Popular articles tagged "EU parliament votes"
The European Parliament's The Left group, with 46 MEPs, will all vote against Ursula von der Leyen securing a second five-year term as European Commission President,…
Social media influencer-turned-MEP Fidias Panayiotou has let his followers choose whether they wanted to support Ursula von der Leyen as the head of the European…
With a week to go before von der Leyen's future is voted on by the European Parliament, Berlaymont sources expect 15 per cent of her coalition MEPs to vote against…
Germany's Christian Democrats have denied press reports that many of their MEPs would withhold their votes if von der Leyen--herself a former CDU minister--entered…
The European People's Party (EPP), the Socialist (S&D) group and the Renew Liberals have almost always voted the same way in the European Parliament on a range of…
Slovenia became the latest European Union country to recognise an independent Palestinian state after its parliament approved the move with majority vote on Tuesday,…
A European pro-abortion activists' petition entitled My Voice, My Choice: For Safe And Accessible Abortion has already reached nearly 100,000 signatures in little…
The European Parliament has officially adopted the European Disability Card and European Disability Parking card, though not everyone is happy.
The majority of the European Parliament voted on April 24 in favour of a document that singles out Hungary over what it described as rule-of-law violations and criticises…
Using an April 16 amendment to its European Union post-covid recovery plan, the Government said "non-profit groups with qualified experience in supporting maternity"…
The contentious European Union Migration Pact is set to be approved by the European Parliament on April 10, despite almost every MEP offering little more than lukewarm…
MEPs have voted in favour of regulating vehicle-brakes’ environmental emissions as part of a new swathe of “green” transport rules.
The European Parliament has backed European Union farmers on the sensitive topic of Ukrainian agricultural trade.
The European Parliament has approved measures cracking down on "crooks" who allegedly help sanctioned entities, such as Russia, evade European Union sanctions.
Road-safety advocates slammed the European Union after MEPs rejected a proposal to make health checks mandatory across Europe for people renewing their driving licences.
MEPs have passed the implementation of a proposed European Union-wide digital ID system.
The European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) has voted in favour of tightening consumer protections against fraud.
Last Thursday, in a worrying development for freedom of speech in Europe, the European Parliament voted to add hate speech and hate crime to the list of ‘EU Crimes’.
The European Union's first directive on combating sexual violence against women has hit a roadblock.
The plan, spearheaded by arch-federalist MEP Guy Verhofstadt, aims to abolish national vetoes and hand more power to the Brussels institutions
MEPs have shot down a proposed ban on “geo-blocking” film and television programmes within the European Union at the last minute, voting through an amendment…
The cereal regulators sitting in the European Parliament have voted in favour of tighter restrictions on breakfast foodstuffs.
Attempts to ban the “geo-blocking” of audio-visual content within the European Union will hurt the bloc's entertainment industry, that sector has warned.
Seemingly unhappy with just ruling Europe, MEPs have demanded that the European Union starts regulating "virtual worlds", such as Facebook's metaverse and Star Trek-style…
In 2016, when campaigners for Brexit warned that a bloc committed since its founding to “ever-closer union” would one day morph into a “European superstate”…
The European Parliament has approved a fresh Euro-federalist push via changes to the EU Treaty, though the vote was tighter than expected.
European Union governments failed on Friday to give a decisive opinion on a proposal to extend by 10 years EU approval for the use of glyphosate, the active ingredient…
Airlines operating within the European Union should not be allowed to charge extra for passengers' hand luggage, MEPs have said.
An expert report backed by senior figures within the German and French governments has called for dropping unanimity within the European Union.
Euro MPs have voted down a European Parliament recommendation to stop former colleagues from jumping straight into lobbying once their parliamentary term ends, a…
