EP 2019: increasingly fragmented Parliament (fresh projections)

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The year of this unprecedented electoral event has started. Five months from now, European citizens will vote for the first time without the British. Euro-critical / eurosceptical forces are trying to organise so that they can challenge the status-quo: today, Salvini meets Kaczynski. What can happen in May’s elections?

Here are some of our latest projections:

– If current trends are confirmed, for the first time in history of the elected EP, the two largest groups (EPP + S&D) would not be able to command a majority of seats. Continue Reading

Czech Elections 2017: Exclusive Interview with Kateřina Konečná (KSČM – GUE/NGL)

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Kateřina Konečná, member of the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (GUE/NGL), is a former Deputy of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. She is a member of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety.  She drafted a report on palm oil and deforestation of rainforests, as well as a recommendation on amending the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer. Continue Reading

Winners and losers of the EP Plenary Early October 2017

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European Commission took another beating from the Parliament: its definition of endocrine disruptors gets rejected

The frustration of the bureaucrats in DG Health and Food Safety must be reaching a new high, as the elected EU politicians block their agenda once again. After being slapped with the rejection of their plans to approve a new genetically modified soybean, the Parliamentarians had an issue with the Executive’s definition of endocrine disruptors too. Continue Reading

Winners and losers of the EP Plenary September 2017

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While most of the attention during last week’s EP plenary was focused on President Juncker’s speech, several other important (and under-the-radar) developments caught our attention, which will make the object of this report. At VoteWatch we focus on concrete facts (ie. decisions made), rather than promises or broad statements: we combine our statistical expertise and qualitative political insight to provide the most accurate (and non-partisan) reporting of EU politics’ trends. Continue Reading

Who is the favourite to become the next President of the European Parliament?

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On Tuesday 13th, the EPP group elected its candidate for replacing Schulz at the helm of the European Parliament. A prominent member of Forza Italia, Antonio Tajani, received the mandate to run for the Presidency, after his candidature collected more votes than the other three contestants (Peterle, Lamassoure and McGuinness). On the 17th January, Tajani will have to face off the candidates presented by the other political groups. Continue Reading