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Havel’s democracy speech wins warm EP ovation Czech former president and dissident Vaclav Havel has delivered an ode to solidarity and universal human dignity in the… 11/11/2009 - tags: Czech Republic, EU Parliament
Behind the Scenes at Europe’s Parliament The new European Parliament has set sail on a new five year mission with the former Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek… 17/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Jerzy Buzek
New faces, big changes? Their seats secure, 736 members are getting ready to start a new legislative period in the European Parliament. Among… 19/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, European elections
How to boost the European vote Question: “Hello, I’m from Germany and I would love to know what the European parliament could have done to better… 10/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Migration solidarity The question: “Which role do you think the EU should have in managing and assisting the migrants and refugees… 05/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Immigration, European elections
The coming of age of the European Parliament The European parliament has had to travel a long hard road to become an integral part of the European Union’s… 05/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, European elections
Salary of an MEP A French voter asks: “I’m André, and I’d like to know a Euro-MP’s salary.” The response: “Hi, I’m… 22/05/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Russian group Memorial wins Sakharov PrizeA Russian organisation, Memorial, has won the European Union’s foremost human rights recognition, the Sakharov Prize… 22/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Human Rights, Russia, Sakharov Prize
Russian NGO wins EU human rights prizeRussian human rights group Memorial has been awarded the European Parliament’s 2009 Sakharov Prize for freedom of… 22/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Human Rights, Sakharov Prize
EU distanced from media scrutiny in ItalyItaly’s Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has scored a kind of victory in the European Parliament. Resolutions calling… 21/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Media, Press freedom
2009 Sakharov PrizeThis year’s winner of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, given by the European Parliament, is to be announced… 21/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Sakharov Prize
Climate: Greens melting statue a warning in StrasbourgThe Greens in the European Parliament have had a climate refugee sculpted in ice for this week’s full assembly sitting… 20/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Climate, Demonstration
Press freedom row rages in EU chamberA furious row has broken out in the European parliament. A number of right-wing Italian MEP’s are incensed that… 08/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Italy, Press freedom
Klaus, Buzek will discuss Lisbon Treaty this FridayVaclav Klaus finally picked up the phone. After days of trying, a top EU official has managed to get the Czech… 08/10/2009 - tags: Czech Republic, EU Parliament, Treaty of Lisbon
Conservatives fail to quash Italy press freedom debate in EPThe European conservatives have failed to cancel a debate organised by the liberals in the European Parliament about… 07/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Italy, Press freedom
Recognition of anti-mafia risks variesItalian anti-Mafia writer Roberto Saviano is among the ten candidates for this year’s Sakharov Prize for freedom of… 06/10/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Mafia
Parliament votes this week on Barroso’s jobThis is the week Jose Manuel Barroso’s European Commission presidency is put to a vote in the European Parliament. The… 14/09/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, José Manuel Barroso
Reactions to Barroso persuasionEuropean Parliament members are not to be easily won over by Jose Manuel Barroso. His bid to stay on as Commission… 03/09/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, Socialist party
EU’s loaded autumn agendaThe post-holiday relaunch of the European Parliament catapults the members into a pressing workload. The topics… 31/08/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
Barroso approaches parliament testHolidays over, Jose Manuel Barroso sets out to convince enough of the European Parliament’s members to accept his bid… 27/08/2009 - tags: EU Commission, EU Parliament, José Manuel Barroso
First session for new European ParliamentThe newly-elected European Parliament has held its first session. The 736 MEPs, elected in June assembled in… 21/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
Splits show among eurosceptic ECR groupCracks are already appearing in the Conservative and Reformists at the European Parliament over claims that the group’s… 16/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
Poland proud of new EU Parliament PresidentPoland has reacted with pride to the news that former Prime Minister Jerzey Buzek has been elected President of the… 15/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Jerzy Buzek
Sour mood over EU milk policiesThere have been celebrations inside the European Parliament, but outside the mood was sour. European milk… 14/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Agriculture, Demonstration
Buzek finally dreams the impossible dreamIt was hailed by many as an historic day in Strasbourg. The Polish MEP Jerzy Buzek was overwhelmingly chosen as the… 14/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, Jerzy Buzek
A new look for the new parliamentAlmost half of the European Parliament chamber is made up of fresh faces. Among them, the youngest member. Born on May… 14/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, European elections
Buzek wants the EU closer to the peopleThe new President of the European Parliament has stressed the need for the parliament to connect with the people of the… 14/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Media, Jerzy Buzek
Buzek easily wins European Parliament presidencyThe European parliament has a new president, the former Polish prime minister Jerzy Buzek. The centre-right… 14/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, European elections
Tough term ahead for EU ParliamentThe European Parliament gets down to business later today as the 736-member assembly begins a new five-year term… 14/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Cohn-Bendit: Barroso not credible as PresidentFormer student revolt leader Daniel Cohn-Bendit’s has sought to follow an alternative path throughout his political… 13/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, France
