy came into sharp focus during the coronavirus pandemic, but momentum towards creating a more coordinated and centralised EU system is now ebbing away, a leading MEP and heart surgeon tells Euronews in an exclusive interview. 16/09/2024
Europe News Uncertainty hangs over EU Parliament plenary as Orbán cancels speech The Hungarian Prime Minister had intended to address the Strasbourg plenary on Wednesday. 16/09/2024
Radio Schuman What will a European Commissioner for housing do? In July, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed the introduction for a European Commissioner for housing in her upcoming team. So what will be their task, and how will it work on the national level? 16/09/2024
Europe News Erasmus+ and research funding slashed in EU’s 2025 budget plans MEPs and pressure groups have decried a €295m planned cut to the Erasmus+ student exchange programme, formalised by EU member states on Friday. 13/09/2024
Europe News Ex-MEPs hunting for jobs: What are the EU rules on 'revolving doors'? Post-mandate restrictions on members of EU institutions impose a cooling-off period between the end of a mandate and the possibility of carrying out lobbying activities. 13/09/2024
Europe News Slovenia Commission pick Marta Kos rebuts Yugoslav secret police links The head of the Slovene EPP delegation said choice of Marta Kos was 'unacceptable' due to secret police links, but Kos has rebutted the charges in a statement to Euronews. 13/09/2024
Europe News Commissioner pick unacceptable due to secret police links: Slovene EPP Head of Slovenia's European People’s Party (EPP) delegation told Euronews that the choice of Marta Kos is totally unacceptable to the European People's Party to which she belongs, citing experience and alleged links to the former Yugoslav secret police. 13/09/2024
Europe News EU Parliament set for showdown between Orbán and opposition leader Buoyed by a bombshell opinion poll result showing his six-month old party has almost closed the gap on Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz, which has ruled Hungary since 2010, the insurgent opposition leader Péter Magyar plans to put the nationalist premier on the spot in the European Parliament next week. 12/09/2024
Radio Schuman Will the EU cut its landmark Erasmus+ programme? The European Commission, European Parliament and the Council are set to start negotiating the 2025 budget in November, but is the Erasmus+ scheme in peril? 12/09/2024
Europe News Centre-left MEPs fire warning over von der Leyen Commission picks European socialists are concerned that the next EU executive’s composition may fail to reflect progressive priorities, leaving them sidelined in shaping the EU's social policy. 11/09/2024
Europe News Parliament feuds over women’s rights committee role in child abuse law "We don't have time to waste on debates about gender theory," said right-wing MEP, Fabrice Leggeri. 10/09/2024
Europe Decoded Dirty laundry: Which EU Commissioners are in danger of being rejected? Some nominees for European Commissioner might soon see their aspirations go down in flames for mistakes made in the past. 10/09/2024
Europe News New European Left Alliance eyes expansion into centre-east The Party of the European Left (PEL) is fragmenting and splitting into two, with one of the strands looking to create a left, green and feminist party comprising more members from central and eastern European countries, its leaders told Euronews. 09/09/2024
Health news EU closer to rules saving children's toys from toxic chemicals New EU-wide rules protect children have been backed by the Parliament and must now go to inter-institutional negotiations. 05/09/2024
Europe News Draghi’s EU competitiveness report gains mixed reception from MEPs Major parties appear to back the ex-Italian premier’s plans to boost sluggish EU growth. 05/09/2024