European People’s Party (EPP)

Dolors Montserrat as the new secretary-general is a surprising choice, say critical party insiders.

The damning report will give ammunition to conservative lawmakers who want to prevent NGOs from using EU money to lobby.

Schmoozing with the far right will get us nowhere, leading MEP tells peers.

The outcome of a key vote on environmental laws in the Parliament this week could set the stage for the next five years.

Loyalty to the political family earns MEPs rewards and influence.

Incoming Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under growing pressure to win conservative policy concessions as coalition talks hit key stumbling blocks.

The weeklong blitz on the EU’s fiscal rules generated more blowback than Germany ever expected.

MEPs are demanding the Parliament president strengthen internal reporting mechanisms.

Manfred Weber, the powerful German who leads the European People’s Party, has an heir apparent … himself.

Two years after Qatargate, Parliament is still split over reform in its ethics checks.

The EU’s new plan gets tough on deportations to outflank the continent’s surging populists. Instead, it might just be fueling their narrative.

Ongoing fallout from Spain’s deadly floods could tarnish a gathering of center-right luminaries, but moving it would drown the party in fees. 

Law championed by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen would lower the protection status of Europe’s wolves.

This week’s episode of EU Confidential comes to you from Thursday’s emergency meeting of EU leaders — the political equivalent of sobbing into your pillow on a …

The center-right European People’s Party is calling for the European Parliament to fast-track a major new bill amending EU green corporate disclosure rules, in a move that …

New German investigation of NGO funding signals rightward power shift in European politics.

The request follows claims the EU executive was paying nonprofits to lobby on its behalf.

POLITICO breaks down what the conservatives’ victory means for EU policy and cooperation ― from nuclear weapons to cannabis.

Ursula von der Leyen was Angela Merkel’s protégé. Friedrich Merz was her rival. Who will lead Europe?

‘Confidential’ document details concerted plan to woo Manfred Weber’s EPP back to center ground.

Divisions inside Europe’s centrist coalition risk derailing the Commission’s green simplification package.

Lawmakers claim right-wing coalition is using procedural tricks to “obstruct” implementation.

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Intentionally or not, concerned businesses, the ascendant far right and traditional conservatives are coming together to rewrite green rules.