Eurosceptics muster in new groupingsAs the new European Parliament prepared to start work again, those who oppose european federalism – or even the… 13/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
European Parliament prepares for new sessionThere has been double pomp and circumstance in Strasbourg. A short ceremony marked an important thirtieth… 13/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
“We have got to pay attention to our citizens because people are interested in bread and butter issues.”Welcome to our special interview with the candidate for the presidency of the European Parliament, Jerzy Buzek. … 10/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
EP mulls Barroso overtureJose Manuel Barroso’s formal designation by the EU’s leaders has moved talks on his future along a notch with the… 09/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
Watson won’t run as EP presidentGraham Watson has pulled out of the running for presidency of the European Parliament. The British liberal says the… 08/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union
Buzek poised for EP presidencyJerzy Buzek is in position to be the new European Parliament’s president. He could be the first from the EU’s… 07/07/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, Poland
British conservatives create new euro groupBritish Conservative leader David Cameron’s efforts to create a new anti-federalist group within the European… 22/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European Union, European elections
New MEPs prepare for actionThe MEPs have been arriving for registration in Brussels, the re-elected and newly-elected — a new procedure for many… 16/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Brussels, European elections
Paris may seek favours for backing BarrosoJose Manuel Barroso may have the backing of Europe’s heavyweights to continue as Commission President, but France, at… 11/06/2009 - tags: EU Commission, EU Parliament, European Union, José Manuel Barroso
Celebrity winners and losers at the European electionsElections like the European elections are usually the domain of big parties, their candidates normally characterised by… 09/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Far-right makes hay with fear factorGains for the far-right were scattered across the continent without any unified trend emerging. In the Netherlands… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Barroso hopeful result will keep him in officeThe President of the European Commission José Manuel Barroso is hoping he win win approval for a second term at the… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Commission, EU Parliament, José Manuel Barroso, European elections
Greens break out of minority ghettoThe European Green parties are celebrating gains which have given the ecology block more than 50 seats in the European… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Ecology, European elections
Portuguese Socialists fail to escape swing to the rightAt the finishing post of the Portuguese EU elections, the governing Socialists have fallen behind the opposition… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Portugal, European elections
German EU vote points to black September for leftIn Germany, Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives remain the nation’s strongest party despite registering losses in… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Germany, European elections
Electors prick Berlusconi bubblePartial results and projections are now giving Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi between 35% and 35.5% of the… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Italy, European elections
Night of a thousand cuts for French leftNicolas Sarkozy and his ruling Conservative party in France, the UMP, have triumphed by stealing the left’s clothes and… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, France, European elections
Dismal night for Brown and LabourNot a good night for Britain’s Gordon Brown. Support for the prime minister’s ruling Labour party has fallen to 15%… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Spanish Socialists wounded in EuroelectionReversing nine years of national election defeats Spain’s Conservative party has beaten the ruling Socialist party in… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Turnout hits new lowIt was a quiet day at the office for staff at some polling stations across the EU. From an early stage it became clear… 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Europe leans to the right… seats at the EU parliament despite the … power in the EU Parliament, but smaller … 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Apathetic turnout gives centre-right victory… seats at the EU parliament. … power in the EU Parliament, smaller … 08/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Facists crow over two seat winAs voting continues in the UK, the Conservatives are in the lead, followed by UKIP with the Labour party trailing in… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Anti-Lisbon advances in IrelandIreland’s ruling centre-left party Fianna Fail looks set to loose one seat in the elections for the European Parliament… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Baltics : centre-right gains in LithuaniaThe ruling conservatives have won 26% of the vote in the elections for the European Parliament, according to an exit… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
First projections for new EU ParliamentEarly projections show the centre right as an overall winner in the European Parliament elections, set to gain 263-273… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Berlusconi holds his ownEarly exit polls show that Berlusconi has won between 39% and 43% of the vote in the elections for the European… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Sarkozy wins against the tideWhilst other national governments reel from a drubbing in the polls, Nicolas Sarkozy and his ruling Conservative party… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, France, European elections
Northern lights dimmed by rise of the far-rightScandanavian nations, for so long held up as examples of tolerant and successful left-leaning societies had mixed… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Spanish voters shift to the rightthe Spanish conservative party has narrowly beaten the ruling socialist party in the European Parliament elections… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Portugal, European elections
