News // ECR Group

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18 July 2025

The ECR Group expresses reservations about the direction and design of the Commission’s MFF proposal

The European Conservatives and Reformists Group has reservations about several key elements of the European Commission’s proposal for the post-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).

16 July 2025

Updated cohesion rules: A pragmatic response to new economic challenges, says ECR MEP Nesci

Following the trilogue agreement on the mid-term review of EU cohesion policy - chaired by Francesco Ventola, Vice-Chair of the Committee on Regional Development, the European Conservatives and Reformists welcomed the revised framework as a necessary response to changing economic and geopolitical conditions.

16 July 2025

Week Ahead 14 - 18 July

ECR Group talks priorities with Danish Council presidency; Promoting the best of Europe’s farm produce; Indonesia as a trade and investment partner for the EU; Focus on the fringes — regional policy can revitalise outermost areas; European Ocean Pact; Seafood substitutes — consumers first!; Event: New perspectives after the NATO Hague Summit; Event: A day with Father Jerzy Popiełuszko

11 July 2025

Fidanza: Food is strategic – a strong CAP is vital for Europe’s autonomy

The European Conservatives and Reformists Group has called on the European Commission to safeguard and strengthen the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), warning against any attempt to reduce funding in the upcoming legislative proposal for the 2028–2034 period.

10 July 2025

The human cost of Russia’s war against Ukraine

The horrifying scale of Russia’s war crimes against Ukrainian civilians since the Kremlin launched its full-scale war of aggression in February 2022 is laid bare in a European Parliament resolution adopted today by MEPs.

9 July 2025

Fidanza: combat the manipulation of illegal migration by hostile countries

Hostile third countries will continue to undermine Europe’s cohesion and common purpose by manipulating flows of illegal migrants into the EU, unless Member States and law enforcement bodies are empowered to act against this "hybrid conflict", Carlo Fidanza MEP told the European Parliament today.

9 July 2025

Zalewska: Common sense prevails as Parliament fells deforestation risk list

The European Conservatives and Reformists Group welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of an objection to the Commission’s proposed list of deforestation risk countries.

9 July 2025

Commission’s 2040 climate target lacks realism and legal basis, threatening industrial resilence

Ahead of the vote on an urgent procedure requested by Renew, S&D and the Greens/EFA, the ECR Group made clear it opposes any attempt to fast-track the Commission’s highly controversial 2040 emissions target.

9 July 2025

ECR Group: A realistic and responsible EU budget for the post-2027 period

Ahead of the European Commission’s proposal for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) Group outlines its key priorities for a more responsible, flexible, and citizen-focused EU budget.

8 July 2025

EU long-term energy security requires absolute cut-off from Russia

The European Union must work steadily and permanently towards an end to Europe’s reliance on Russian oil and gas exports to strengthen the EU’s strategic autonomy and reduce Russia’s influence, ECR MEP Beata Szydło said today as Parliament adopted her report on security of energy supply in the EU.

8 July 2025

Kanko: “No more blind spots in our border controls”

"The safety of Europeans is not a detail – it is a fundamental right," ECR rapporteur Assita Kanko said, following the European Parliament’s final approval of the Entry-Exit System (EES).

8 July 2025