European Parliament
The murky perks of an MEP
in depth
Thursday 02 May 2019 |
Nikolaj Nielsen | EUobserver
MEPs' receive a gross salary of €8,757.70 per month, plus others reimbursements. But related perks are not transparent, as they don't have to show the receipts for their expenses.
Which parties and countries chair the EP committees?
in depth
Thursday 21 November 2019 |
Elena Sánchez Nicolás | EUobserver
The MEPs in the European Parliament's committees are divided up among 20 standing committees and two sub-committees (Human Rights (DROI) and Security and Defence (SEDE)), specialising in concrete areas of EU's policymaking.
Climate change fractures the European Parliament
Wednesday 27 November 2019 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
While climate change may be drawing the attention of the public, MEPs’ twitter profiles seem to find relatively little room for it.
The von der Leyen Commission: climate change and international governance
Thursday 28 November 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
After months of delays, the von der Leyen Commission is finally set to take office on the first of December. What did the last few months involve, and why did it take so long?
A busy day at the European Parliament: SOTEU, copyright, and Hungary
Wednesday 12 September 2018 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
The big debates on the EU's future that traditionally follow the State of the Union address (also known as SOTEU) by EC Commission President Juncker at the European Parliament did not grab all the attention of Brussels-watchers today.
How gender balanced will the next European Parliament be?
Tuesday 26 March 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Will parties run enough women, and will they be placed in electable positions on electoral lists? Besides electoral systems, determination and concrete action are required to incentivise female representation. Let’s take a look at where we are now, with the numbers in hand.
It’s the fragmentation, stupid!
Tuesday 11 June 2019 |
Cas Mudde | VoxEurop
The next five years the European Union will be more fragmented than ever. This fragmentation is the key lesson of the 2019 European elections. However, contrary to the dominant narrative of the last decade or so, the old centrist blocs are not confronted with just a plethora of anti-system populist parties and groups.
Meet the European Parliament's twittersphere
Friday 19 January 2018 |
Giorgio Comai | OBC Transeuropa
This is the first in a series of posts on how members of the European Parliament (MEPs) appear on Twitter. This first post introduces the EP twittersphere, outlines limitations to the analysis, and points at some broad trends. The following posts will focus on specific aspects.
Centrists and progressives at the European Parliament
Thursday 23 May 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
French President Emmanuel Macron wants to unite the progressives in the European Parliament against the threat posed by the far right, but the road is winding.
Waiting for the new European Parliament
Sunday 30 June 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
What is being said about the newly-elected members of the European institutions, and in what terms? Do specific emotions tend to predominate? What are the emerging issues? A textual analysis of 18,000 tweets posted after the 2019 European elections provides a bird’s-eye view of the political landscape.
