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Radio Schuman

Does the centre-right need to work with the far-right?

Ursula von der Leyen needs the endorsement of the European Council and the simple majority at the European Parliament to get re-elected European Commission president. How much does she need the votes of far-right parties?

Europe News

Hungarian opposition raises questions over Fidesz ally in EPP group

While the chair of the centre-right EPP is in talks with the new Hungarian opposition party about its seven newly elected MEPs joining the group, the leader of the Respect and Freedom (Tisza) Party has questioned the continued presence of an ally of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán.

Green News

Greens won't back von der Leyen without invitation to grand coalition

The leading candidates for the Greens, who lost 18 of their 71 seats in European Parliament elections, says its support is still necessary to ensure a stable centrist majority and Ursula von der Leyen's re-election as European Commission president.

Radio Schuman

France — the new friend of Orbán, Wilders or Meloni?

Macron's decision to call snap election opens France to the potential for a far-right government or a hung parliament. Both these outcomes will generate instability in the EU.

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Europe News

Von der Leyen remains noncommittal about inviting Greens for talks

Apart from painful losses for the liberal Renew group and the Greens, the overall division of seats in the European Parliament remains largely unchanged despite major upsets in France and other national polls.

Health news

Pfizergate plaintiff asks leaders to sack von der Leyen and Commission

The plaintiff in the Pfizergate affair has called on the European Council to force the resignation of EU executive chief Ursula von der Leyen and the rest of her Commissioners in a letter seen by Euronews.

Europe News

Group leaders dodge farming bullets at election debate

Candidates were elusive on agriculture flash points and offered no food policy vision for the next five years.

Europe News

EU’s centre-right keeps door ajar to populists amid far-right surge

For years, the centre-right EPP group has drawn a red line on the eurosceptic, far right forces in the European Parliament. That line could shift after June's European elections.

Europe News

"We are keeping Europe together", EPP's Manfred Weber tells Euronews

With under 100 days to go before Europe votes in the EU elections, Euronews caught up with EPP President, Manfred Weber, about war in Europe and the economic challenges posed by China.

Europe News

'Listen to the people', José Manuel Barroso urges EPP as EU vote looms

In the run-up to the EU elections, former European Commission President José Manuel Barroso gave Euronews his thoughts on the green transition and the need to be competitive when it comes to technology.

Europe News

EU centre-right clears path for von der Leyen’s second term

The European People’s Party (EPP) on Thursday confirmed Ursula von der Leyen as its lead candidate for June’s European elections, clearing the path for her second term at the European Commission’s helm.

Europe News

Migration crackdown to Green Deal overhaul: Takeaways of EPP manifesto

The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) - which is topping the polls ahead of June’s European elections - is set to approve its manifesto on Wednesday as it kicks off its electoral campaign in Bucharest.

Europe News

Nature Restoration Law survives knife-edge vote in the EU Parliament

The Nature Restoration Law has survived a dramatic vote in the European Parliament but only by a razor-thin margin.

Europe News

'You tweet about Santa Claus!': MEPs spar over Nature Restoration Law

The gloves were definitely off during a debate in the European Parliament about the contentious Nature Restoration Law.

Europe News

Polish MEP to Berlusconi: 'Send the vodka back'

A European lawmaker urged Silvio Berlusconi to send vodka back to Putin after the former Italian PM appeared to say in a leaked recording that he'd received a gift from the Russian president for his birthday.

Europe News

Hungarian MEP has wrists slapped over Gestapo comparison

Others, however, want stronger action. Like throwing Fidesz out of the EPP grouping altogether.

Europe News

Calls to exclude convicted far-right MEP from European Parliament

Ioannis Lagos, one of the leaders of the far-right Golden Dawn political party, was this week found guilty of running it as a criminal organisation.

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Euroviews. The EU needs urgent reform. A strong Europe doesn't exist without flourishing member states ǀ View

The EU cannot be found at offices in Brussels, Luxembourg or Strasbourg but rather in the history and in the spirit of the peoples of which it is composed. If Europe rejects its nations, she will lose her soul.

Europe News

Fidesz should agree with EPP mainstream or be ejected, says Juncker

Europe's biggest political grouping, the European People's Party, is facing a reckoning over the membership of Hungary's ruling party Fidesz.

Europe News

Donald Tusk lands new job trying to revive Europe's centre-right

The outgoing EU Council President and former Polish prime minister will try and turn around the fortunes of the EPP grouping.