German Defence Minister Boris Pistorius visited Moldova on Friday against the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. Moldova has been a candidate for EU membership since June 2022. However, Russia still has considerable influence in the country.
On Wednesday, 29 May, the European Newsroom spoke to Nicolas Schmit, lead candidate for the Party of European Socialists (PES) in the upcoming European elections and European Commissioner for Jobs and Social Rights.
In May 2024, EU member states adopted the Artificial Intelligence Act, a landmark piece of legislation that is the first in the world to set standards for regulating the field. In this video, the European Newsroom (enr) takes a closer look at the technology and how the EU will regulate it.
In an interview with the European Newsroom on Wednesday, the lead candidate of the Party of European Socialists (PES) found stern words for Commission President von der Leyen’s European People’s Party (EPP) and stressed the importance of showing voters an alternative to the far right.
In December, EU leaders agreed to open accession negotiations with Ukraine. While the European Commission said in a recent report that the country needed to implement further reforms, the German government has now said that Ukraine has fulfilled these reforms.