After the Dutch government nominated Wopke Hoekstra as an EU Commissioner, the Greens and Social Democrats criticized the nomination. The reason: Hoekstra is a Christian Democrat.
By Lukas Knigge
Anyone who wants to find their way around the EU has to learn complicated names and abbreviations. This does certainly not help people in Europe to better understand what the politicians in Brussels are up to. Name inventor Manfred Gotta knows how things could be better.
By Corinna Visser
Frans Timmermans will leave Brussels. Even though the future of the Green Deal chief had been the subject of speculation for months, it was the news of the day in EU circles. The Commission Vice-President plans to become Prime Minister for the new red-green alliance in the Netherlands.
By Lukas Knigge
Rarely has a legislative proposal provoked such sharp conflict in Brussels as the one to restore nature. Shortly before the vote in the plenum, the signs continue to point to confrontation. But the Renew Group believes it has found a way to save the law.
By Claire Stam
