
BERLIN (Reuters) – The European Union is at risk of falling apart and supporters must fight to keep it, the head of the European Parliament said in a German newspaper interview. Martin Schulz (pictured above, centre) told Die Welt’s Tuesday
by Reuters8 Dec 2015, 1:31 AM PST0

In a high-level meeting on religious persecution in Brussels, the President of the European Parliament (EP) said that Europe cannot afford to continue ignoring the fate of Christians, who are “clearly the most persecuted group” in the world. In Wednesday’s
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.3 Dec 2015, 4:38 AM PST0

This week, members of the UK Labour party voted against “any border controls… aimed at fighting terrorism” in the European Parliament, and in support of the “reintegration… of so-called ‘foreign’ fighters” who have left the Islamic State terror group. Members
by Liam Deacon28 Nov 2015, 1:07 AM PST0

In a move greeted by animal rights campaigners, the European Parliament yesterday overwhelmingly voted to prevent European Union (EU) agricultural subsidies being used to support traditional Spanish bullfighting. The EU has never specifically funded bullfighting, but an estimated €130 million a year allocated to
by Sarkis Zeronian29 Oct 2015, 9:02 AM PST0

Members of the European Parliament have voted to increase the European Union’s annual budget by an astonishing €4 billion next year, even as member states struggle with the fallout from Brussels-imposed austerity measures. The whopping budget rise is also a
by Donna Rachel Edmunds29 Oct 2015, 5:39 AM PST0

British Prime Minister David Cameron’s most senior representative in the European Parliament, Syed Kamall MEP, has today told the parliamentary chamber in Strasbourg that not only should Middle East countries take more migrants, but so too should the United States
by Breitbart London27 Oct 2015, 10:11 AM PST0

The British taxpayer will be landed with an additional bill for our membership of the European Union (EU) next year, as MEPs voted to increase their budget by billions, defying national governments and their electorates who have voted for fiscal
by Liam Deacon30 Sep 2015, 5:06 AM PST0

TOVARNIK, Croatia (AP) – European Union lawmakers have backed an EU plan to distribute 120,000 migrants among member countries in a fast-track measure aimed at relieving migration pressure on Greece, Italy and Hungary. The move in the European Parliament on
by AP17 Sep 2015, 2:36 AM PST0

Britain may have to pay £90m for a scheme to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers around Europe, despite the Prime Minister saying it could encourage more migrants to risk their lives travelling across the continent. Downing Street admitted last night that
by Nick Hallett10 Sep 2015, 7:47 AM PST0

The latest users of the infamous adultery website Ashley Madison to have been exposed are European Union bureaucrats. The hack of the website’s membership list reveals 13 officials used work email addresses to register their interest, raising serious international security issues.
by Sarkis Zeronian28 Aug 2015, 9:45 AM PST0

Cloaked in secrecy and controversy, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is facing further scrutiny from French Member of European Parliament Jean-Luc Shaffhauser, who claims the deal “is made to diminish the influence of the European Countries”. The massive.
by Michelle Moons19 Aug 2015, 4:44 AM PST0

Strasbourg, France – A vote in the European Parliament on whether to continue with negotiations for an EU/US Trade deal has split Britain’s right wing parties, with the Conservatives backing the deal while UKIP is opposed. UKIP also failed to
by Donna Rachel Edmunds8 Jul 2015, 10:26 AM PST0

The European Parliament refused to hold a one minute silence for the victims of Britain’s July 7th terrorist attacks, Breitbart London understands, before caving to the THIRD request of the day. Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Islamist terror attack,
by Raheem Kassam7 Jul 2015, 6:57 AM PST0

In over 16 years as an MEP, I’ve never seen such a vast amount of emails, correspondence, even members of the public phoning my office in Strasbourg as I have recently over the issue of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment
by Nigel Farage MEP11 Jun 2015, 7:49 AM PST0

Andrzej Duda, the 43-year-old Polish President-Elect and a practicing Catholic, recently made a pilgrimage to the National Shrine at Czestowocha to pray for divine guidance as he prepares to lead his country.
by Michael Lucchese10 Jun 2015, 8:25 PM PST0

Following the news that the European Parliament forced through a delay in both the vote and the debate on the “shady” Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), video has emerged of the parliamentary chamber descending into a shouting match. UKIP’s
by Breitbart London10 Jun 2015, 3:44 AM PST0

Members of the European Parliament have voted eight to one against proposals which would inject greater accountability into their generous expenses schemes. The Parliamentarians from across Europe currently get £3000 a month as a ‘general fund’ paid directly into their bank accounts.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds2 May 2015, 3:59 AM PST0

The U.S. State Department wants a “full, frank” acknowledgement of the facts surrounding the mass killing of Armenians in World War I, but demurred when it came to labeling it “a genocide.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.15 Apr 2015, 5:56 AM PST0

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan said that he “condemns” Pope Francis for his use of the expression “genocide” when referring to the slaughter of 1.5 million Armenian Christians by the Ottoman Empire from 1915-1917.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.14 Apr 2015, 10:27 AM PST0

The UK Independence Party has expelled one of its MEPs, Janice Atkinson, along with her Chief of Staff Christine Hewitt, for bringing the party in to disrepute. Ms Hewitt was caught on camera asking a restaurant manager for a falsely
by Donna Rachel Edmunds24 Mar 2015, 4:31 AM PST0

On Thursday, the European Parliament voted to approve its “Annual Report on Human Rights and Democracy in the World 2013 and the European Union’s policy on the matter,” which declares both same-sex marriage and abortion to be fundamental human rights.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.13 Mar 2015, 12:47 PM PST0

A community in northeast Syria inhabited primarily by Assyrian Christians has been under steady assault by ISIS for the past 18 days, and they are barely holding on, according to Rima Tuezuen of the Syriac European Union. When the attack first began on February 23rd, ISIS abducted hundreds of Christian prisoners, only 23 of whom have been released so far.
by Katie Gorka13 Mar 2015, 4:00 AM PST0

The European Parliament was evacuated yesterday after a bomb scare forced the closure of three official buildings in the Belgian capital. Police were alerted to three possible bomb sites, including the American Embassy and the Brussels Court House called the
by A.B. Sanderson3 Feb 2015, 3:07 AM PST0

All airline passengers flying in and out of Europe are to have their personal data, including bank details, stored on a police database for up to five years in order to combat terrorism, under new plans from the European Commission.
by Donna Rachel Edmunds28 Jan 2015, 6:25 AM PST0