Mari Eccles

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Health Reporter at POLITICO Europe

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The conservative Christian lobby that’s spending big in Brussels

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles

Presented by European Parliament By MARI ECCLES PRESENTED BY Hello! I’m Mari Eccles from the health team, this week’s guest anchor after EU Influence bade au revoir to the brilliant Elisa Braun.
Abortion: Europe’s not as liberal as you think

3 weeks ago | politico.eu | Hanne COKELAERE |Claudia Chiappa |Mari Eccles

Rein Bellens cast an anxious glance in her rearview mirror. She was driving from the Belgian city of Ghent to the small seaside village of Groede in the Netherlands, with an 18-year-old woman joining her for the short 60-kilometer drive. It was the late 1970s, and abortion was still illegal in Belgium. The young woman had been raped and was carrying the baby of her assailant. She had turned to Bellens for help, and the young doctor had found a clinic just across the border.
„Wie im Vatikan“ – der leichtfertige Umgang der EU mit ihren Skandalen - WELT

3 weeks ago | welt.de | Mari Eccles
E&E News: Ethanol lobbyist helped MEP write question to European Commission on fuels

4 weeks ago | subscriber.politicopro.com | Mari Eccles |Max Griera
Les affaires se suivent, mais l’UE s’en sort toujours

1 month ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles

“Je sais que j’ai l’air très critique, mais j’aborde la question avec une immense gratitude envers l’UE”, a-t-elle assuré. “Je n’aurais pas eu la carrière que j’ai eue en tant qu’Irlandaise si nous n’avions pas adhéré à l’UE et si l’UE n’avait pas traîné, contraint et forcé, mon gouvernement dans le XXe siècle sur les femmes et le droit du travail. J’y vois donc une force morale potentiellement extraordinaire.”“C’est pourquoi, lorsque je la vois agir d’une certaine manière […] cela me préoccupe.
How the EU always gets away with it

1 month ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles

In the swish hotel conference rooms and cafés of the Brussels EU quarter, the indignation was palpable: Why had poor Henrik been singled out? Henrik Hololei, a gregarious Estonian who had reached the heights of director-general in the EU’s civil service, had been caught accepting freebies from the government of Qatar while his department was negotiating a lucrative aviation deal ― with, ever so coincidentally, Qatar.
Ethanol lobbyist helped far-right MEP write question to Commission on fuels

1 month ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles |Max Griera

BRUSSELS ― A far-right MEP’s question to the European Commission was partly drawn up by a lobbyist — which was discovered because no one removed the document's track changes. When Jana Nagyová, of the group Patriots for Europe, wrote to other members of the European Parliament to ask for their support in signing her question, the attachment revealed the input of Rob Vierhout — a vice-president at ethanol producer Alcogroup.
Boss of Ozempic-maker Novo Nordisk steps down

1 month ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles

Novo Nordisk’s CEO Lars Fruergaard Jørgensen will stand down as the chief of the Danish pharma giant following increased competition in the obesity drug market. A company statement said the decision was made “per mutual agreement” between Jørgensen and Novo Nordisk's board.
Polityka przez WhatsAppa. Co zmieni wyrok w sprawie "Pfizergate"? Unijni biurokraci będą musieli bardziej uważać

1 month ago | wiadomosci.onet.pl | Mari Eccles

"Jak inaczej mamy to robić?" — pyta POLITICO jeden z urzędników UE, oczywiście za pośrednictwem WhatsApp. "Przez sekretarki? Boże, nie." Trybunał Sprawiedliwości UE orzekł, że Komisja niesłusznie odmówiła dziennikarzom dostępu do wiadomości przewodniczącej Komisji Europejskiej Ursuli von der Leyen i dyrektora generalnego Pfizera Alberta Bourli w szczytowym momencie pandemii COVID-19.
Politics by WhatsApp? Even ‘Pfizergate’ won’t end that.

1 month ago | politico.eu | Mari Eccles

BRUSSELS ― Forget the smoke-filled backrooms of the EU's glory days. Forget hushed conversations in crowded Brussels bars. Forget even the Finnish saunas so beloved of Nordic diplomats. Where most politics takes place these days is over WhatsApp. And Wednesday's bombshell "Pfizergate" ruling means that — in theory — we should be able to get far greater access to officials' and politicians' text messages. After all, who's going to bother going back to the 1980s?