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1 month ago | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Federica Di Sario |Matt Lynes
By prioritising conciliation over confrontation, Europe seems to be handing Trump the upper hand in negotiations over the president's planned tariffs. Experts say it’s the smartest thing the bloc could do right now. Ask and you shall receive.
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1 month ago | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Raluca Besliu |Matt Lynes |Leonardo Delfanti
Several EU states are coming down hard on environmental groups like Last Generation. Lawyers and human rights groups say over-prosecution violates fundamental rights. Last Generation activists Ester Goffi and Guido Viero at the Vatican in 2023, where they awaited a court ruling for their protest in 2022. Ester Goffi, an environmental activist with Last Generation Italy, never expected her protest at the Vatican Museums would lead to a protracted legal battle.
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2 months ago | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |Eloise Hardy
For Europeans on both sides of the English Channel, the Russian threat feels closer and the US presence further away. The post-Brexit urgency to cooperate on defence could lead to better EU-UK relations. In the five years since the United Kingdom left the European Union, the Brexit legacy has become just one of several pressing geopolitical dramas. From the pandemic to Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the UK-EU divorce has made it harder to unite on issues concerning both sides.
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Jan 21, 2025 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Arno van Rensbergen |Gabriele Catania |Matt Lynes
Oil tanker Eagle S on the Gulf of Finland on December 28, 2024, next to Finnish border guard ship Uisko (L) and tugboat Ukko (front). On Boxing Day, Finnish authorities detained the Eagle S, a Russian oil tanker suspected of damaging a key power cable and four telecommunications cables in the Baltic Sea by dragging its anchor across the seabed.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |Gabriele Rosana
Europe’s young voters are increasingly turning to far-right parties, driven by frustration with mainstream politics, democratic disenchantment and an appeal to alternative policies. Supporters of the European far right are looking more youthful lately. In a noticeable shift, Generation Greta has made way for the Bande de Bardella — as in Jordan Bardella, the 29-year-old president of France’s far-right Rassemblement National (RN).
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |Wojciech Kosc
Poland’s leadership of the EU Council takes centre stage following Donald Tusk’s return as Prime Minister. Following years of Euroscepticism, the country looks set to embrace a stronger EU partnership, backed by economic growth, support for Ukraine and a bold vision for Europe’s future. Poland joined the European Union on 1 May 2004 as part of the EU’s largest-ever enlargement, alongside Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Slovakia and Slovenia.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |Eloise Hardy
As Poland steps into the rotating presidency of the European Council, Agnieszka Bartol, ambassador of the Polish Permanent Representation to the EU, discusses the country’s presidency priorities. Poland takes over the rotating presidency of the European Council as a power player in the European Union. Agnieszka Bartol is the country’s new ambassador to the bloc. As the head of Poland’s permanent representation to the EU, she has her plate full at a pivotal moment.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |William Glucroft
Ireland’s general election will likely return the country's centrist coalition to power. They have a surplus to spend, but also a housing crisis and other challenges to confront. Fianna Fail leader Micheal Martin is hoisted up by his sons Cillian and Micheal Aodh after voters went to the polls to elect 174 TDs across 43 constituencies during the general election. Ireland’s existing governing coalition is on track to hold onto power, following last week’s general election.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes |Daniel Freund
Von der Leyen’s leadership reshaped the European Commission during an era of pandemic, war, and energy instability, but at what cost to democratic balance and the role of the European Parliament? European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, left, is congratulated by European Parliament President Roberta Metsola, after a vote by the European Parliament to approve the new EU College of Commissioners at the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
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Nov 13, 2024 | 
theparliamentmagazine.eu | Matt Lynes
Diabetes can touch anyone at any point in life, bringing with it a risk of various other chronic diseases. Policy-makers must act to address unmet needs and inequalities in care and support across the EUIDF Europe is the European chapter of the International Diabetes Federation (IDF). We are an umbrella organization representing 72 national diabetes organisations in 45 countries across Europe.
