brussels bureau First EU Parliament plenary session taking place today since elections It's back to school at the European Parliament as the first plenary session takes place today since the EU May's elections. Old faces are returning to the corridors of power and new ones are trying to find their way around. Some who never thought they'd be back, have unexpectedly returned. 02/07/2019
brussels bureau EU summit top jobs race round two EU leaders meet on Sunday to thrash out a deal over the team that will guide the bloc for the next five years. The power game between the French and German leaders will be key to breakthroughs. Paris is pushing for French Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier, while Berlin is sticking to Manfred Weber. 28/06/2019
United Kingdom EU rebukes UK over 'obstacles' to vote for EU27 nationals Brussels demanded London provide information after EU citizens in the UK "were confronted with a number of obstacles" to participate in last month's EU elections. 24/06/2019
brussels bureau Then and now: Manfred Weber's digs at Hungary over the years "Fidesz is doing a good job in Hungary and they have a good economic development there. On the other hand..." 19/06/2019
brussels bureau The Brief: EU reflects lack of diversity in membership A new report showed that while racial and ethnic minorities make 10 percent of the EU’s population, only 5 percent of those elected into the European Parliament this election represented those populations. 05/06/2019
brussels bureau The Brief: How MEPs in-waiting are handling pre-Brexit The MEPs who came next on their national lists are waiting for Brexit to happen before they can take their seats. Because they aren't being paid, many of them are still working their current jobs. 05/06/2019
brussels bureau Orban's Fidesz party to back Manfred Weber as EPP group leader The news marks a major U-turn for the Hungarian prime minister, who has long been at odds with the centre-right spitzenkandidat. 04/06/2019
state of the union A fragmented Europe Europe has spoken and the centre is shrinking, while far-right, liberals and Greens have gained. We look at what's next for the EU. 31/05/2019
brussels bureau What do newly elected MEPs do until Parliament begins? The newly elected don't officially become MEPs until 2 July. So what are they up to until then? 31/05/2019
brussels bureau The Brief: intrigue over EU top job ahead of EU summit Brussels is digesting the election results this Monday, but Tuesday will be see EU leaders meet in the Belgian capital to barter over who will take over the Commission President's job from Jean-Claude Juncker this Autumn. 31/05/2019
brussels bureau EU Summit: Power struggle to find next EU leader continues EU leaders are in Brussels to weigh in on who should take the top jobs in the bloc 28/05/2019
View The EPP-S&D duopoly is at an end. It’s time for the liberals to forge the EU’s future ǀ View 28/05/2019
World Raw Politics in full: EU elections breakdown For all the latest analysis on the EU elections, be sure to catch this episode of Raw Politics. 27/05/2019
World Who's winning the race to be the next European Commission president? EPP spitzenkandidat Weber is by far bookies' favourite with odds of 1/1 (50%), although Barnier is in second place at 6/1 (14.3%), which came after his odds were slashed by nearly a third since November 2018, according to Ladbrokes. 27/05/2019
