There is no pinned content in this Editor's Picks module.
Click here to learn more about content pinning.
A stinging embarrassment for his coalition government, Dutch prime minister Mark Rutte has been called before the European Parliament to explain his “deafening silence” over a right-wing website inviting complaints about Polish, Romanian and Bulgarian...
Jack Abramoff, and the introduction of much stricter rules regarding the registration of lobbyists operating in Congress, the relations between congressmen and lobbyists, and the phenomenon of “the revolving door” (congressmen-turned- lobbyists,...
French Green Party 'Europe Ecologie Les Verts' (EELV) candidate for the 2012 French presidential election, Eva Joly speaks during a press conference at the European Parliament offices in Athens on February 17, 2012. Eurozone finance ministers are to... View Photo »
I intend to carry out the office of President of the European Parliament in such a way that those who voted for me today can take pride in having done so, and those who did not vote for me today are pleasantly surprised. I will be the president of all members of the European Parliament and defend your r...
Is the European industry concerned at the possible impacts of the trade agreement on Europe’s domestic economy, especially during a crisis? It would lead to a lot of discussions. The regulations would need to be changed, and each international treaty...
Sein became the civilian president in March 2011, some European officials remain cautious about ending some remaining restrictions - including those on commerce and certain types of aid. "I would question how quickly these things are being done in...
But the strongest words against the current slide to undemocratic EU policy were used by the head of the Social-Democratic Group in the European Parliament, Hannes Swoboda. “The troika is exacerbating the situation in Greece by not allowing any room...
Kurdish demonstrators hold flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012, in support of Ocalan, who was captured on February 15, 1999, and is currently... View Photo »
I intend to carry out the office of President of the European Parliament in such a way that those who voted for me today can take pride in having done so, and those who did not vote for me today are pleasantly surprised. I will be the president of all members of the European Parliament and defend your r...
Prime Minister Mario Monti addresses journalists during a press briefing at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, February 15, 2012. MILAN (Reuters) - Prime Minister Mario Monti will meet representatives of Italy's business and banking community in...
I immediately thought … I’ve been a fan of TED for some time. Most of you should be familiar with TED but, just in case you’re not, it’s the world’s largest open sourced educational campus created by Richard Wurman in 1984. TED stands for Technology,...
There are no results for this module. Edit this module to change the search term used to query Wikipedia
Members of the European Parliament have leaflets which read "Free Sahara" on their desks as they take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012.
View Photo »France's Member of the European Parliament Jose Bove addresses his counterparts as he takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012.
View Photo »France's Member of the European Parliament Jose Bove makes a thumbs down gesture as he takes part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012.
View Photo »France's far right presidential candidate and National Front party's president Marine Le Pen (R) listens to her father Jean-Marie Le Pen, Front National honorary president, as they take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 15,...
View Photo »Portrait of French far-right party Front National (FN) top candidate in the French south western region for the June 2009 European Parliament elections, Louis Aliot, on May 19, 2009 in Perpignan, south western France. Alliot is also the Front national candidate for the next local...
View Photo »Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti (L) listens to European Parliament President Martin Schulz at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in northeastern of France on February 15, 2012. Monti scolded Greece today for years of bad policies but he warned against any breakup of the eurozone...
View Photo »Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti adresses members of the European Parliament on the economic crisis, the future of the EU and the euro, on February 15, 2012 in Strasbourg, northeastern of France, as part of a plenary session.
View Photo »Members of the European Parliament take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »Daniel Hannan, a member of the European Parliament who represents South East England for the Conservative Party, addresses America's political right at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012.
View Photo »Kurdish demonstrators hold flags with portraits of jailed Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) leader Abdullah Ocalan in front of the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012, in support of Ocalan, who was captured on February 15, 1999, and is currently serving a life sentence in Turkey...
View Photo »French militant environmentalist and European deputy Jose Bove takes part in a vote on a resolution concerning an agreement between the EU and Morocco on reciprocal liberalisation measures on agricultural and fishery products on February 16, 2012 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg,...
View Photo »European Parliament President Martin Schulz (R) and Turkish European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis (L) leave on February 7, 2012 after their bilateral meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels.
View Photo »European Parliament President Martin Schulz (R) and Turkish European Affairs Minister Egemen Bagis give a press conference on February 7, 2012 after their meeting at EU headquarters in Brussels.
View Photo »Militant French environmentalist and European Parliament deputy Jose Bove (R) and the leader of the Spanish Izquierda Unida (United Left) party, Cayo Lara (L), give a press conference on February 7, 2012 in Madrid about the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement.
View Photo »Militant French environmentalist and European Parliament deputy Jose Bove gives a press conference on February 7, 2012 in Madrid about his opposition to the EU-Morocco agriculture agreement.
View Photo »Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a press conference, beside European Parliament President Martin Schulz, at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, in northeastern of France on February 15, 2012. Monti scolded Greece today for years of bad policies but he warned against any...
