10 Oct 17
Still no US ambassador to the EU
Jo Leinen has voiced surprise that the US has still not named a new ambassador to the EU.
09 Oct 17
Julie Girling defends Brexit vote despite Tory suspension
British MEP Julie Girling says she stands by her decision to back a parliamentary resolution which states insufficient progress has so far been made in the Brexit negotiations.
04 Oct 17
EU Commission deals €250m tax blow to Amazon
The European Commission has ordered Luxembourg to recover €250m’s worth of illegal tax benefits from Amazon.
03 Oct 17
Insufficient progress on Brexit talks, warn MEPs
MEPs in Strasbourg adopted by a huge majority a resolution stating that there has not been sufficient progress on the EU’s priority aims in the ongoing Brexit talks.
02 Oct 17
MEPs condemn events in Catalonia as EU Commission refuses to intervene
MEPs are set to discuss the crisis during this week's plenary.
27 Sep 17
EU entrepreneurship scheme has helped create 75,000 new jobs over past three years
Survival rate of companies using the EU’s network of business and innovation centres labelled ‘astonishing’.
26 Sep 17
Tusk and May meet in London
UK Prime Minister Theresa May was meeting European Council President Donald Tusk at Downing Street on Tuesday in their first meeting since she set out plans for a two-year transition period post-Brexit.
26 Sep 17
Tax evasion in football an epidemic, MEPs told
A special parliamentary committee set up to probe tax evasion by big companies has been told that tax dodging in football has become an epidemic.
25 Sep 17
Theresa May's Florence speech: MEPs react
MEPs have given their reaction to the speech by UK Prime Minister Theresa May in Italy in which she proposed delaying Brexit by up to two years.
25 Sep 17
Barnier gives cautious welcome to May's Florence speech
Michel Barnier, the EU's chief Brexit negotiator,  has given a guarded welcome to UK Prime Minister Theresa May's speech in Florence on how the stalled talks might proceed.
22 Sep 17
EU institutions can be ‘pioneers’ for lobbying transparency, says campaigning MEP
German Greens/EFA group MEP, Sven Giegold says new transparency rules will spell an end to ‘too much closeness”’ between politics and big business.
22 Sep 17
MEPs urge all sides to find solution to Catalonia crisis
MEPs have called on all political parties to find a solution to the current crisis in Catalonia.
22 Sep 17
Theresa May set to make an ‘open and generous offer’ to the EU
Florence speech will outline proposed UK financial settlement and length of post-Brexit transition period.
21 Sep 17
MEPs offer Theresa May some ideas for Florence speech
Theresa May has been urged to be bold and ambitious in her speech on Brexit in Italy on Friday.
21 Sep 17
EU Commission moves to deny reauthorisation of formaldehyde
The European Commission has been criticised for appearing to perform a dramatic U-turn in the long-running saga surrounding the use of formaldehyde in animal feed.
20 Sep 17
CETA to come into effect this week
The flagship EU-Canada trade deal is due to come into force this week, following seven years of talks.
20 Sep 17
Brexit: Citizens' rights campaigners to greet Theresa May in Florence
Campaigners plan to hold protests in Florence on Friday in support of citizens’ rights as UK Prime Minister Theresa May arrives in the city to give a key speech on Brexit.
19 Sep 17
Aung San Suu Kyi faces further EU criticism
Burmese leader Aung San Suu Kyi has again faced criticism, this time after she claimed Myanmar had nothing to fear from international scrutiny.
18 Sep 17
Commission presents new EU industrial policy strategy
The European Commission has published a renewed EU industrial policy strategy, which aims to turn the EU into a world leader in innovation, digitisation and decarbonisation.
18 Sep 17
EU joins forces with UN to tackle violence against women
The EU has joined forces with the UN in a new bid to tackle the scourge of violence against women and girls.
18 Sep 17
Tajani: May must use Florence speech to present concrete proposals
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has urged UK Prime Minister Theresa May to use her major Brexit speech in Florence on Friday to “come clean” with the British public about how much Britain needs cooperation with the EU on key issues.
15 Sep 17
Mixed response to radical proposals to cut the number of European parliament seats after Brexit
The proposal, drafted by two senior deputies, aims to bring down the number of seats from 751 to 700 MEPs.
14 Sep 17
Rohingya crisis: MEPs set to vote on possible sanctions against Myanmar
As the crisis of Rohingya Muslims worsens, British MEP Amjad Bashir has called for a comprehensive set of international sanctions against Myanmar.
14 Sep 17
EU industrial policy strategy met with mixed response
European Commission plans to beef up EU industrial policy have been greeted with a mixed response.