The European Union’s rural areas can move from crisis to opportunity if the EU’s cohesion policy is placed front and centre in shaping the Union’s rural development policy, ECR MEP Denis Nesci said today as the Committee on Rural Development approved his own-initiative report.
13 May 2025
A cross-party group of 73 Members of the European Parliament from 20 EU Member States has signed an open letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, voicing concern over the increasingly poor quality and late delivery of replies to parliamentary questions.
12 May 2025
Safe countries of origin; Nurturing the EU's most important alliance; Boosting trade with Gulf countries; Combating child sexual abuse; Strengthening rural areas in the EU through cohesion policy; CBAM simplification: striking a balance between climate goals and practicality; Ethics body brings no added value; Event: Exhibition on General Maczek - The armed heart of Polish emigration; Event: The End of World War II and the Crimes of Communism; Visit the ECR Group Stand – European Parliament Open Day in Brussels
9 May 2025
The auto industry has a slim chance to accelerate its recovery after being driven to its knees by the Commission’s Green Deal legislation, ECR MEP Alexandr Vondra (Czechia) said today after the European Parliament voted to adjust emissions legislation.
8 May 2025
National and regional governments should be free to manage growing wolf populations in the European Union more flexibly, free from the environmentalist hysteria that has characterised much of the discussion about the Commission’s plan to adjust the protection status of Canis lupus, ECR MEP Pietro Fiocchi said today.
8 May 2025
On 8 May 1945, the guns fell silent in Europe. After more than five years of war and the barbaric occupation of much of Europe by Nazi Germany, Europe seized the opportunity and, with the support of the United States, built institutions that have served—and continue to serve—its security and prosperity.
8 May 2025
The ECR Group is not convinced by the Parliament's suggestions to the European Commission as it prepares the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2028-2034. Speaking during the plenary debate on the EU's next long-term budget, Bogdan Rzońca, ECR coordinator in the Committee on Budgets, called for a more priority-driven approach that excludes higher own resources and joint debt.
7 May 2025
Peace in Ukraine will be worthless unless any eventual settlement holds Russia to account for the Putin regime’s war of aggression against Ukraine, ECR MEP Adam Bielan said today as MEPs discussed the EU’s role in a just, sustainable and comprehensive peace.
7 May 2025
Making the vehicle emissions regime in Europe more flexible is a welcome move – if long-overdue – but the Commission needs to go much further to give the crisis-hit automotive sector in Europe hope of recovery, Carlo Fidanza MEP told the European Parliament today in Strasbourg.
6 May 2025
The European Conservatives and Reformists Group is calling for a comprehensive free trade agreement with the United States based on zero tariffs and mutual benefit, a deal that would boost growth and better exploit Europe's economic potential.
6 May 2025