View Photo »Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a press conference after addressing the European Parliament on the economic crisis, the future of the EU and the euro, on February 15, 2012 in Strasbourg, northeastern of France, as part of a plenary session.
View Photo »European deputy Licia Ronzulli votes, as her daughter Vittoria plays, during a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »European deputy Licia Ronzulli (C), with her daughter Vittoria, takes part in a plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »Eurodeputy Rachida Dati (C), member of the French right-wing ruling-party UMP and former Justice Minister, looks at her mobile phone during a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, on February 15, 2012.
View Photo »Italian Premier Mario Monti answers questions during a news conference at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Italian Premier Mario Monti, right, delivers his statement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »Italian Premier Mario Monti listens to a debate after delivering his statement at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012.
View Photo »European Parliament President Martin Schulz (R) talks to Social Democratic Party (SPD) parliamentary faction leader Frank-Walter Steinmeier during the opening of the 48th Conference on Security Policy in Munich February 3, 2012. World leaders including U.S. Secretary of State Hillary...
View Photo »Members of the European Parliament wait for the start a plenary session of the EU Parliament following an EU head of states summit in Brussels February 1, 2012.
View Photo »Members of the European Parliament have leaflets which read "Free Sahara" on their desks as they take part in a voting session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg February 16, 2012.
View Photo »I intend to carry out the office of President of the European Parliament in such a way that those who voted for me today can take pride in having done so, and those who did not vote for me today are pleasantly surprised. I will be the president of all members of the European Parliament and defend your r...
I intend to carry out the office of President of the European Parliament in such a way that those who voted for me today can take pride in having done so, and those who did not vote for me today are pleasantly surprised. I will be the president of all members of the European Parliament and defend your r...
On Wednesday, the international left wants to launch yet another attack against Hungary, therefore Viktor Orban today turned to the chair of the European Parliament (EP) with the request to enable him to take the floor in the debate in Strasbourg
Mr. Buzek is a very noble individual, but in the 20 or so EU summits, I would have preferred him to be less polite and speak louder and be firmer in his choice of words when speaking on behalf of the European Parliament
This assurance is the result of intense political pressure by Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament. It would be intolerable if UK egg producers investing in bigger and better cages suffered from illegal competitors undercutting their prices by persisting in poor welfare standards.
If I have one serious criticism regarding the drafts of the new inter-governmental treaty, is that if the consequence is to bypass the European Parliament, we are not going in the right direction
You must assume that I will, would run the European Parliament with the same rigidity that I run my political group.
The European Parliament is the only directly elected institution in the European Union ... From this I derive a broad responsibility for policy in the EU - even in those areas that national leaders claim for themselves.
Formerly on the political fringes, these parties now command significant political weight in the parliaments of Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Hungary, the Netherlands, Sweden, Latvia and Slovakia, as well as the European Parliament.
So we believe EFSA should evaluate the category to answer some of these questions. Is it safe? Is it adding to the diet? Because if the European Parliament is not sure about these issues, decisions should be deferred until a review can be carried out. The EC would not be averse to demanding such a revie...
Increased powers of the European Parliament must be accompanied by an increased transparency and accountability of its members
It is crucial that the race for the European Parliament president is a genuinely competitive one - not the time-old EPP-S&D stitch up
At this point it is important for Bulgaria to have another person in the European Parliament
As the Chair of the European Parliament’s delegation for relations with India, and the chair of the Climate Parliament, this is disappointing indeed. I urge Obama, Medvedev, Noda, Roussef and Singh to change their tune.
I am confident that enough Europeans will try to use the new ECI to push for such reform processes – whatever obstacles the Commission might put on the way in the next year. And soon the European Parliament will also help to further improve this way
The draconian powers to supervise national budgets should be wielded only by agreement of the European Parliament
The European Parliament will insist on organising a Convention
If the European Parliament is kept aside, it is likely to come up with its own agenda - in which case it would be very difficult to limit the scope of treaty change
making efforts to convince the European Parliament that we can make such a treaty change without summoning to a convention
Kevin Cardiff has outstanding qualifications in terms of this job – it is a matter for the European Parliament in full session to make its judgment
The European Parliament considers the charges against Ales Byalyatski in the trial as politically motivated and unjustified ... We call on Belarusian authorities to immediately and unconditionally release Ales Byalyatski and for the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners still in...
The example is that of a video in German—a 6 minute piece of investigative journalism about a compensation scandal at the European Parliament—which has been uploaded by a user on dotSUB, and gained a few hundred views per day, even if it has been translated in English
I would like to reaffirm during my visit the European Parliament's strong support for Turkey's accession negotiations with the EU.
A report from that committee will go to the plenary session of the European Parliament and it's the plenary session that makes the decision
This is just a wish list at the moment. The resolution was passed, now it is up to the European Parliament to vote in favour at its next plenary meeting in December.
