Louise Guillot

2 weeks ago | politico.eu | Louise Guillot

BRUSSELS — The European Union is handing out billions of euros to nongovernmental organizations each year without properly monitoring how the money is spent — or whether it's even going to genuine NGOs.That's the main finding in a damning report from the European Court of Auditors which is likely to intensify a fierce political fight over how nonprofits use EU grant money.

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Louise Guillot |Max Griera

2 days agoDenmark slams Trump administration day after JD Vance underinvestment claimsDuring a visit to the Pituffik Space Base on Friday, Vance told US troops that Denmark has 'underinvested' in Greenland's security and demanded that Copenhagen change its approach.

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Louise Guillot |Max Griera

BRUSSELS — Europe’s largest and most powerful faction, the European People’s Party, knows how to run a tight ship: The key is discipline. The center-right EPP warns its 188 lawmakers that they will be punished with limited speaking time and diminished roles if they don’t follow the party line, an internal document obtained by POLITICO reveals. In some cases lawmakers will be blacklisted from speaking time allowances if they don’t inform the EPP in advance they won’t show.

1 month ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Louise Guillot

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1 month ago | politico.eu | Louise Guillot

The European Commission has unveiled its long-awaited draft law downgrading the protection status of wolves, which would make it easier for farmers in the European Union to shoot animals that menace their livestock. The bill, which answers a long-standing demand of conservative lawmakers, proposes to amend the EU Habitats Directive, moving the wolf from the list of "strictly protected" to "protected" species.