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Vision for Europe

Vision for Europe

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Campaigns

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News

Week Ahead 12–16 January

Keeping air passenger rights robust, What future for EU finances?, Cuban mercenaries in Russia’s war against Ukraine, Omnibus I Sustainability Simplification Package: Practical Implications for European Businesses

9 January 2026

The capture of Maduro can open the way for a democratic transition in Venezuela

Following the capture of Nicolás Maduro by US special forces, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group stresses that the former regime had no democratic legitimacy. The ECR Group recalls that the 2024 election, in which Edmundo González Urrutia was elected president, was stolen by Maduro’s narco-communist regime. Despite this manipulation, the vote clearly revealed the Venezuelan people’s will for democratic change, political freedom and constitutional government.

3 January 2026

The ECR Group welcomes the deal as a decisive shift in EU asylum policy

The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group has welcomed the political agreement reached in trilogue on the first-ever EU list of safe countries of origin, describing it as a decisive shift towards a more effective, credible and enforceable EU asylum system.

18 December 2025

Week Ahead 22 December - 9 January

Christmas Holidays

18 December 2025

Upcoming Events

Upcoming Events

Wednesday 21 January @ 16:30-18:00 CET

Open Doors-Empty Pockers: Mass migration is bankrupting Europe

On Wednesday evening, the ECR Migration Policy Group, hosted by MEP Charlie Weimers, Co-Chair of the Group, and MEP Sebastian Tynkkynen, Head of the Finnish delegation in the ECR Group, will hold a briefing and Q&A with Dr. Simo Grönroos and researcher Samuli Salminen from the Finnish think tank Suomen Perusta.

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