MEPs have rejected a request to lift the immunity of the long-serving German MEP Angelika Niebler, after a request from the European Chief Prosecutor and media reports over her alleged misuse of EU funds.
Rightwing groups in the European Parliament have extended for six months a controversial committee investigating NGOs that receive EU funding.
Orbán could end up with an EU Parliament seat for immunityIf an MEP from Fidesz resigns, the system in Hungary allows Fidesz to pick anyone from the 2024 election list to fill the vacancy — including Viktor Orbán (#63).
As the clock is running out on the current rules, MEP vote for substantive changes to the controversial chat-scanning measures while agreeing to extend the temporary rules for fighting child sexual abuse material online.
Thierry Breton spoke to the European Parliament on Wednesday, where MEPs expressed their solidarity and reaffirmed their support for the EU’s Digital rulebook.
The open letter on Wednesday from NGOs Corporate Europe Observatory, Transparency International and five other organisations argues Finnish centre-right MEP Aura Salla’s ties to Meta constitute an irreconcilable conflict of interest in the digital file.
French far-right MEP Virginie Joron claimed she was never punished for rogue election monitoring, but the EU Parliament confirmed she was lying, amid a wider crackdown.