Microsoft blames EU for global IT outage
Microsoft has blamed the European Union for a global IT outage it has said affected 8.5 million Windows devices.
EU leaders glum as pro-Europe Biden drops out of race
European leaders have been unsettled by the decision of US President Joe Biden, who was heavily engaged with Europe, to pull out of the US presidential race.
Slovakia, Netherlands to defy ‘boycott’ of Hungary’s EU presidency
Slovakia's president Peter Pellegrini says his country will not join a boycott of Hungary's presidency of the Council of the EU, saying he did not believe Hungary's PM should…
Meloni holds 11th hour telephone conversation with von der Leyen ahead of reappointment vote
Giorgia Meloni has taken a high-stakes poker game with Ursula von der Leyen to the last round, as the two spoke by telephone yesterday evening about Fratelli D'Italia supporting…
ECJ vaccines ruling will hurt von der Leyen in Strasbourg vote, say MEPs
Ursula von der Leyen will be hurt by a July 17 European Court of Justice ruling criticising her lack of transparency when awarding vaccine contracts, her MEP critics have…
European Parliament group The Left will vote against von der Leyen after ‘disastrous’ meeting
The European Parliament's The Left group, with 46 MEPs, will all vote against Ursula von der Leyen securing a second five-year term as European Commission President, after…
Nine out of 10 EU Jews experience anti-Semitism, says EU study
Nine out of ten Jews in the European Union have experienced anti-Semitism and most worry for their own safety, according to a new study.
Von der Leyen faces tough task as Metsola emerges as possible EC chief replacement
With a week to go before von der Leyen's future is voted on by the European Parliament, Berlaymont sources expect 15 per cent of her coalition MEPs to vote against her in…
Germany and Baltics mull curtailing Hungary’s Council of the EU presidency, though majority support looks unlikely
Germany and the Baltic countries are discussing possible ways to take the presidency of the Council of the European Union away from Hungary, following a "peace" mission to…
Farage’s Reform UK to put brake on Labour moves to cosy up to European Union
Nigel Farage said his Reform UK party, with 14.
Germany’s BSW lacks MEP numbers to form EP bloc
The BSW, which has ruled out joining the Left, will sit with the so-called Non-Inscrits
Von der Leyen ‘must open up to ECR to keep her job’, says Italy’s foreign minister
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen "must open up to the ECR, of which [Italian Prime Minister Giorgia] Meloni is leader" to win the upcoming European Parliament…
Germany’s CDU denies their MEPs may vote against von der Leyen
Germany's Christian Democrats have denied press reports that many of their MEPs would withhold their votes if von der Leyen--herself a former CDU minister--entered an agreement…
Elements of Von der Leyen’s Green Deal reappear in leaked EU summit document
EU leaders will reintroduce “green" commitments into the EU Strategic Agenda for 2024-2029, which they are set approve at their latest summit, according to a leaked draft…
She’s angry, but Italy’s PM Meloni is short of numbers to veto a second von der Leyen term at EU summit
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni will lack the allies she needs for a blocking majority to deny Ursula von der Leyen a second term as European Commission president, according…
Ireland fears revenge from Ursula von der Leyen over opposition for second term
Irish government sources feared Ursula von der Leyen would punish its next Brussels Commissioner with a poor appointment, after statements by Fianna Fáil MEPs during European…
Werner Hoyer, former head of EIB, under EU investigation for alleged corruption
Werner Hoyer, who led the European Investment Bank (EIB) from 2012 to January 2024, is under investigation by European Union prosecutors for alleged corruption, abuse of influence…
Green MEPs: Renew’s setbacks give us more influence over von der Leyen
The European Parliament Renew bloc's recent loss of members will increase the Greens' influence over European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen of the European People’s…
France, Germany tried to bounce Meloni into agreeing top EU jobs: ‘it was surreal’
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said the presentation by six EPP, S&D and Reform group members of a list of who would get the European Union's top jobs at a Brussels…
Huge budget hole puts Germany’s ruling coalition under pressure
A €40 billion budget hole has put Germany's coalition government under serious pressure.
Criminal probe and ‘poor English’ dog Costa’s candidacy for European Council
A pending criminal investigation in Portugal has dogged António Costa's hopes of becoming next president of the European Council.
Meloni has ‘abortion’ removed from G7 statement
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni appeared to have successfully quashed an element of a contentious G7 statement by removing the word "abortion" from the group's final…
Italian activist and new MEP Ilaria Salis ‘to be released from house arrest’ in Hungary
After being elected an MEP for Italy's Green and Left Alliance, Italian left-wing activist Ilaria Salis will be released from detention in Hungary, authorities in the country…
Austria: FPÖ tops EP elections with ‘Stop the EU madness’ campaign
The Eurosceptic Freedom Party of Austria (FPÖ) has topped the country's European Elections after it ran under the slogan "Stop the EU Madness".
EP elections set to ‘cement Romania’s Eurosceptic AUR as main opposition’
Romanian exit polls have suggested the new ultranationalist Alliance for the Union of Romanians (AUR) party has become the country's main opposition force,
Draghi tops von der Leyen in poll for next European Commission chief
Italy's Mario Draghi would beat incumbent European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for the top job if European Union citizens could vote on the issue, according…
Nova24 chief blasts Brussels for ignoring attacks on Slovenian media
"Věra Jourová, I don't know how she is sleeping at night, with these double standards," he said.
Irish immigration sceptics predicted to pick up seats in European Parliament
Upstart populist party Independent Ireland is projected to win up to two seats as a result of the June 7 vote.
Slovenian police raid ‘politically motivated’, Nova24 chief says
"They are trying to save their situation, that's all," the director said. "Polls are showing they will lose hard."
Slovenian police raid Nova24 media days before European Parliament elections
Opposition MEP Milan Zver said the raid represented a "severe breach of independence" of the media as well as a "political misuse of the police”.