05 Feb 18
Brexit: Barnier and Davis meet in London
The EU’s chief Brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, will meet with UK Brexit Secretary David Davis in London on Monday.
02 Feb 18
Brexit: MEPs renew pledge to protect citizens' rights
MEPs met in Brussels this week to take stock of the ongoing Brexit negotiations, and once again insisted on the importance of citizens' rights.
02 Feb 18
Improving outcomes, driving efficiency in cancer care
Delivering better cancer care requires significant ‘culture change’, MEPs were recently told.
02 Feb 18
EU Parliament to vote on stripping Polish MEP of vice presidency
European Parliament political group leaders are recommending that controversial Polish MEP Ryszard Czarnecki is stripped of his vice presidency role.
01 Feb 18
EU Parliament to examine 'every line, every comma, every full stop and every sentence' of Brexit deal
Roberto Gualtieri, the Chair of Parliament’s economic and monetary affairs committee, has warned that MEPs will scrutinise the final withdrawal agreement between the EU and UK in “minute detail.”
01 Feb 18
EU plastics strategy: Commission publishes new report on plastic waste
A new report calls for more complete and timely data on plastics generation and waste, saying this will be needed to help policymakers to respond more effectively to the problem of plastics waste.
30 Jan 18
CPMR: Brexit could have 'disproportionate' impact on Europe’s regions
The EU has been warned that Brexit could have a disproportionate impact on Europe’s regions.
29 Jan 18
EU endorses Brexit transition period negotiation guidelines
The EU General Affairs Council has adopted its negotiation guidelines for a Brexit transition period, proposing it runs March 2019 to 31 December 2020.
29 Jan 18
Nazi slur row: Tajani to meet with Thun and Czarnecki
Two Polish MEPs at the centre of a bitter row over alleged Nazi comments are set to meet with Parliament President Antonio Tajani.
29 Jan 18
EU Commission expects single-use plastics problem to grow
The European Commission says that increasing on-the-go consumption of food and drink is fuelling the growth of single-use plastics and the problem is expected to grow.
26 Jan 18
MEPs give mixed response to report on Malta fact-finding mission
MEPs from across the political divide have given a mixed response to the findings of a parliamentary report in alleged political wrongdoing in Malta.
26 Jan 18
MEPs want criminal records database for non-EU nationals
New measures have been agreed by MEPs to improve the sharing of criminal records information between member states.
25 Jan 18
MEPs propose reducing number of seats in EU Parliament
Parliament should shrink from 751 to 705 MEPs when the UK leaves the EU, to make room for EU-wide electoral lists, according to members of the constitutional affairs committee.
24 Jan 18
Is fear of failure holding back women entrepreneurs?
Are would-be female entrepreneurs being held back from achieving their dreams by a self-limitation?
24 Jan 18
EU remains very concerned about Rohingya crisis, Parliament told
Parliament has been told the EU remains “very concerned” about the plight of Rohingya refugees.
23 Jan 18
Verhofstadt: UK red lines will determine what type of relationship Britain and the EU will have after Brexit
Parliament’s Brexit representative Guy Verhofstadt has said the final agreement will depend entirely on Britain’s so-called red lines.
22 Jan 18
Andrew Duff: Brexit is not irreversible
The UK would have to demonstrate its sincerity to the European project in the event of the country ever reversing the decision to quit the EU, says former MEP Andrew Duff.
22 Jan 18
Parliamentarium to host Nazi propaganda exhibit
A US Holocaust Museum exhibition on Nazi propaganda opens to the public in the European Parliament’s Parliamentarium later this week (25 January).
19 Jan 18
EU plastics strategy welcomed by MEPs and industy
MEPs have joined the business and recycling communities in giving a guarded welcome to the European Commission’s much-vaunted plastics strategy.
19 Jan 18
EU Parliament votes to ban pulse fishing
MEPs have voted to ban so-called pulse fishing, the technique that kills fish and other marine life indiscriminately with a powerful electric shock.
19 Jan 18
Syed Kamall: EU must decide if Brexit deal is for European peoples or European project
EU negotiators must decide whether they want a Brexit deal that prioritises people or the European project, Syed Kamall said.
19 Jan 18
Much more needs to be done to bridge the ‘gap’ in transition from child to adult mental healthcare
Much more needs to be done to bridge the ‘gap’ in transition from child to adult mental healthcare, MEPs have been told.
19 Jan 18
EU needs broader impact assessment of research funding
How should we measure the impact of research and innovation funding? And just how important is defining and measuring a project’s impact?
18 Jan 18
Parliament to set up pesticides committee
MEPs have welcomed the decision to set up a special committee to look into the EU’s authorisation procedure for pesticides.