The Russian Foreign Ministry announced Thursday that Deutsche Welle, a German media outlet, will be banned from operating in Russia. The move comes as retaliation for Wednesday’s decision by Germany to ban the Kremlin-backed broadcaster RT’s German-language channel over a license dispute. Daniel Caspary, head of the EPP’s German delegation in the European Parliament, slammed… Read more »
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German conservatives vie to preserve European Parliament power
The large delegation is trying to ensure its influence over one of the EU’s top jobs after losing power at home.
Viktor Orbán’s MEPs aim to dodge Parliament group expulsion
Senior members set to decide whether to vote to expel Hungarian party leader Tamás Deutsch.
The EU’s €140M ‘zombie committee’ faces pressure to reform
Critics argue that the European Economic and Social Committee is an outdated and expensive relic.
Von der Leyen faces unrest in own party ranks
Commission president too keen to be green, center-right critics say.
Letter to EU telecom and trade ministers and to European Commissioners Thierry Breton, Margrethe Vestager and Valdis Dombrovskis
European Parliament clashes with Merkel over rule of law in budget talks
Lawmakers criticize German chancellor over what they see as plans to soften rule-of-law demands in budget deal.
The EU’s most powerful Germans
The election of Ursula von der Leyen as European Commission president was seen by many in Brussels as the naked confirmation of Germany’s political heft in the European Union. The truth is that the country has plenty of other arrows in its quiver.
How coronavirus defeated Europe’s free marketeers
One of Europe’s most prominent victims of the coronavirus pandemic has been its adherence to market-driven economics.
Germany under pressure to lift coronavirus border closures
Pressure is mounting on Germany to end coronavirus-related border restrictions, with neighboring countries warning that the measures threaten European unity.
