French President Emmanuel Macron won a fair share of praise but also a dose of criticism during his much-awaited ‘Future of Europe’ speech at Strasbourg’s plenary last week. It formed the centre-piece of proceedings that also included debate around protection for journalists, the Facebook Cambridge Analytica scandal, money laundering and other topics.

Support for the Dutch GreenLeft party (GroenLinks) surged in local elections last week. It is now the biggest party in 13 towns across the Netherlands, including Amsterdam and Utrecht.  

New tariffs on US steel and aluminium imports announced recently by US President Donald Trump have sparked fears of a global trade war.  European imports would be severely affected.  

A series of big topics were on the agenda for Members of the European Parliament in Strasbourg between 12-15 March. Arguably the most important was a debate and vote on the EU’s post-2020 budget. It is one in a series of steps that will lay out the future priorities of the Europe’s political union. 

Bertrand Piccard, the initiator, chairman, and co-pilot, of Solar Impulse which made the first successful round-the-world solar powered flight presented a new project during the European Ideas Lab in Brussels

Former German Green party leader Cem Özdemir delivered a hard-htitting speech at Germany's Bundestag on 22 February comparing the country's far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) to the Nazis. He accused the AfD of seeking to impose Nazi-style press censorship and “despising everything modern Germany stands for”

Thomas Waitz, Member of European Parliament (MEP) and European Green Party committee member, says the authorisation procedure for herbicides such as glyphosate must become more transparent. He is critical of previous studies, which he says rely too heavily on input from big industrial players, such as the American agricultural giant Monsanto

Today, 22 February marks our 14th anniversary as the European Green Party. Borne out of a shared ambition for a new kind of politics, Green parties have put the health of our planet at its core so that future generations have the opportunity to live fulfilling and meaningful lives in a sustainable world. We are now proud to boast 44 member parties from across Europe and beyond

In a letter to the EU environment commissioner Karmenu Vella, the German government said it was "considering public transport free of charge in order to reduce the number of private cars" in 5 German cities, including former capital Bonn and industrial cities Essen and Mannheim.  The move is an attempt to meet EU air pollution targets and avoid being handed down a big fine for exceeding limits