As the Indo-Pacific becomes one of the central arenas of global geopolitical competition, the ECR Group believes Europe must treat East Asia as a strategic priority for security, resilience and competitiveness, and work closely with like-minded partners.
24 June 2026
The ECR Group supports today’s vote in the joint meeting of the Committee on Security and Defence and the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection to simplify transfers of defence-related products between Member States and make security and defence procurement more efficient.
24 June 2026
For the ECR Group, the European Commission’s proposals to strengthen Europol point in the right direction. Organised crime, terrorism and cybercrime increasingly operate across borders, while law enforcement too often remains constrained by fragmented information and national jurisdictions.
24 June 2026
Following today’s adoption of the Parliament’s negotiating position on the digital euro and the single currency package in the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee, the ECR Group stressed that any new digital payment option must not come at the expense of cash or citizens’ freedom of choice.
23 June 2026
Following today’s vote in the European Parliament’s Special Committee on the European Democracy Shield, ECR Shadow Rapporteur Beata Szydło stressed that foreign interference, disinformation and hybrid threats must be taken seriously, while warning against approaches that could gradually centralise sensitive democracy policy at EU level.
23 June 2026
The ECR Group welcomes today’s joint vote in the European Parliament’s Security and Defence and Transport and Tourism Committees on new EU rules to make the movement of military personnel, equipment and supplies across Europe faster, simpler and more effective.
23 June 2026
For the ECR Group, today’s agreement between Parliament and Council negotiators on new EU rules against child sexual abuse is an important step towards stronger protection for children and better access to justice for victims.
22 June 2026
Following the publication of the Joint Statement adopted at the 91st EU-US Inter-Parliamentary Meeting of the Transatlantic Legislators’ Dialogue in Nicosia, ECR MEPs Assita Kanko and Arkadiusz Mularczyk, Members of the European Parliament’s Delegation for relations with the United States, welcomed the renewed commitment to practical EU-US cooperation on global challenges, foreign interference, stability in the Middle East, economic security and critical raw materials.
22 June 2026
Advancing Europe’s military mobility; ECR backs Defence Omnibus to speed up Europe’s defence readiness; Strengthening EU partnerships in East Asia; ECON vote on the digital euro — ECR: protect cash, preserve freedom of choice; ECR warns against centralising democracy policy in Brussels; AI, security and digital evidence: building the future of reliable image and video evidence;
19 June 2026
