Brussels enters Catalan amnesty battle: ‘serious concerns’ about draft law
European Justice Commissioner Didier Reynders has written to Spain’s acting government expressing “serious concerns” over a potential new amnesty law for Catalan…
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Working group plotting how to make MEPs turn up to parliament
A working group of 13 MEPs have been plotting ways to fix the European Parliament's low attendance by members and paltry public profile.
Council summit: EU budget risks derailment over Ukraine aid
Hungary and Slovakia are opposing the bloc’s proposed €50 billion in financial aid, which is being tied in with the EU's entire budget, known as the Multi-Annual…
EP hearing ‘hidden’ from MEPs amid Romanian financial chaos
The European Unions's financial overseers have seemingly dodged serious questions from the European Parliament amid a brewing financial scandal in Romania.
EC has ‘no comment’ on alleged Romanian EU competition-law violation
The European Commission has nothing to say about reports of anti-competitive behaviour by Romanian authorities.
EC launches investigation into TikTok, Meta over alleged ‘illegal content’
The probe follows an investigation into Elon Musk's X over similar claims that the social media firm might not be doing enough to fight "disinformation" as outlined…
EP condemns Malta over ‘institutional failure of law enforcement and justice’
The European Parliament has approved a scathing resolution regarding Malta with an overwhelming majority.
Not that Olaf! MEPs sent to Disneyland instead of European Parliament
In what was either a cartoonish mistake or a dastardly plot to save the European Union money, MEPs on October 16 were sent to Disneyland instead of the European…
MEPs push for ban on European airline hand-luggage charges
Airlines operating within the European Union should not be allowed to charge extra for passengers' hand luggage, MEPs have said.
EPP upset by grillings as Šefčovič and Hoekstra get committee majority
European People's Party, the European Parliament's largest group, expressed dissatisfaction with the pre-appointment hearings of European Commission nominees Maroš…
EU Media Freedom Act ‘violates founding treaty’, Polish MEP claims
"The European Media Freedom Act tries to bring in provisions that violate the Treaties," Elżbieta Kruk told Parliament.
ECR negotiator Saryusz-Wolski says group’s treaty change proposals were ‘rejected in bad faith’
Non-Eurofederalist recommendations for European Union treaty changes were rejected in bad faith, a senior Polish MEP has told Brussels Signal.
Ability to shut down undesirable social media is ‘proportionate’, EC insists
The European Union's power to unilaterally shut down certain social media websites deemed problematic is "proportionate", the European Commission has insisted.
The State of the Union is this: it is a sham democracy
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will use her State of the Union speech in Strasbourg today to laud her achievements over the last four years and…
European Ombudsman hammers EU over Qatargate scandal
Ombudsman Emily O'Reilly addressed the anti-corruption measures taken as a result of the Qatargate scandal and found that too little had been done.
European Parliament to debate ‘controversial’ kiss in Women’s World Cup
The European Parliament has added the “controversial” kiss at the FIFA Women's Football World Cup Final on August 20 to its list of items to be debated at Strasbourg's…
Brussels will not pull aid from Uganda over anti-gay law
The European Union will continue providing Uganda with aid despite the East African country's new anti-gay law, the European Commission has confirmed.
EC President escalates EU ‘war on wolves’
Having until now enjoyed strict protections under EU law, the growth of wolf populations throughout central Europe has resulted in increased attacks on livestock…
MEP rejects claim by Politico he endorsed ‘ill-considered’ pro-Eurofederalism document
Jacek Saryusz-Wolski has repeatedly decried attempts to expand the European Union in the past, slamming the Conference on the Future of Europe as a "Potemkin village…
EU signed 13 deals with Huawei despite security fears, EC confirms
Huawei has signed more than a dozen separate funding agreements with the European Union despite the Chinese multinational being designated as a security risk, the…
Poland fires up legal assault on EC ‘green’ legislation ahead of elections
Poland is to challenge two key European Union environmental laws, the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and the Emissions Trading System (ETS), in the European…
Feel bad man? Frogs have no EU rights, EC claims
Frogs being farmed for food have no welfare rights under European law, the European Commission has said.
Man who guided Poland into EU says bloc is becoming ‘oligarchic superstate’
Polish MEP Jacek Saryusz-Wolski, who as a Polish MP was primarily responsible for negotiating Poland’s accession to the European Union in 2004, has said that the…
French pressure drives out American EC appointee
Fiona Scott Morton, the controversial American appointee to the European Commission, has backed out of taking up the role amid pressure from French ministers and…
EU law will give states ‘blank cheque’ to spy on journalists, MEP claims
Proposed amendments to a European Union law risk giving national governments a "blank cheque" to spy on journalists, a member of the European Conservatives and Reformists…
MEPs call for EU ban on ‘positive discrimination’ after US ruling
MEPs have called for bans on "positive discrimination" within the European Union after the US Supreme Court ruled the practice illegal last month.
European journalists fear EU Council may ‘undermine media protection’
Europe’s largest organisation representing journalists fears a European Union directive on media protection could be undermined by the Council of Ministers.
Lost in translation: Moderators at EU-Latin America forum couldn’t speak Spanish
Moderators hosting a European Union-Latin America forum were unable to speak Spanish, with one participant telling Brussels Signal the event descended into "chaos"…
MEPs furious after US ‘lobbyist’ appointed to top EC job
Anger broke out in the European Parliament over the appointment of an American to a top European Commission job.
Both Left and Right take aim at European Parliament Covid report
The Right and the Left joined forces on July 11 to lambast the European Parliament's Covid-19 report.