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Lena Düpont – for a reform of asylum and migration policy
Lena Düpont spent a few weeks in the Czech Republic in 2004 with a student program. She still remembers the atmosphere shortly after the country joined the EU. “On the ground, we discussed a lot about what it meant for people to become part of a community that I took for granted.” Her time in […] continue reading →
European election: Candidates from Germany prepare themselves
96 of 705 seats in the European Parliament are up for grabs for candidates from Germany. Nervousness is rising among German MEPs – also because prominent federal politicians want to move to Strasbourg. continue reading →
CDU leadership supports von der Leyen’s possible further term in office
The CDU leadership is in favor of a possible further term of office for EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. “She has our support if she is willing to do so”, party leader Friedrich Merz said in Berlin on Monday after a CDU presidium meeting, which was also attended by von der Leyen.Merz went […] continue reading →
Von der Leyen and the CDU: a complex relationship
The CDU and Ursula von der Leyen have never been a love affair. The politician is too strict and self-confident, and many in her party find her too brisk and independent. That has not changed under Friedrich Merz. And yet it is clear that even the CDU under Merz would not be against it if von der Leyen would run again in the 2024 European elections. continue reading →
Daniel Caspary – power player among the pro-Europeans
Originally he had no plans to go to Europe. It was more by chance, as Daniel Caspary (CDU) admits, that he ended up in the European Parliament. The man who has been leading the group of German CDU/CSU members in the European Parliament for five years remembers the times when he still sat in the […] continue reading →
Union faction criticizes traffic light’s plans for Europe
The CDU/CSU parliamentary group in the Bundestag has harshly criticized the European policy plans of the traffic light coalition. Deputy parliamentary group leader Katja Leikert (CDU) and European policy spokesperson Florian Hahn (CSU) criticize the goal of developing the EU into a “federal European state” as stated in the coalition agreement: “A federal state at […] continue reading →
Court of Auditors president rejects mismanagement allegations
The European Court of Auditors President Klaus-Heiner Lehne has rejected accusations of mismanagement but at the same time announced reforms. There will be changes to the Court’s rules on representation expenses and the driving service, Lehne announced at a hearing in the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday.The French daily “Libération” had reported about a […] continue reading →
Merz hints at interest in CDU chairmanship
Friedrich Merz is showing interest in running for the CDU party presidency, according to a media report. “I am inclined to do so,” Merz said according to “Spiegel” on Saturday evening during an appearance before the federal association of lesbians and gays in the Union (LSU). However, it was not only about his person. “It […] continue reading →