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MEPs sign up to star in acclaimed theatre production. !For one night only – as the best billboards would put it – the European Parliament is hosting a benefit performance...

Emil Boc quits after weeks of protests against his government's cuts. Emil Boc, Romania's prime minister, has resigned after weeks of public protests against...

Concern about migration. The prospect of an EU-India free-trade agreement has raised fears, especially in the United Kingdom, of uncontrollable labour migration. Alarm is...

The European Union's aid to economically deprived regions and social groups has become a battleground for arguments over the size of the Union's budget.

Reducing greenhouse gases is even better for public health than a European Commission study suggests. The European Commission this week published a staff working paper that...

Commission wants funds to hold more money but industry says costs will be too high. Occupational pension funds are warning against new European Union-wide requirements that...

Schulz is 'not practising what his group has preached for all these years'. You wrote last week in your editorial that women are poorly represented in senior positions in the...

The European Parliament still has a long way to go for gender parity. The results of the European Parliament mid-term elections last week reveal that this institution still...

Yannis Vardakastanis, president of the European Disability Forum, on how childhood misfortune led to a fulfilling life and career helping others. When Yannis Vardakastanis...

Europe's treatment of minorities endangers our core values. To many friends of human rights in Europe, the Arab Spring has been the most thrilling period since the fall of...

Initiative may not win full support from animal rights groups. The European Commission is weighing up whether to propose dedicated EU legislation on animal welfare, according...

Survey shows a rise in the number of people who have a negative view of the institution. The latest public opinion survey commissioned for the European Parliament has...

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Opposition parties and civil rights groups claim constitutional changes will harm the rule of law. Tens of thousands of Hungarians took to the streets yesterday to protest...

German MEP is an intriguing choice to deal with staff regulation. Dagmar Roth-Behrendt, a German centre-left MEP, has been assigned the task of drafting the European...

Staff to hold demonstration outside Berlaymont tomorrow. EU staff unions have announced plans to hold a demonstration outside the European Commission's Berlaymont...

Non-EU workers to enjoy labour rights similar to those of EU citizens. The European Parliament has approved legislation that is intended to make it easier for workers from...

Staff to hold demonstration outside Berlaymont tomorrow. EU staff unions have announced plans to hold a demonstration outside the European Commission's Berlaymont...

Public perception of HIV/AIDS has shifted, and the disease is no longer always fatal, but that has also led to complacency and a lack of funding. In the three decades since...

Many donors are making the switch from disease-specific funding to general health funding, a move that some campaigners fear will cost lives. The discovery of AIDS and HIV...