Joseph Daul

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Jean-Claude Juncker: criticism of the European Commission President has been brought to the surface by Brexit, with eastern European member states and the British and German press leading the charge. Photograph: Samuel Kubani/AFP/Getty Images
Europe Letter: Post-Brexit paralysis takes hold of Brussels

Almost two weeks since the British referendum on EU membership, the European Union is still reeling from the result. In Brussels and Strasbourg a str(...)

Minister for European Affairs Dara Murphy said he intended to press the point with the French government that now is not the time for Europe to “shrink into protectionism”.
Dara Murphy begins post-Brexit EU discussions in Paris

Minister for European Affairs Dara Murphy will travel to Paris tomorrow for talks with French government ministers as Ireland embarks on a period of (...)

Joseph Daul European People’s Party president, said comments from far-right leaders such as France’s Marine Le Pen echoed the extremism seen in Europe during the second World War. Photograph: EPA
Europe hurt by rise in extremism, EPP hears

The rise of populism and extremism across Europe is “undermining the European project”, European People’s Party (EPP) president Joseph Daul said yeste(...)

French EPP President Joseph Daul aat a European People’s Party meeting. He said: “no other country” has advanced without implementing structural reforms, as he criticised Syriza’s “political gambling.” Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA
Greek crisis: ‘Reckless political games’ cause of deadlock

The Greek crisis has accentuated policy differences between the political groups in the European Parliament, as the main political groupings try to fo(...)

Yulia Tymoshenko meets US ambassador to Ukraine Geoffrey Pyatt (left) and head of the EU Delegation to Ukraine Jan Tombinski in Kiev, on Sunday. Photograph: Alexander Prokopenko/Pool/Reuters
Tymoshenko may visit Dublin for meeting next week

Ukrainian opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko may travel to Ireland next week for the European People’s Party (EPP) congress in Dublin. M(...)

Head of the European People’s Party Joseph Daul said Taoiseach Enda Kenny would be a good candidate for the role of European Commission president. Photograph: Julien Warnand/EPA
Leading Europe at a time of change

Sitting in the serene surroundings of Chateau de Bouchot just outside Brussels, Joseph Daul has just waved goodbye to the group of EPP leaders, who(...)

Malala Yousafzai adjusts her headscarf in London after receiving the RAW (Reach All Women) in War Anna Politkovskaya Award in London last week. Photograph: Reuters
Malala wins EU’s Sakharov human rights prize
  • Europe
  • October 10, 2013, 15:03

Pakistani teenager Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for education for girls, won the European Union’s annual human r(...)