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Roberta Metsola looks on in the European Parliament on October 21, 2025 during MEP Danish European Affairs Minister Marie Bjerre's (blurred in the foreground) remarks.

EPP May Decide To Keep Control of the European Parliament with Metsola in 2027

Javier Villamor October 22, 2025

Manfred Weber suggests not honoring the agreement with the Socialists and retaining the presidency of the Eurochamber next year.

The EP plenary hall in Strasbourg, France

‘Ursula Coalition’ MEPs Mistakenly Back “Urgent Shift” in Approach to Ukraine War

Michael Curzon September 11, 2025

Critic says they will have to establish a committee to investigate “this outbreak of common sense.”

Von der Leyen Survives No Confidence Vote After Appeasing the Left

Tamás Orbán July 10, 2025

Even though the Ursula coalition rose to defend the Commission chief, the voting result shows she lost significant support since last year’s election.

EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (left) and S&D Chairwoman Iratxe García.

Von der Leyen in Crisis? Leftist Parties Threaten To Pull Support From Queen Ursula

Tamás Orbán June 23, 2025

The left-wing ‘rebellion’ in Brussels may not be as serious as it seems: the ‘Ursula coalition’ will cling together until the very last moment in their fight for political survival.

The EP building in Strasbourg with the LMBT flag

Budapest Pride Once Again Biggest Concern of EU Parliament

Tamás Orbán June 18, 2025

Leftist MEPs demanded that Hungary be stripped of its voting rights and urged the von der Leyen commission to personally attend this month’s illegal Pride March in Budapest.

Sánchez, von der Leyen, and the Art of Diplomatic Dodgeball

Javier Villamor May 27, 2025

Wednesday’s meeting between the two leaders is a high-stakes negotiation where personal agendas, political alliances, and institutional hurdles all intersect.

Socialists Cry Crocodile Tears Over the Slightest Green Deal Tweaks

Nick Hallett February 21, 2025

The S&D is using backroom tactics to block even symbolic concessions that would hardly save Europe’s struggling economies.

EPP-Weber-SD-Iratxe-Garcia-Perez-Stephane-Sejourne

EU Socialists’ Leaked Strategy: Tight Leash on EPP and Further Exclusion of the Right

Tamás Orbán February 20, 2025

The plan to preserve the firewall involves “driving a wedge” between EPP and conservatives and making sure the center-right knows “there will be consequences to looking both ways.”

Spain’s Sánchez Under Fire in Brussels for “Anti-Democratic Drift”

Tamás Orbán January 20, 2025

The EPP threatening with rule of law procedure against Sánchez is just as anti-democratic as whatever they want to punish.

‘No to Conservatives’: Socialists Walk Away From Negotiation Table on EU Commissioners

Tamás Orbán November 14, 2024

Talks between the EU Parliament’s two largest parties broke down, with the S&D set to reject both Italy’s Raffaele Fitto and Hungary’s Olivér Várhelyi.

Tag: S&D

EPP May Decide To Keep Control of the European Parliament with Metsola in 2027

‘Ursula Coalition’ MEPs Mistakenly Back “Urgent Shift” in Approach to Ukraine War

Von der Leyen Survives No Confidence Vote After Appeasing the Left

Von der Leyen in Crisis? Leftist Parties Threaten To Pull Support From Queen Ursula

Budapest Pride Once Again Biggest Concern of EU Parliament

Sánchez, von der Leyen, and the Art of Diplomatic Dodgeball

Socialists Cry Crocodile Tears Over the Slightest Green Deal Tweaks

EU Socialists’ Leaked Strategy: Tight Leash on EPP and Further Exclusion of the Right

Spain’s Sánchez Under Fire in Brussels for “Anti-Democratic Drift”

‘No to Conservatives’: Socialists Walk Away From Negotiation Table on EU Commissioners

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