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Spain's under-fire ecological transition minister, a candidate for a top European Commission post, said Wednesday that questioning the role of state agencies during the country's devastating floods was "dangerous".

Ursula von der Leyen knows that her new commission will need support from the kind of hard-right parties it once swore to shun, says Alberto Alemanno of HEC Paris

Knife-edge vote set to result in another five-year mandate for commission’s first female leader or a crisis for EU

The commission president can no longer command a convincing majority. Rejecting her would be good for European democracy, says Alberto Alemanno, professor of EU law at HEC Paris

EU lawmakers overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to give conservative Maltese politician Roberta Metsola another term as president of the European Parliament, in the first crunch vote on the EU's top jobs after elections in June.

Lawmakers will determine the fate of EU leaders from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since the elections in June. Tensions are high as the 720 lawmakers start their five-year term, with current European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's future in the balance.

A new crop of EU lawmakers will join more familiar faces in the European Parliament this week, including influencers, activists and even a former jockey.

EU leaders' fate will be in lawmakers' hands from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since June elections, with a bolstered far right demanding more influence in the assembly.

Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party this week joined forces with the camp of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to form a powerful new far-right bloc in the EU parliament. The group, Patriots for Europe, will be led by Jordan Bardella, Le Pen’s 28-year-old protégé. With 84 EU lawmakers…