The 751 newly-elected MEPs have had their debut in Strasbourg last week, where they attended the first plenary session of the 2019-2024 parliamentary legislature. This session, together with the upcoming one in the week starting on 15 July, have the main purpose of set...
So it is over. The marathon that was the European Council Extraordinary Summit to nominate the leaders of the European institutions wrapped up on 2 July in the afternoon - with some unexpected announcements for those kept on their tenterhooks throughout the entire proc...
In a bid to break the deadlock in nominating the ‘Top Jobs’ in the institutions of the European Union, heads of state and government met on 30 June in Brussels. Despite lengthy negotiations and countless bi-laterals in the maze that is the Europa building, talks broke...
European Council President Donald Tusk was right last week to feel “more cautious than optimistic”, as European leaders could not unite behind a candidate to propose for the Presidency of the European Commission.
Despite lengthy talks and negotiations, at 2am on Friday...
Student Research Assistant – Europe Analytica
+/- 6 months, full-time
Preferred start date: August 2019
Europe Analytica, a Brussels-based public affairs consultancy, is looking for an intern to assist with day-to-day monitoring tasks and general support for the team of...
The run-up to the 2019 European elections has been long and filled with projections, campaigning, debates and rallies - some more successful than others. After European citizens cast their votes between 23 and 26 May, it is now the time to take stock of the results and...
With the European elections only days away, speculation on who will lead the European institutions is increasing. Whilst the lead candidates for the Presidency of the European Commission and the candidates for the European Parliament are facing each other in debates ac...
Ahead of the elections, the party groups sitting in the European Parliament announced who their pan-European lead candidate will be – the ‘Spitzenkandidat’, informally making them the face of their respective campaigns. The Spitzenkandidat whose party bloc can form a m...
The European Parliament's approach to digital and cultural policy is set to be renewed with an influx of new MEPs and a shift in the balance of power of political groups. The headline is that whilst only a small number of influential MEPs on the outgoing Culture and Ed...
The upcoming European Parliament elections (23-26 May) will be a defining moment for the European Union.
Clearly there is no doubt that populist and far-right parties have strengthened their grip on national politics in Member States. Whether and to what extent this wil...