Dutch animal-lovers and Swedish Pirates win parliament seats… 2 seats at the EU Parliament. … a seat in the EU parliament. The party … a seat at the EU parliament for himself, … 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Benelux: extreme right advances in The NetherlandsThe extreme right party the PVV (The People’s Freedom Party), led by Geert Wilders, has polled 17% in The Netherlands… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Sarkozy wins against the tideWhilst other national governments reel from a drubbing in the polls, Nicolas Sarkozy and his ruling Conservative party… 07/06/2009 - tag: EU Parliament
EU election: low turnout confirmed in FranceAs expected, turnout for the European vote has been low in France, with only an estimated one third of the electorate… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, France, European elections
Centre right and protest parties winCentre right parties are doing well in the EU elections, voters in France, Italy, Spain and Germany handing good… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Germany votes centre rightThe Christian Democrats and the Bavarian Christian Democrats are celebrating having jointly won 38% of the vote to… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
EU’s two newest members vote with little enthusiasmBulgaria’s European election was overshadowed by allegations of vote-buying, at 20 euros a pop reported state radio. It… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Centre right wins in AustriaThe People’s Party (centre right) have polled 30.1% of the vote in the Austrian elections for the European Parliament. … 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Central Europe, European elections
Germany votes centre rightThe Christian Democrats and the Bavarian Christian Democrats are celebrating having jointly won 38% of the vote to… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Regional vote in Belgium set to change political sceneAs Belgium, too, goes to the polls to elect a new European parliament, it also faces regional elections which analysts… 07/06/2009 - tags: Belgium, EU Parliament, European elections
Turnout key to German resultThe European election in Germany mobilises the EU’s biggest electorate returning the biggest number of MEPs to the… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Germany, European elections
EU election: final day of votingIt’s the final day of voting in Europe, where citizens are being called to elect their representatives in the new… 07/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Germans to vote in euro pollMillions of German voters are casting their ballots to elect 99 out of 785 European MEPs – the largest contingent in… 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Germany, European elections
Cowen party routed in Irish polls.The long-dominant party of Irish Prime Minister Brian Cowen has been routed by voters casting their ballots in local… 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Ireland, European elections
Photos put Berlusconi’s private life on the agendaIn Italy, it seemed some dressed a little hurriedly in their enthusiasm to cast their ballots. Here too polling is… 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Italy, European elections
EU election: low turnout expected in Czech RepublicTurnout for the European elections is also expected to be low in the Czech Republic, where voting was spread over two… 06/06/2009 - tags: Czech Republic, EU Parliament, European elections
Second EU ballot expected to draw fewer voters in Malta… for the EU parliament has been … seats in the EU parliament. The candidate … 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Malta, European elections
Latvia: pro Russia parties make gainsExit poll results in Latvia are indicating an historic shift in the politics of the Baltic state. Two pro-Russian… 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Latvia, European elections
EU vote: record low turnout predicted in SlovakiaTurnout is expected to hit record lows in Slovakia as the country votes in the European elections. Thirteen… 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Irish PM in poll troubleIreland’s governing party is heading towards its worst electoral perfomance on record according to exit polls… 06/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Ireland, European elections
Turnout in Cyprus falls below 2004 levelsIn Cyprus voting in the European election was said to be running at a much slower rate than in the previous ballot in… 06/06/2009 - tags: Cyprus, EU Parliament, European elections
Czech acrimony in voteOne day was not enough for the Czech Republic to choose its 22 representatives in the European Parliament. Voting… 05/06/2009 - tags: Czech Republic, EU Parliament, European elections
European Parliament: what next?In five years, the European Parliament has adopted some 300 laws and rules. What major topics will the new legislature… 02/06/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, European elections
Consumer focus close to electionsA minute of silence in memory of the victims of the recent earthquake in Italy – That was how the European Parliament… 21/04/2009 - tags: Consumers, EU Parliament
Brown focuses on finance reformBritish Prime Minister Gordon Brown met top executives from the world’s major banks to get their backing for tougher… 24/03/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, G20
Violent video games red button issueAdult video games potentially accessible to children need a common EU-wide preventive strategy: This comes in a report… 12/03/2009 - tag: EU Parliament
Abbas appeals for Palestinian unityPalestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg. It comes a day after the Fatah… 04/02/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, Palestinian Territories, Bernard Kouchner
Czechs present EU 6-month planThe European Union’s presiding nation, the Czech Republic, has sketched out its programme for the first half of this… 14/01/2009 - tags: Czech Republic, EU Parliament, EU Presidency
Parliament welcomes Topolanek warilyPreferring the Lisbon treaty’s predecessor, defending the Czech Republic’s eurosceptic president and distancing himself… 14/01/2009 - tags: Czech Republic, EU Parliament, EU Presidency
Euro hailed for stabilising roleThey have been celebrating the euro’s tenth anniversary at the European Parliament in Strasbourg where the single… 13/01/2009 - tags: Currency, ECB, EU Parliament, Euro, European Union, Jean-Claude Trichet
Watson considers open EP presidency campaign elementaryGraham Watson has announced he is running for president of the European Parliament. The Liberal leader of the … 07/01/2009 - tags: EU Parliament, President
