Saturday
23rd Sep 2017
By EUOBSERVER
National Front MEP Nicolas Bay was elected new co-chair of the Europe of Nations and Freedom political group in the European Parliament, a position previously held by Marine Le Pen, the French far-right party leader. Earlier this year Le Pen had to give up her MEP seat, as she won a place in the National Assembly. Dutch MEP Marcel de Graaff remains the other co-chair of the far-right group.
Merkel's decision whether to govern with the social-democrats or with liberals and Greens will have an impact on the future of the EU.
Merkel's re-election is expected to revive the Franco-German EU motor, but the German leader and France's new ruler are still searching for a common vision.
Eagerly awaited Brexit speech was foggy on details, but May pledged to honour financial commitments while calling for a two-year transition deal after the UK left.
Hungary and Poland have said they "don't want a mixed population", amid a tug-of-war with the Commission on migrants and rule of law.
Thousands of Catalans have taken to the streets, in protest against the Spanish government's efforts to prevent the independence referendum. Both sides know that violence would go against their cause.
According to information obtained by EUobserver, national governments have dismissed a proposal by MEPs to make a system for donating would-be wasted food to charity.
