The heads of state and government will meet on Monday. Chancellor Scholz wants to put together a package for the personnel restructuring of the EU at the meeting. Negotiations between the EPP, S D and Renew on the content of a political agreement could then begin.
By Markus Grabitz
The Party of Progress, which was only founded in Cologne in April 2020, is entering the newly elected European Parliament with one MEP. The PdF does not want to join a parliamentary group.
By Corinna Visser
The stricter capital requirements for banks under Basel III should actually apply in the EU from next year. This could be postponed by a year for fear of discrimination against European financial institutions.
By Redaktion Table
Daniel Caspary was confirmed for two and a half years as head of the 29 German members of the CDU and CSU in the European Parliament. He had one opposing candidate. He prevailed against Sven Simon by 16 votes to eleven with one abstention.
By Markus Grabitz
Bulgaria held its sixth parliamentary election in three years on Sunday. According to initial forecasts, the conservative GERB party has won the election.
By Redaktion Table
The CDU/CSU group leader in the EU Parliament is calling for the creation of a separate Commissioner for SMEs in the new legislative period. He also calls on the member states to make more money available to Brussels for new tasks such as defense.
By Till Hoppe
It had been expected that Geert Wilders' Eurosceptic and radical right-wing PVV party would win a European election in the Netherlands for the first time. However, according to the initial forecast, the red-green electoral alliance is narrowly ahead.
By Redaktion Table
At the meeting of the Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, the German Chancellor called for corrections to the EU Commission's proposal on European deposit protection and the reform of the crisis management framework for banks.
By Redaktion Table
Italy's head of government, Giorgia Meloni, is confident that the reception centers for refugees in Albania will be operational from August. Seven months after the conclusion of the migration agreement, the first camp is in a port city. Refugees who cross the Mediterranean are to be brought there.
By Redaktion Table
On Thursday afternoon at the ILA, Belgium will officially receive observer status in the Future Combat Air System (FCAS) with the signing of a Memorandum of Understandings.
By Gabriel Bub
