Marie-Agnes Strack-Zimmermann, the FDP's lead candidate for the European elections, was unanimously elected as the ALDE party's lead candidate in Brussels on Wednesday. Her election heralds the start of the European Liberals' election campaign.
By Claire Stam
The EU is of great economic importance to German companies due to the single market. All the more reason for them to look ahead to the European elections in June. The DIHK sees an urgent need for action.
By Redaktion Table
The Greens' leading candidate warns that demands such as the abandonment of combustion engines are creating new planning uncertainty. Instead, companies need instruments to be able to implement climate policy requirements.
By Till Hoppe
A historic change is looming after the EU elections. For the first time, the largest delegation in Parliament could come not from the European People's Party or the Social Democrats, but from the right-wing populists.
By Manuel Berkel
Europe is preparing for the European Parliament elections at the beginning of June. The relevant authorities have identified specific risks of manipulation. Much hope lies in the Digital Services Act. The Commission is calling on large platforms to cooperate.
By Falk Steiner
The leading candidate of the Renaissance party, Valérie Hayer, held her first election campaign event in Lille on Saturday. She is targeting her main opponent, Marine Le Pen's Rassemblement National, primarily over its position on Russia.
By Claire Stam
Ursula von der Leyen intends to have the ban on combustion engines, scheduled for 2035, reviewed immediately after the European elections. She announced this to Union politicians at the EPP Congress in Bucharest, where delegates elected her as the lead candidate for the European elections.
By Markus Grabitz
The Christian Democratic party family wants to enforce fixed quotas for refugees who are granted asylum in the EU for humanitarian reasons. This is the aim of the manifesto adopted by the party family in Bucharest at the start of the European election campaign. Today, Ursula von der Leyen must face the vote of the 800 delegates as the lead candidate.
By Markus Grabitz
EPP leader Manfred Weber is willing to work with pro-European members of the ECR on a selective basis after the European elections. Italy's Giorgia Meloni and the Czech Republic's Petr Fiala are respectable heads of government. Thus it should be possible to cooperate with the MEPs in the European Parliament who come from their parties.
By Markus Grabitz
At its congress in Rome, the European Socialist Party (PES) family officially selected Nicolas Schmit as its lead candidate for the European elections. The Luxembourg Social Affairs Commissioner is running to become Commission President. In their manifesto for the election, the Socialists call for equality, the rule of law and good jobs.
By Table.Briefings
