David Sassoli elected President of the European Parliament
MEPs elected David Sassoli as President of the European Parliament on Wednesday afternoon, having won 345 out of 667 valid votes in the second round. David Sassoli was born [...]
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Mobility package on overhaul of road transport rules
MEPs amend rules to fight illegal practices in road transport and improve working conditions for drivers. On Thursday, Parliament approved its position to negotiate with the [...]
Corruption index 2017: corruption on rise in some EU countries
Transparency International has now published its Corruption Perception Index 2017. The Scandinavian countries are in the lead. The best EU countries, Denmark (88) and Finland [...]
In Christmas wishes EU imposes migrants on believers
In unison with the latest developments in Vatican, the President of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani avoided an ostentatious image of Christian symbols in his well [...]
Eva Kaili MEP on Artificial Intelligence
Eva Kaili MEP (S&D, Greece) reflects upon Artificial Intelligence (AI) role in politics. Chairing a debate of AI in framework of the 5th Innovation Summit Week in [...]
Jordi SOLÉ on EU-Catalonia dialogue platform launch
At launch of the EU-Catalonia dialogue platform Catalan MEP Jordi SOLE shares his views on the role of the EU bodies in resolution of political crisis between Kingdom of [...]
Brazil’s Rousseff defends Catalan’s right to self-determination
The former president of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, defends “the right to self-determination” as long as it’s carried out “with respect to democracy.” During the press [...]
Tajani supports Rajoy in unity of Spain
In his reaction on Declaration of independence of Catalan Republic, the president of the European Parliament Antonio Tajani (EPP, Italy) gave his support to Prime Minister of [...]
Hommage à Daphne Caruana Galizia
MEPs unanimously honored journalist’s work, denounced an attack on democracy, and called for numerous concrete actions in Malta and at EU level. For decades Daphne Caruana [...]
Sakharov Prize top nominees 2017
The finalists for this year’s Sakharov Prize have been announced. The laureate will be selected on 26 October by the President and the political group leaders. Aura [...]
Venezuela: EP calls for sanctions
The EU should freeze the EU assets of all those involved in the serious violations of human rights in Venezuela and restrict their access to EU territory, MEPs urged on [...]
European Parliament reduction
Constitutional Affairs Committee MEPs debated shrinking the Parliament after the UK has left the EU to make room for new member states and pan-European electoral lists. A new [...]
EU suffers lack of polyglots
Estonian ministers in appearances in European Parliament were rather embarrassing because of lack of English skills, according to philologist Tuuli Oder . “The use of [...]
Terrorism-EU: a new special committee
To fight terrorism across the EU the European Parliament approved setting up a 12-month special committee to address the practical and legislative deficiencies. The special [...]
EU-Turkey: accession talk on risk
”This Parliament speaks with one, clear and loud voice in condemning the Turkish government’s serious decline in democratic standards, and continues to support the [...]
