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It's the end of the Western European Union - or is it? European organisations have a tendency to proliferate, so the dissolution of the parliamentary assembly of the Western...

Thomas Søndergaard Sarup on how he is raising the profile of the European Parliament in the Danish parliament. With the Lisbon treaty in force, keeping an eye on what MEPs...

Exploring how far the mythology of kings lives on in today's politics. When Louis XVI was guillotined in 1793, the French did more than

Thirteen EU states have now ratified planned reform of the EU's institutions. The Lithuanian and Latvian parliaments have ratified the Treaty of Lisbon, both with...

The father of London's would-be mayor and the author of the novel “The Commissioner” looks back at his “most wonderful job” – in the Commission in Brussels. If...

The Independence/Democracy group has been reunited with its inflatable bulldozer, which was confiscated during the last European Council (Entre Nous, 21 June). Sadly the...

I found it very intriguing that national parliaments could get powers to block EU legislation in the future (‘Parliaments offered greater EU powers', 14-20 June 2007). It...

As the debate on the draft constitution trundles on, I wonder what more can be done for sub-member state national and regional parliaments in addition to the limited gains...

I acknowledge the concerns raised by Rogier Chorus and June O'Keeffe ('Poor visitor access undermines Parliament transparency', European Voice 1-14 April), however the...

The reaction of the European Parliament's quaestors to last week's heavy snowfall – or should we say, ‘conditions climatiques' – in Brussels seems to have cause few...

ONE of the lesser-known features of the proposed new EU constitutional treaty is the ‘power' to be given to national member state parliaments to scrutinize and object to...

The UK House of Commons has one, so does the US Congress, but not, as far as we know, the European Parliament – a Speaker, that is. Try telling that, though, to the good...

Graham Watson, leader of the Liberal group in the European Parliament, may not strike some as the original Happy Harry type. But he proved he has a turn of wit during a...

THE Convention is split over what scope, if any, national parliaments should have to block laws proposed by the European Commission. A number of members called, at its...

The Convention on the future of Europe represents a golden opportunity to create a clean institutional structure, one that can be easily comprehended by the citizen remote...

During the last European Parliament plenary, members were urged to sign a petition that promotes the legalisation of some narcotics. I do not think this is a good way to...

So, European Voice has decided to compete with British tabloids in seeking to rubbish the European Parliament (10-16 October). First, an anonymous article in your Viewpoints...

Joint assembly of MEPs and MPs must have teeth in EU decision-making. THE EU needs to become more democratic and effective, while ensuring there is a clear division of power...

THE findings of the Convention working group on subsidiarity have received a mixed verdict, with one member dismissing it as a “damp squib”. One of its main proposals is...

RADICAL proposals which would allow national MPs to challenge laws proposed by the European Commission are toothless, says a senior member of the constitutional Convention....