The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group’s Coordinator in the Legal Affairs Committee (JURI), Tobiasz Bocheński, has urged representatives of European businesses and industry associations to actively engage with Members of the European Parliament as work on the Omnibus I legislative package enters into the reading stage.
29 October 2025
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group has welcomed the European Parliament’s rejection of the European Commission’s proposed Forest Monitoring Regulation, warning that it would have violated the subsidiarity principle, imposed excessive bureaucracy, and transferred key responsibilities from Member States to Brussels.
21 October 2025
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group has called for stronger cross-border police cooperation against terrorism, new criminal networks, and hybrid attacks, while urging greater recognition of the work of the officers who keep Europe safe.
21 October 2025
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group welcomed the formal end to hostilities in Gaza and the release of Israeli hostages, but warned that the ceasefire will remain dangerously fragile unless it is followed by the credible disarmament of Hamas.
21 October 2025
ECR priorities figure heavily on Council’s agenda; Focus on Belarus; 2025 Sakharov Prize winner; Driving a commonsense solution; Enlargement, yes — centralisation, no!; Detaching the EU from energy dependence on Russia; European values or political control?; A responsible budget; A realistic path to peace; Commission Work Programme 2026: ECR calls for a return to realism — delivering what is necessary, not ideology; Stop Brussels’ power grab in the forestry sector; Constitutive meeting of the ECR Working Group on Freedom of Speech; 2026 Winter Olympic Games Exhibition; Press briefing with ECR Co-Chairmen Nicola Procaccini and Patryk Jaki
17 October 2025
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group has welcomed the decision of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs and Development Committees to include the joint nominees of the ECR and EPP Groups – Andrzej Poczobut from Belarus and Mzia Amaglobeli from Georgia – on the shortlist for the 2025 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.
16 October 2025
EU must adapt to address today’s security challenges; Promoting transparency and preventing behind-the-scenes lobbying; Protection of minors online; Safe countries of origin; Phasing out Russian gas; Reducing reporting burdens for businesses; Backing Andrzej Poczobut for the Sakharov Prize; What future for the digital euro?
10 October 2025