Squaring these two seemingly irreconcilable positions will be “the biggest challenge,” Eickhout said. Celebrate today, negotiate tomorrow In the moment, at least, it was a triumphant, delirious Sunday night for von der Leyen, who led her party to an increased share of seats in the Parliament. Now, however, she must begin tense negotiations to secure … Read more
The choice In her campaign pitch on Monday night, she told the audience, which included people tuning in to the livestream online and via about 100 “watch parties” around the world, she wanted to fight for a strong Europe for the sake of her children and grandchildren. Von der Leyen portrayed herself as a unifying … Read more
“It’s because of you that Europe acted on the Green Deal,” said Eickhout, imploring the young audience to vote in June. Then he rounded on von der Leyen, accusing her of dumping her mission halfway through. “We are now at the crossroad of continuing the Green Deal or going back to a fossil standstill.” For … Read more
This debate should take place at the next plenary session, on April 10 in Brussels. “If sitting MEPs or candidates in the upcoming European elections have taken money from or been corrupted by the Russian Government or their proxies, they must be exposed,” Hayer wrote in the letter. Dutch Green EU lawmaker Bas Eickhout also … Read more
But at the party’s congress in Lyon, where delegates were plotting how to avoid expected losses in this June’s EU election, green politicians repeatedly insisted it was their conservative and far-right opponents, not them, that had left farmers in dire straits. They even made their case directly to farmers, who were invited to air grievances … Read more
Eickhout spearheaded the faction’s efforts on the Green Deal legislative package, notably pushing for stricter Euro 7 emissions rules and a ban on the sales of new combustion engine cars by 2030. The EU eventually settled on a 2035 end date. Reintke, who became the political group’s co-leader in 2022, has been particularly active on … Read more
