About: Elio Di Rupo
Pittella: It’s time to tear down walls of hate in Europe
The Socialist and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament is organising a demonstration in Brussels today (16 March) urging EU leaders to stop building fences and find an EU-wide solution to the refugee crisis. EURACTIV Greece reports.
Luxembourg PM is first openly gay EU leader to marry
Luxembourg Prime Minister Xavier Bettel is to wed his partner today (15 May), becoming the first European Union leader to enter into a same sex marriage, a symbol of growing social change across the continent.
Europe must listen to its people
?Imposing reforms that are sometimes considered humiliating is the best way to jeopardise the construction of Europe, and plant the seeds of social devastation, populism and extremism, writes Elio Di Rupo.![Marianne Thyssen, Belgian Christian-democrat MEP (EPP) [European Parliament]](https://www.euractiv.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/07/marianne_thyssen_belgium_mep_epp_woman_parliament_credit-european-parliament.jpeg)
Belgian coalition talks stumble over commissioner choice
The outgoing Belgian prime minister, Elio Di Rupo, has asked political parties engaged in government coalition talks to choose an EU commission nominee before Friday (1 August).
Study: EU countries ‘not interested’ in the Commission’s economic recommendations
Only 18% of the European Commission’s recommendations for economic reforms, aimed at paving the way to economic recovery, are actually implemented by the member states, according to a new study by the European Parliament. VideoPromoted content
