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Has Martin Schulz dropped a clanger as European Parliament president? Martin Schulz obviously wanted to make a big noise when he became president of the European Parliament...

Is the Parliament's leadership more representative of Europe's population than the EU's unelected commissioners? Two years ago, when European commissioners were being...

S&D leader wins in first round. Martin Schulz, the leader of the Socialists and Democrats group of MEPs, has been elected European Parliament president.

European Voice host public debate between candidates for the European Parliament presidency. European Voice will next week be putting on a public debate between candidates...

Wallis's presidential bid could affect calculations, while Socialists eye chair of economic committee. The presidential candidacy of Diana Wallis, a British Liberal MEP, is...

German MEP takes over at the head of the European Movement. Germany is the dominant force in the European Union as everyone searches for ways out of the eurozone's debt...

British Liberal MEP says she will stand as an independent. Diana Wallis, a British Liberal Democrat MEP, announced today that she would be a candidate for the presidency of...

Political pact is supposed to guarantee that German MEP gets the role. Martin Schulz has launched a campaign to win wider support for his bid to succeed Jerzy Buzek as...

MEPs fancy a shot at top national jobs. The European Parliament is occasionally used as a rest-home for politicians past their domestic sell-by date. But the success of MEP...

British MEP launches his bid for top job. Stephen Hughes, a British Labour MEP, has launched his campaign to become the next leader of the Socialists and Democrats group in...

Jerzy Buzek's spokeswoman gets a new job. Inga Rosinska, a former journalist who was spokeswoman for Jerzy Buzek, the president of the European Parliament, has been promoted...

A new book from the former leader of the pack. Graham Watson, a British MEP, has written a book about his time as leader of the ALDE group, part memoir, part political...

Buzek acknowledges that MEPs have little appetite for a new round of in-house reform. The president of the European Parliament says he will continue to push for a more...

Different statements from Green MEPs. French Green MEP Eva Joly has spent the summer advancing towards becoming the candidate of the Green parties for the presidency of...

EU institutions hold a memorial service for Polish officials killed in Smolensk air disaster. Jerzy Buzek, the president of the European Parliament, today led a memorial...

UK MEP could be suspended over personal attack on European Council president. Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party MEPs, has refused to issue a...

Speculation at the summit. Speculation about who might be appointed to two high-profile EU jobs was never far from the summit, though it was not the subject of a formal...

European Parliament president says finding a female candidate would be ‘easy'. Jerzy Buzek, the president of the European Parliament, today called on EU leaders to...

Just where is the new European Parliament president from? The excitement was great in Poland over the election of Jerzy Buzek, a former prime minister, as president of the...

Why I did not stand for the post of president of the European Parliament. You wrote last week that “attempts to stage a genuine contest for the post of president of the...