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Malmström drops bid for suspension clause and Denmark proposes ‘early-warning' system. Governments get help to deal with asylum claims The Common European...

Chris Huhne can't escape the Parliament. Is this the revenge of the European Parliament? Chris Huhne, the UK's energy minister, resigned from the British government last...

Purchase of three buildings to be funded from unspent 2011 surplus, while a further €110 million will be needed for renovation. The European Parliament's budgets...

MEPS approve Irish ECA nominee, reject attempt to block Spanish candidate MEPs on Tuesday (13 December) overturned a recommendation by the European Parliament's budgetary...

European Parliament gives ‘freedom prize' to five activists of the Arab uprisings. Five activists involved in the Arab uprisings from Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Syria have...

A field of three has taken up the cudgels in the contest to succeed Martin Schulz as leader of the Socialist and Democrats (S&D) group in the European Parliament. As the...

Parliament wants €133bn for the EU budget as MEPs argue more money is needed for jobs and growth. The European Parliament will call for a substantial increase in...

Senior panel approves secretary-general's plan. A senior European Parliament panel has recommended a €16 million plan to expand office space for MEPs and staff in...

‘Six-pack' is designed to strengthen compliance with the EU's stability and growth pact. MEPs and the Polish presidency of the EU's Council of Ministers have reached an...

Italy's parliament votes on tougher austerity package as eurozone countries are urged to ratify bail-out deal. Moody's downgrades rating of French banks Criticism...

No more referring to Parliament buildings using acronyms. Ever anxious to connect the European Parliament better with the voters, Klaus Welle, the Parliament's...

The Parliament should only have one seat, and it shouldn't be in Brussels. Your headline on a news report on the possibility of a single seat for the European Parliament –...

Group says Strasbourg should be given a university and the European Court of Justice instead of the Parliament. The majority of MEPs are in favour of a single seat for the...

Council-Parliament dispute delays agreement to launch a new agency to oversee EU-wide databases. Member states' interior ministers will today (9 June) seek to sidestep a...

Plans to merge two leading science lobbies have broken down. Two of the most influential scientific organisations in Europe are struggling to reform themselves and, in the...

Assaults and theft have forced the European Parliament to review its security. Private contractors are no longer deemed the answer, but creating a high-security perimeter is...

Report says Parliament could save money if it had just one base. MEPs have called for the European Parliament to stop meeting in both Brussels and Strasbourg, as a...

Tough times for MEPs in Strasbourg. While the European Commission and the Council of Ministers were closed on Monday (9 May), in respectful observance of Schuman Day, the...

Supporting Max Mosley's case would have had a 'chilling effect' on the media, the European Court of Human Rights rules. The former boss of Formula One has lost a bid in the...

Parliament scraps monthly charter flight from Brussels to Strasbourg. The European Parliament has scrapped its monthly charter flight from Brussels to Strasbourg at the...