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David Martin replaces Kader Arif, who quit position because of 'a lack of transparency'. David Martin, a British MEP from the Socialists and Democrats (S&D) group, has...

British MEP is preparing to say goodbye to the euro. Attending a conference on mortgages in England on 1 December, Sharon Bowles, the British Liberal MEP who chairs the...

British MEP has been elected president of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform party. Graham Watson, sometime leader of the liberal group (ALDE) in the European...

Member states opposed to Commission proposal to have greater say over emergency border checks. The European Commission today (16 September) adopted a proposal that...

British MEP's choice of music upsets anarchists. A row has broken out between Nigel Farage, co-president of the Europe of Freedom and Democracy group in the European...

British MEP jumps on bandwagon. Animal-lovers have been celebrating the news that the UK is to bring its rules on the movement of pets in line with the rest of the EU from...

British MEP stays true to his roots. When Brian Simpson says of himself “You can take the lad out of Wigan, but you can't take Wigan out of the lad”, it is a proud...

Government denies group of MEPs access to Camp Ashraf, where security forces killed Iranian opposition supporters. The Iraqi government has denied a group of MEPs access to...

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...

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...

An objective look at the Parliament in Strasbourg. Roland Ries, the mayor of Strasbourg, and Catherine Trautmann, a former mayor of Strasbourg, now a Socialist MEP, have...

Webstreaming turned off for OLAF hearings. Viewers of the European Parliament's webstreaming service were denied the chance to listen in on four hours of proceedings of the...

Committee rejects co-decision claim. The European Parliament's committee on legal affairs has ruled that MEPs should have no say on a proposal by the European Commission to...

A European court throws out MEP Marta Andreasen's claim of unfair dismissal from the Commission Marta Andreasen, who was sacked as chief accountant of the European...

Where does your toothbrush come from? The EU has long applied country-of-origin labels to a range of products on the EU's single market. Catherine Stihler, a British MEP,...

British MEP says draft legislation is not enough to prevent illegal timber from entering the EU Caroline Lucas, a UK Green MEP, has called for a ban on the imports of...

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...

European Parliament orders British MEP Den Dover to repay €609,000 that he received for staff and office costs and paid to a firm employing his wife and daughter. The...

For some in the European Parliament, Klaus Welle is the “prince of darkness”, for others he is “the most talented political strategist I have ever come across”....

THE European Parliament is considering imposing new restrictions on media access to MEPs. Proposals put forward by the assembly's administration include restrictions on...