The biggest grouping of politicians in the European Parliament has run into embarrassment after releasing a video which appears to claim that Zurich, Switzerland, and the city-state of Monaco are inside the European Union.
Charles Tannock MEP has claimed an Irish passport in order to retain his EU citizenship, announcing he is “quite ashamed to be British”.
Hans-Olaf Henkel has warned that top EU negotiators “want to make a mess” of Brexit in order to keep other Eurosceptic member-states in line.
Conservative MP Jacob Rees-Mogg has accused the European Parliament’s Brexit boss of leading a “colonialist” and “high handed” approach to negotiations.
The migration spokesman for the Greens in the European Union (EU) Parliament has called for Brussels to resettle “whole villages” of migrants in Eastern Europe.
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union lawmakers have called for an investigation of member-state Hungary to determine whether its laws are in “serious breach of EU values.” The move reflects deep concerns within the EU about whether there has been a
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán delivered a stinging speech in the European Parliament Wednesday, asserting Hungary’s right to self-governance and defending its actions regarding immigration and against American financial speculator George Soros.
The European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator, Guy Verhofstadt, has described Britain’s upcoming snap election as an attempted “power grab” by Theresa May, and vowed it will not soften the EU’s hardline negotiating stance.
The European People’s Party, which includes European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker as a member, has called for a ban on the Islamic face veil in the whole of the European Union.
Front National (FN) Secretary General and French MEP Nicolas Bay hailed Britain in the European Parliament saying that he “saluted the courage” of the British people and Brexit.
A group representing a majority of MEPs have demanded the European Parliament start disciplinary proceedings against Hungary, over laws seen as targeting globalist financier George Soros which have been likened to Nazi Germany.
Guy Verhofstadt, who will represent the European Parliament in the upcoming Brexit negotiations, has said the younger generation in Britain will take the country back into EU.
Brexit campaign leader Nigel Farage has blasted the European Union for trying to force the United Kingdom to pay a £53 billion “ransom” before it will agree to trade talks.
STRASBOURG (FRANCE) (AFP) – The European Parliament will on Wednesday lay down its “red lines” for negotiations over a Brexit deal, on which the assembly will have the final say in two years’ time.
A Swedish MEP has called for asylum seekers arriving in the European Union (EU) to be assigned a destination country rather than have free choice.
The European Parliament is to create a “private army” to protect its president and MEPs as part of an almost two-billion euro spending spree. Britain, despite its vote to Leave the European Union (EU) in June 2016, will help foot the bill.
MEPs have demanded the bloc suspend visa-free access to U.S. citizens because Washington, D.C. denies citizens of five European Union (EU) countries from its no-visa policy.
BRUSSELS (AP) — A Polish European Parliament lawmaker may face punishment after telling the legislature that women should earn less than men because they are weaker, smaller and “less intelligent.”
Zoltán Kovács, official spokesman for the office of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has said “left-wing and liberal politicians” in the European Union (EU) are attacking his country because they cannot accept its refusal to permit illegal immigrants to violate its borders en masse.
European officials are mounting an unprecedented campaign to block President Trump’s putative nomination of Ted Malloch as U.S. Ambassador to the European Union (EU).
The European Parliament has introduced new rules which could see populist speeches wiped from the system without citizens ever knowing that they had taken place. The unprecedented move, which gives the president the power to pull the plug on speakers deemed
Opinion polls indicate that Martin Schulz, the former President of the European Parliament who has been selected as the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate for the German chancellorship, may be set to end Angela Merkel’s almost twelve-year reign. Opinion polls
The President of the European Parliament (EP) called for massive investments in Africa on Tuesday, warning that millions of African migrants could arrive otherwise.
Nigel Farage has slammed European Union (EU) institutions for continuing to foster large scale immigration from Muslim countries in opposition to the wishes of the people of Europe.
European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator Guy Verhofstadt accused British Eurosceptics of destroying Winston Churchill’s legacy in Strasbourg on Tuesday.
PARIS, France — The founder of France’s far-right National Front party, Jean-Marie Le Pen, has been charged with inciting hatred for alleged anti-Semitic remarks in 2014, his lawyer said Saturday.
The European Left’s leading MEPs have written to the President of the European Commission and the President of the European Council, demanding that they block the appointment of Professor Ted Malloch as Donald Trump’s ambassador to the European Union (EU).
The president of the European Council has listed “demagogues” like U.S. President Donald J. Trump as an “existential threat” to the bloc alongside “terror and anarchy in the Middle East and in Africa, with radical Islam playing a major role”.
Guy Verhofstadt, the former prime minister of Belgium chosen to represent the European Parliament in Brexit negotiations, has told Al Jazeera that “a Little Englander mindset” could be “a good explanation” for Britain’s vote to Leave the European Union (EU) last
A leading Swedish politician has called on the European Union (EU) to withhold funds from member-states resisting mass immigration in an interview with EUobserver.
Italian politician Antonio Tajani has been named as the next President of the European Parliament at the end of a long day of horse-trading in Strasbourg which took in four rounds of voting. Mr. Tajani will now serve a two-and-a-half-year-term, presiding
Italy’s Five Star Movement (M5S) will remain allied to the UK Independence Party (UKIP) within the European Parliament, Nigel Farage has confirmed.
The liberal group in the European Parliament on Monday rejected a controversial application by Italy’s biggest opposition party, the populist Five Star Movement, to join forces.
Italy’s anti-establishment Five Star Movement (M5S) has voted to break ties with UKIP in the European Parliament. Members of the populist group backed founder Beppe Grillo’s call to ditch the Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy group and instead join
ROME (Reuters) – Italy’s maverick 5-Star Movement should cut ties with the anti-European Union UK Independence Party (UKIP) and consider hooking up with the Liberals in the European Parliament, 5-Star founder Beppe Grillo said on Sunday. If the surprise switch
Labour has been accused of a “sneaky” plot to reverse Brexit after the party’s deputy leader in Brussels was caught massively watering down key lines in amendments to official reports preparing for Britain to leave the European Union (EU). Changes
(AFP) – European Parliament head Martin Schulz demanded Wednesday that the role laid out for MEPs in the Brexit negotiations be beefed up, threatening otherwise to reject any resulting deal. In a letter to EU President Donald Tusk, Schulz criticised
A bitter row has erupted between eurocrats as they battle influence over the Brexit negotiations, with Guy Verhofstadt, the European Parliament’s chief Brexit negotiator, threatening to start separate talks.
The centre-right European People’s Party (EPP) nominated Italian Antonio Tajani as its candidate for head of the European Parliament to succeed German Socialist Martin Schulz, who has said he will step down in January.
The European Union is fast-tracking plans that will see British citizens offered the option to remain as EU citizens even after Britain leaves the Union, the European Parliament’s chief negotiator has confirmed. The deal would effectively give the British people
