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Gay Mitchell wins battle to be Fine Gael presidential candidate. The battle between MEPs and ex-MEPs to become the candidate of the centre-right in Ireland's forthcoming...

EU troubles leave imprint on formation of new governments. The troubled relationship of the European Union with its member states has left its imprint on the formation of...

Slim majority votes in favour of tax rises, with votes on welfare changes to come. Ireland's austerity budget passed its first hurdle in the country's parliament last night.

A year after Iran's bloody presidential election, what Europe can do to help Iran's opposition? If the past is any guide, the UN Security Council's decision to impose new...

Martin Bursík, the leader of the Czech Green Party and his country's environment minister, was once asked whether he regretted not having thrown stones at policemen, as...

Greens warn that ongoing horse-trading by EU leaders could result in a “monster”; concessions on the table would help heavy industry and poorer EU states. The French...

It's just the voters that are the problem. UK Green MEP Caroline Lucas, as presaged on this page on 31 July, was elected leader of her national party on 5 September. Until...

Group of states demands greater greenhouse gas saving from biofuels to be used for transport. A group of EU countries will push for tougher green safeguards on biofuels at a...

The two biggest political groups in the European Parliament are opposing calls to make public an internal audit report which found widespread problems with MEPs'...

THE war in Iraq and a deal between the European Parliament's two largest parties to share the presidency for the next five years were the main issues of a heated...

RELATIVELY speaking, green politicians will have a less powerful voice in the new, 732-seat European Parliament, but they are due to emerge only marginally weaker than they...

GAINING responsibility for nuclear safety might seem like a poisoned chalice – and a radioactive one. Yet the European Commission has its eyes on such a prize – to the...

Holding a football tournament is certainly one way of launching a political group. That's what Green members did in Rome last week to mark the launch of the new federal...

GREEN activists and policymakers have expressed fears about how the Italian EU presidency will handle environmental issues over the next six months. But the Italians' Greek...

MEPS yesterday (2 July) approved new rules on the labelling and traceability of genetically modified (GM) products that have irked the US government but thrilled EU...

GREEN activists have attacked the European Commission for helping to bankroll two nuclear reactors which will replace the ill-fated Chernobyl plant in Ukraine. The National...

EXIT polls last night indicated that murdered politician Pim Fortuyn's party was on course to win 26 seats in the Netherlands general election, with the conservative...

THE three-year deadlock over long-awaited reform of the controversial pay and perks package for MEPs was finally broken this week. A draft statute to govern members' pay and...

FOOD safety chief David Byrne is being asked to state if Britain broke EU law last year by requiring farmers to kill herds in areas where no proven incident of foot-and-mouth...

GREEN activists are urging EU governments not to approve a planned increase in funds available to the European Investment Bank (EIB) unless it undergoes major reforms. In a...