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Male MEPs over-represented in EU committees

Gender inequality is more pronounced in areas considered "serious," such as foreign affairs or economics, according to an expert from the European Women's Lobby.

01/08/2024

Europe News

Brussels defends presence of senior EU diplomat in Iran's inauguration

Enrique Mora, the deputy secretary general of the European External Action Service (EEAS), attended the swearing-in ceremony of Iran's new president.

01/08/2024

Europe News

Greek PM nominates Tzitzikostas for EU Commissioner role

Greece’s Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has selected a former Brussels bubble heavyweight as the country’s candidate for EU commissioner, aiming for a relevant portfolio related to economics or defence.

01/08/2024

Tech News

What to expect as the EU’s AI Act comes into force

Euronews Next looks at what is to come in the months and years ahead as companies prepare to meet the legislation’s requirements.

01/08/2024

Radio Schuman

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.

01/08/2024

Europe Decoded

What will the EU’s defence industry commissioner do?

Whoever von der Leyen puts in the hot seat must unite and strengthen a highly fragmented industry.

01/08/2024

Europe News

Why housing, defence and Mediterranean could have EU Commissioners

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has said all three issues should be their own portfolio in the next executive that will take shape in September.

31/07/2024

Radio Schuman

Does Finland's new migration bill break international law?

The Finnish government has approved a migration law which enables border guards to block migrants from entering the country. A move seen by many civil society organisations as legalisation of so-called 'pushbacks'.

31/07/2024

Europe News

August nominations, Newsletter

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

29/07/2024

Radio Schuman

What would a commissioner for the Mediterranean do for the EU?

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, re-elected on 18 July, proposed a new portfolio for the Mediterranean.

29/07/2024

Europe News

Crunch time for von der Leyen as final Commissioner names pour in

With days left for countries to nominate, we now know the most likely candidates to serve in the next EU executive. Just eight are women, and nearly half from the centre-right EPP group.

29/07/2024

Healthcare

Patients rally against EU ban on autoimmune drug

Protestors want the European Commission to ignore official advice and keep marketing authorisation for drugs used to treat a rare liver disease.

26/07/2024

Radio Schuman

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.

26/07/2024

Europe News

EU clinches digital trade deal with Singapore

The EU today (25 July) concluded negotiations with Singapore on a new Digital Trade Agreement designed to increase online trade, help SMEs with digital transformation and facilitate data flows.

25/07/2024

Europe News

EU states defy von der Leyen's plan for gender balance in executive

As Commissioner nominations trickle in from EU capitals, von der Leyen's plan to ensure gender parity is facing early challenges.

25/07/2024

Radio Schuman

Does the European Commission enforce rule of law in Hungary?

Hungary together with Slovakia and Italy, has come under fire over its continued decline in democratic standards, according to the latest rule of law report released this week by the European Commission.

25/07/2024

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.

24/07/2024

Climate

CO2 purity rules could sink Europe’s CCS ambitions, industry warns

The EU is pinning its climate ambition on carbon capture and storage (CCS) to prevent billions of tonnes of CO2 emissions in the coming years, but a technical hitch could delay the deployment of a technology that even its cheerleaders recognise has barely got off the ground.

24/07/2024

Europe News

Brussels berates Italy, Hungary and Slovakia for rule-of-law decline

The European Commission has released the new edition of its Rule of Law Report, showing persistent problems in press freedom.

24/07/2024

Europe News

Von der Leyen faces tough puzzle in convening the new Commission

Italy and the Czech Republic governments have already declared that they want their commissioners to be given big portfolios, a sign of their conviction that the conservatives' gains in the European elections should be reflected in the composition of the new EU executive.

24/07/2024