Cohesion policy as a driver of rural renaissance; Clean Industrial Deal should be centred around competitiveness; Europe's security depends on transatlantic strength; Tackling the scourge of child sexual abuse; Welfare of cats and dogs: ECR negotiates get-out claws; Political terror in Colombia; Committee’s rule of law report undermines national sovereignty; Forty Years of the Schengen Agreement; The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine; Development finance: less dogma, more delivery; Film Screening: Under the Grey Sky
13 June 2025
Following this week’s revelations in the German press about questionable links between the European Commission and environmental NGOs, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group have reiterated their demand for the creation of a parliamentary committee of inquiry into the so-called “Green Gate” affair.
9 June 2025
In a statement released during the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly (EuroLat) plenary session in Lima (Peru), ECR MEPs Carlo Fidanza, Michele Picaro, Nora Junco and Nicolas Bay stress the need for a renewed partnership between Europe and Latin America, grounded in democratic principles and concrete cooperation.
3 June 2025
Migration as a political weapon against the EU, Streamlining legitimate arrivals and departures at external borders, Paws and proportionality – protecting pets without overreach, No taxation powers for the EU, Combating female genital mutilation (FGM) in the European Union, Protect kids from online radicalisation, Elevating the voices of Russia’s democratic opposition.
28 May 2025
Ahead of tomorrow’s parliamentary and regional elections in Venezuela, Carlo Fidanza, Head of the Italian Delegation of the ECR Group and Vice-Chair of the Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly condemned the latest wave of repression against opposition figures and asked to increase international pressure on the Maduro regime.
24 May 2025
Pragmatic adjustments to the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism framework should be followed by deeper and faster reviews of what else in the Green Deal can be simplified, ECR coordinator on the Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Alexandr Vondra said today as MEPs voted to cut the regulatory burden facing small businesses in Europe.
22 May 2025
Russian bombs and missiles are still killing Ukrainian children because some European countries can’t - or won’t - curtail their dependence on imports of Russian gas, ECR Co-Chair Nicola Procaccini MEP said today in the European Parliament.
21 May 2025