For the last three decades, European defence has suffered from underinvestment by EU Member States. Additionally, the market and the demand are fragmentised along national lines. Usually, EU Member States, especially the bigger ones, procure from their national industries. This results in low interoperability, higher
The EPP Group is calling for a revision of the protection status of wolves and other large carnivores like lynxes and bears as the growing numbers of these carnivores in some European regions has become a real threat to livestock and, potentially, also for humans.
On Thursday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will brief MEPs on the latest European security developments and EU-NATO cooperation. Mr Stoltenberg's briefing in the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Subcommittee on Security and Defence will be followed by an exchange of views with MEPs. WHEN: Thursday 7
Three years have passed since 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate exploded in a warehouse in the port of Beirut on August 4, 2020. More than 220 people died in the incident; thousands more were injured while around 300,000 people lost their homes. To this day,
A seven-member delegation of MEPs will visit Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan on 21-25 August to discuss cooperation in the face of multiple geopolitical challenges. MEP David McAllister (EPP, DE), Chair of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET), will lead a seven-member delegation of MEPs to
Die Europäische Kommission will die geltenden Rechte für die Opfer von Straftaten verbessern. Dazu hat die Kommission eine Überarbeitung der seit 2012 bestehenden Opferschutzrichtlinie vorgeschlagen. Auf diese Weise soll sichergestellt werden, dass Opfer ausreichend Schutz vor Gericht erhalten und beispielsweise Entscheidungen in einem Strafverfahren, die