MEPs on special mission to Washington, Newsletter

By Euronews

Published on 26/05/2025 - 11:31 GMT+2

Key diary dates

• Monday 26 May: EU ministers meet successful Brussels for Agriculture and Fishing Council.
• Tuesday27 May: EU affairs ministers to meet for a General Council pinch Hungary, number languages, and nan EU c separator accommodation system connected nan agenda.
• Wednesday 28 May - European Commission to denote Start-up and Scale up strategy.

In spotlight

A delegation of MEPs from nan Parliament’s waste and acquisition committee will recreation to Washington betwixt 27 and 30 May. But if Trump is moving awkward of one-on-one talks pinch Ursula von der Leyen, what quality if immoderate will a bunch of EU lawmakers make, particularly from an obscure assembly he almost surely doesn't recognise?

The US president threatened connected Friday to enforce “a consecutive 50% tariff connected nan EU”, an parameter for really good negotiations betwixt nan US and nan EU are presently going. By Sunday Trump and von der Leyen had held a call, described arsenic 'good' by nan Commission President successful a station connected X, and nan US president has now delayed imposition of nan 50% tariff until 9 July pending nan ongoing negotiations EU.

But each discussions truthful acold person spot down closed doors, aliases done exchanges of letters, betwixt a mini number of President Trump's advisors and a squad of high-level EU negotiators. The sound of this group of MEPs led by nan chair of nan waste and acquisition committee Bernd Lange (Germany/S&D) mightiness autumn connected deaf ears, if immoderate US lawmakers aliases waste and acquisition representatives deign to perceive to them.

“The main nonsubjective of this sojourn is to perceive straight from nan US management and stakeholders astir their recriminations and suggestions connected really to hole transatlantic and world trade,” Lange said successful a connection past week.

They mightiness request immoderate clip to listen, since nan recriminations towards nan EU person been coming heavy and accelerated from time 1 of Trump's 2nd presidency. 

And suggestions connected really to hole transatlantic waste and acquisition seems a wishful reasoning erstwhile nan US and nan EU are truthful acold distant from clinching immoderate deal.

Policy newsmakers

Industry sceptical connected caller EU azygous marketplace strategy

Business representatives gave a jaundiced welcome to a caller azygous marketplace strategy designed to fortify soul waste and acquisition presented past week by EU Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné, pursuing years of promises connected nan rumor by nan European Commission.

“Every Commission word seems to characteristic a flagship connection connected nan azygous market, going backmost to nan Monti Report successful 2010, but unluckily these person not ever led to tangible improvements for businesses,” Ben Butters, nan CEO of Eurochambres, which represents businesses crossed Europe, told Euronews.  

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