The Parliament will not further oppose the appointment of Commissioners-designate Hoekstra and Šefčovič. The supplementary statements of the two Timmermans successors were sufficient to convince the majority of ENVI members. However, some questions remain.
By Lukas Knigge
Almost 50 heads of state and government are meeting today for the third summit of the European Political Community. The central topic: Nagorno-Karabakh and the tensions in the Balkans. But Azerbaijan's president, of all people, wants to stay away. The informal EU summit on Friday will focus on enlargement and the migration crisis.
By Redaktion Table
Internal Market Commissioner Breton speaks of the "end of naivety": The EU Parliament has approved a long-awaited trade tool against economic blackmail. The Commission also presents a list of critical technology that needs to be protected from the People's Republic. No one knows exactly how this is supposed to work.
By Amelie Richter