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Tomislav Sokol MEP
news 20.03.2023 - 16:43
news 20.03.2023 - 16:43
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Sokol leads EPP Group’s work in new Public Health Committee

The EPP Group today elected its leader in Parliament’s new committee on Public Health (...

Equipment, cables and piping [nid:47684]
news 16.03.2023 - 11:15
news 16.03.2023 - 11:15
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

It's high time to act for industry

The EPP Group always wanted the European Green Deal and a strategic industrial policy to go hand in hand. The proposals to be...

High voltage post
news 14.03.2023 - 16:31
news 14.03.2023 - 16:31
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

EPP Group welcomes electricity market reform proposals

In principal, the EPP Group welcomes the European Commission long awaited proposal on the Reform...

Car in a factory
news 14.03.2023 - 15:10
news 14.03.2023 - 15:10
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Future of Europe's Industry: EPP Press Conference tomorrow

The EPP Group always wanted the Green Deal and a strategic industrial policy to go hand in...

Videos

video 09.03.2023 - 15:15
video 09.03.2023 - 15:15
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Putting EU policies on the same track, for people and planet

Saving people and the planet means better coordinating EU global actions. But how can we...

video 01.03.2023 - 9:10
video 01.03.2023 - 9:10
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

EU Data Act: Better use of data for people, businesses and emergencies

The European Union can vastly expand the use of data to make Europe more...

video 28.02.2023 - 14:45
video 28.02.2023 - 14:45
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Subsidy race to green transition? Think smarter

The EU should focus on the ‘deal’ part of the Green Deal in backing EU industries with a range of actions to spe...

video 28.02.2023 - 12:23
video 28.02.2023 - 12:23
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Ukrainian refugees one year on: escaping the horrors, hoping for European support

When Russian bombs began falling on Chernihiv in northern...

Podcasts

Map of EU and Great Britain with flags
podcast 09.03.2023 - 10:35
podcast 09.03.2023 - 10:35
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Post-Brexit UK: Relations with the EU and response to Russia

Did Brexit encourage Putin to invade Ukraine? Has Brexit made the UK stronger or weaker?...

Water, network
podcast 21.02.2023 - 10:00
podcast 21.02.2023 - 10:00
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Green hydrogen: How to speed up Europe’s decarbonisation?

With natural gas generating 20% of our electricity and 40% of our heat in Europe, a new...

Peljesac bridge in Croatia
podcast 07.02.2023 - 9:25
podcast 07.02.2023 - 9:25
BUDGET, AGRICULTURE AND REGIONAL FUNDING ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Cohesion Fund: Projects that are changing the European Union

The EU's Cohesion Fund supports less developed members of the Union to catch up with the...

Swedish and European Flag
podcast 24.01.2023 - 10:08
podcast 24.01.2023 - 10:08
LEGAL AND HOME AFFAIRS

Sweden's 2023 EU Presidency: How to move things forward?

What did Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson mean by a "greener, safer, freer" EU when...

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The week ahead

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EU leaders at summit

Europe must become more competitive

On Thursday and Friday EU leaders will gather for a European Council summit focusing on the ongoing war in Ukraine, the...

European Parliament (48251)

Parliament investigates Spanish border incidents

The EPP Group demands explanations about what happened at the Melilla border last summer. The Interior...

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Chinese President Xi Jinping meet in Beijing, China

Does buying Chinese products finance Russia's war?

The EPP Group is extremely concerned about China's relations with Russia during the war. Chinese...

Food security (117298)

Do not reduce food production during the war in Ukraine

The European Union must refrain from any new legislation that would increase food prices across...

Events

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Opinions

Europe urgently needs the Migration Pact
opinion 30.01.2023 - 0:00
opinion 30.01.2023 - 0:00
LEGAL AND HOME AFFAIRS

EU migration policy not good enough

Special migration summit should unblock crucial reforms in light of major influx of migrants Europe is currently...

IMCO30 Birthday
opinion 12.01.2023 - 0:00
opinion 12.01.2023 - 0:00
ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

Europe’s Single Market - turning 30 and still going strong

This year, the Single Market turns 30. In 1988, Jacques Delors famously remarked that...

Grey wolf
opinion 29.11.2022 - 0:00
opinion 29.11.2022 - 0:00
BUDGET, AGRICULTURE AND REGIONAL FUNDING ECONOMY, JOBS AND THE ENVIRONMENT

More predators should mean changes in their protection

Since the European Union Habitats Directive was ratified thirty years ago in 1992, the grey wolf...

Picture of Vladimir Putin
opinion 20.11.2022 - 0:00
opinion 20.11.2022 - 0:00
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

What’s in the label of ‘terrorist state’? Everything.

Labels are important. For too long, the Western world preferred to ignore Russia’s crimes a...

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