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eCall emergency system a-calling despite internal objections
STRASBOURG — The eCall system that detects serious car crashes and transmits data to emergency services will be installed in all new cars and light vans sold in the European Union starting March 31,...
View ArticleA fight worthy of Hollywood
When Oscar-winning actors speak out against European copyright plans, Commissioners spar in public and committees send caustic e-mails vying for power, it foreshadows a fight of Hollywood proportions....
View ArticleThe EU’s Internet traffic jam
The European Parliament’s latest compromise on Internet traffic rules shows there is still a chasm between their negotiators and those in the Council and Commission, according to a leaked draft...
View ArticleFacts vs feelings on food safety
Last week, stakeholders and politicians converged at the European Parliament for the 7th European Innovation Summit. The summit comes at a time when burdensome regulatory obstacles are seen by many as...
View ArticleGun lobby stirs to life in Europe
European pro-gun groups are mobilizing against a new EU push to restrict the sale of firearms, claiming the proposal won’t work as an anti-terrorism tool. The groups, which are using an online petition...
View ArticleThe 40 MEPs who actually matter
From powerbrokers to troublemakers, here’s who you need to know in the European Parliament.
View ArticleThe 40 MEPs who actually matter — 2016 ranking
Click here for an explanation of what this ranking means. Online presentation by Arnau Busquets Guàrdia
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VICKY FORD
Ford is right where the British government wants her to be: a Tory ally of David Cameron, running the single market committee of the Parliament, the very core of British interests. No one in the...
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MEP dossiers up for grabs if UK heads for Brexit
The U.K.’s 73 MEPs would be under pressure to relinquish top jobs in the European Parliament immediately if their country votes to leave the EU, and this would have a major impact on two of the top...
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British MEPs ‘in limbo’ as Parliament considers their fate
STRASBOURG — British MEPs have become the European Parliament’s version of an endangered species: lame ducks whose extinction is imminent and who are under fire from some colleagues pushing to get them...
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Disability rights law stuck in Eurocracy
A new law requiring all products and services sold in the EU to be made accessible for disabled people has become ensnared in the bloc’s institutional machinery, leading human rights groups to complain...
View ArticleBritish MEPs cling to top jobs
Despite growing clamor for British MEPs to keep their mouths shut and their heads down as the U.K. heads to the EU exit, many remain in senior posts after a reshuffle in the European Parliament. Not...
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POLITICO Brussels Playbook Plus: Toxic environment — Parliamentary spat
TOXIC ENVIRONMENT: British Socialist MEP Paul Brannen, previously known for undertaking freezing ocean swims against EU shrinkage (#SwimForIn), and getting stuck in a Parliament elevator, will...
View ArticleUK election poses recruitment headache for European Parliament
If Vicky Ford wins a seat in the U.K. parliament at the June 8 election, she would be the most high-profile British lawmaker to leave the European Parliament since the Brexit vote — but don’t expect...
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Theresa May’s new wave of Brexit believers
LONDON — Theresa May’s snap general election looks set to usher in a new wave of Brexit true believers. While a handful of ardent and noisy Euroskeptic veterans, including Peter Lilley and Gerald...
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Done roaming: Four acts, no heroes, plenty of pratfalls
Europe’s 13-year battle to end mobile roaming fees — which finally comes to a close Thursday — had it all: from septuagenarians in leather and stilettos to 3 a.m. screaming matches. For lower-ranked EU...
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Vicky Ford
Ford, now a British Conservative national MP, will be best remembered as the MEP who turned Brussels’ dream of ending mobile roaming charges into reality. Ford was critical to defending Britain’s...
View ArticleUK Tories swerve Meghan and Harry culture war
LONDON — #TeamMeghan or #TeamLiz? Britain’s destructive culture war is opening up a new front sparked by explosive allegations from Prince Harry and his wife Meghan Markle, the duchess of Sussex. But...
View ArticleEthiopia expels Irish diplomats as EU, UK citizens urged to flee civil war
DUBLIN — Ethiopia is kicking out most of Ireland’s diplomatic staff in retaliation for Irish criticism of human rights abuses committed by government forces fighting Tigray rebels, Foreign Minister...
View ArticleUK to Russia: Invading Ukraine would have ‘catastrophically high’ consequences
LONDON — Any invasion of Ukraine by Russia would have “massive strategic consequences,” including “severe” economic sanctions, a British minister warned. Vicky Ford, a minister in the U.K.’s Foreign,...
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