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AI at work, housing, subcontracting on the menu for next EP mandate

MEP Li Andersson (Finland/The Left) discussed challenges and priorities for lawmakers on employment and social policy for the next mandate.

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Euronews Digital Summer: Ex-Pirate MEP Patrick Breyer continues battle for privacy

Last June, German MEP Patrick Breyer stepped down from his role in the European Parliament, leaving behind a legacy of digital rights advocacy. Euronews sat down with Breyer to discuss his ongoing battle for online privacy, and his perspective on the transformative impact of emerging technologies.

Europe News

Meet 6 MEPs who traded chasing medals for votes

An élite group of European lawmakers have stood out in both the Olympic and political arenas.

Europe News

Private and public office: Double-edged sword of EU revolving doors

Why is crossing the floor from private to public sector, and vice versa, subject of polemic? What are the rules in place to prevent conflicts of interest and ensure good regulation? Euronews looks at the tech sector to answer those questions.

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Why are fewer women winning EU leadership roles?

Despite three top EU positions being held by women in this mandate, there will be fewer women in positions of power within EU institutions.

Tech News

Euronews Digital Summer: 'Avoid repeating GDPR mistakes with AI,' Axel Voss warns EU - Interview

The German MEP, in office since 2009, is known for his involvement in tech issues in the European Parliament. He reflects on his experience and the challenges ahead.

Europe News

August nominations, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by Euronews' editor in chief for EU policy, Jeremy Fleming-Jones

Europe News

More right wing with fewer women - a new Parliament compendium

Roberta Metsola will lead a new European Parliament of 720 members from the EU's 27 member states. With two new far-right groups, the biggest drop in female representation since 1979 and an average age of 50, how will the balance of the chamber change? And how will this affect new legislation?

Europe News

Two French MEPs in legal fight after clash over human rights role

François-Xavier Bellamy and Rima Hassan are filing legal complaints against each other.

Europe News

From Sicily to Austria: Oldest and youngest MEPs unite in Greens group

In an interview with Euronews, the oldest and youngest members of the European Parliament pledge to fight for environmental sustainability and minority rights.

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Will von der Leyen stick by the Green deal?

The flagship program of von der Leyen's previous mandate, the Green deal, has come under fire from far-right forces in the European Parliament.

Europe News

Curtain rises on EU Parliament’s most right-leaning agriculture committee

Right-wing groups have a significant presence in the parliamentary committee dealing with agriculture and attempted to claim nearly all key positions during the committee's constitutive meeting.

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Can the far right be kept from power in Parliament?

Members of far-right parties in the European Parliament have been excluded from powerful positions on parliamentary committees, with pro-European forces deploying the so-called 'cordon sanitaire'.

Europe News

Far-right Patriots stripped of key remaining parliamentary posts

Orbán’s Patriots for Europe wished "bad karma" on pro-EU parties that maintained a cordon sanitaire on the far-right group, preventing their lawmakers from securing the last top jobs available in the European Parliament.

Europe News

Right-wing Polish MEP secures chair of EU committee

A knife-edge vote saw the MEP take leadership of the Parliament’s petitions committee, as centrist parties seek to maintain a cordon sanitaire against the far-right.

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Industrial policy emerges as key battleground for economic MEPs

Committee chair Aurore Lalucq worries about competition from the US and China – while others fear a subsidy free-for-all.

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How will future US foreign policy impact the EU?

Joe Biden withdrew from the US presidential race, handing the baton to his vice-president Kamala Harris, now the Democrats favourite candidate.

Europe News

Why do far-right Patriots want to lead Parliament's culture committee?

The group led by National Rally's Jordan Bardella is vying for the chairmanship of the Committee on Culture and Education. Why, and what impact could this have on EU cultural policies?

Europe News

Committees vote for leadership, Newsletter

This week's key events presented by health and food reporter Marta Iraola Iribarren

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Meloni's EU gambit: Confrontation or strategy?

Fratelli d'Italia, the party led by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, voted against Ursula von der Leyen's re-election as European Commission President