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The Von der Leyen Commission: between hope and scepticism
Quarta-Feira, 4 de Dezembro de 2019 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
On 27 November, the European Parliament definitively approved the von der Leyen Commission, with 461 votes in favour, 157 against, and 89 abstentions. This is a decidedly more encouraging result than that obtained in the summer, when votes favouring the new president amounted to 383.
EPP Congress in Zagreb
Terça-Feira, 3 de Dezembro de 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
On 20-21 November, the members of the EPP-affiliated parties across the European Union met in Zagreb to elect their next leadership.
Climate change fractures the European Parliament
Quarta-Feira, 27 de Novembro de 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.
A look at the Parliamentary hearings
Terça-Feira, 19 de Novembro de 2019 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
After a long wait, the European Parliament has finally approved the nominations of commissioners Breton, Vălean and Várhelyi. Now only the final vote remains before the next Commission is inaugurated.
MEPs aren’t talking about European issues
Quinta-Feira, 14 de Novembro de 2019 |
Gianluca De Feo | OBC Transeuropa
When we analysed the tweets posted in the last month by MEPs from France, Italy, Spain and Germany, we discovered that they rarely talk about specifically European issues. Could this be due to the delay in forming the new European Commission?
Brexit? What Brexit?
Quarta-Feira, 30 de Outubro de 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
This week the European Council granted a flexible extension of Brexit deadline. The UK will have time until January 31, 2020 to find a deal, vote it, and leave the EU.
Waiting for the new European Parliament
Domingo, 30 de Junho de 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.
European far-right rally in Milan
Sexta-Feira, 24 de Maio de 2019 |
Ornaldo Gjergji | OBC Transeuropa
On May 18 Matteo Salvini gathered far-right leaders in Milan for a rally before the European elections. Polls suggest that his alliance of popoulists may be a threat to the next EU parliament.
Centrists and progressives at the European Parliament
Quinta-Feira, 23 de Maio de 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.
The European election campaign, in words and hashtags
Quinta-Feira, 23 de Maio de 2019 |
Gina Pavone | OBC Transeuropa
Calls to vote, announcements for debates and rallies, but also references to the key issues: here’s a look at what, and how, outgoing MEPs tweeted in the runup to the European elections.
