European People’s Party (EPP)

With the EU’s competitiveness push gaining urgency amid growing trade tensions with the U.S., plans to tighten pharmaceutical rules could soften — making the final legislation more industry-friendly than originally envisioned.

The Common Agricultural Policy reform, new rules for deportations and revised environmental standards could all be hit by a recent decision to pull the greenwashing law.

The vice president of the EU executive pressured the environment commissioner over several days to preserve the law.

Socialists and liberals outraged that EPP sided with far right in pulling greenwashing legislation and could now block EU’s law-making process.

It’s the latest of a series of moves by right-wing forces to increase scrutiny of nonprofits.

Venezuela was also added, while the UAE and Gibraltar were removed. Russia was again left off.

The group wants to allow automakers to continue selling some combustion engines after 2035.

Wopke Hoekstra successfully pushed the incoming coalition to back foreign carbon credits, helping shift the EU-level 2040 talks. 

Brussels says it wants to save Europe’s waters. Here’s what it’s up against.

French president sides with far-right camp in call to scrap EU due diligence law.

Parliament administration says security footage backs up the lawmaker’s version of events.

The European People’s Party chief tells POLITICO he is trying to strike a balance between relying on far-right support while blocking extremists from power.

It comes as the European Union decided to delay new trade legislation to curb forest destruction worldwide.

Leaders of Europe’s two most powerful countries ramp up EU’s pro-business, anti-green push by calling for repeal of due diligence rule.

The presidential front-runner’s hostility to Ukraine is creating a rift with fellow European conservatives.

European lawmakers and environmentalists also warn that slashing red tape might do more harm than good to farmers having to cope with climate change.

After months of lobbying, lawmakers watered down a provision aimed at cutting CO2 emissions from cars.

Conservatives face accusations of collaborating with far-right parties in NGO funding probe.

With the dust settling on the EPP congress, we take a look at who’s up and who’s down in the EU’s most powerful grouping.

Opposition parties demand probe into links between a PR company and the New Democracy party of PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

German wins European People’s Party vote, but with some opposition.

Carlos Cuerpo and Rimantas Šadžius are considering running for the Eurogroup presidency.

The EU grants billions each year to nonprofits. Now, a right-wing campaign has NGOs afraid the money will dry up.

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