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
MEPs have approved a more than €2 billion increase in the EU budget for next year, handing EU officials a three per cent pay rise and raising its contributions to Palestinian causes by 10 per cent.
The day after the European Union (EU) Parliament’s non-binding vote to freeze Turkey’s accession to the bloc, the nation’s Islamist president has threatened to flood the continent with migrants.
The European Parliament on Thursday voted in favour of a freeze of membership talks with Turkey over its post-coup crackdown, further escalating tensions with President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.
The German speaker of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, will not seek a third term in an election in January, parliamentary sources said on Thursday and one said he would return to national politics.
The European Union’s (EU) chief Brexit negotiator has attacked Breitbart for expanding into Europe, after calling Nigel Farage and Donald Trump “clown[s]” who work with a “ring of autocrats” including Vladimir Putin and Turkey’s Islamist leader.
The European Parliament will not accept an agreement for Britain’s exit from the European Union that would endanger any of the four EU freedoms, including the freedom of movement of people, parliament’s negotiator Guy Verhofstadt said on Tuesday.
UKIP have accused the European Parliament of “pure victimisation” after a report accusing the party of misspending funds was leaked to the press before they had even had a chance to read it. The party accused the parliament of moving
Activists and supporters of Poland’s libertarian Freedom party marched on Saturday under the slogan “Wake up Europe”, warning that it’s the last chance to save the continent from “Islamic invasion”.
The European Union is facing existential threat, thanks to the “forces of populism”, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said in his State of the Union address. But he said the threat could be overcome by doubling down on the European
(AFP) – Moves to let European Parliament head Martin Schulz extend his tenure are sparking fresh infighting in the crisis-hit EU, with his opponents warning it would be akin to a declaration of war. The bearded 60-year-old German former bookshop
Leaks from billionaire George Soros’ Open Society Foundations (OSF) have revealed the group has a list of MEPs it considers “reliable allies” which includes IRA bomber Martina Anderson. Documents show the NGO, which works worldwide to mould government policies, set
Having spent $6 million influencing the 2014 European Parliament elections, leaked documents show the Open Society Foundations (OSF) hoped the campaign would centre on condemnation of “xenophobic discourse”. Seeking to influence the elections, the OSF planned to “mitigate the feared populist surge”
Leaked documents from the Open Society Foundations show the group to have actively trained socialist MEPs to combat populist parties and shut down free speech. A series of documents leaked from George Soros’ Open Society Foundations have revealed a number
TEL AVIV – The first ever caucus group at the European Parliament in support of West Bank settlements will be formed this fall, The Jerusalem Post reported.
Senior MEPs are plotting to change the European Parliament’s rules to starve Eurosceptic parties of European Union (EU) money. Along with changing the rules so that smaller parties will no longer receive cash, they also propose funding only groups which
Marine Le Pen has congratulated Britain, saying that the nation sent out a “signal of liberty and freedom to the rest of the world”, and that “there will be a glowing future for the United Kingdom”. At the European Parliament, leader of the
UKIP Member of the European Parliament (MEP) Nigel Farage declared in Brussels today that Article 50 should be invoked as soon as possible, and that Eurocrats were “in denial” over the failings of the European Union (EU) political project. Speaking at the
President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker has said that: “It’s clear what the British people want and we should act accordingly”, and pushed for Article 50 to be triggered as soon as possible
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday said Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s recent address at the European Parliament again proved he was an unsuitable partner for pursuing peace.
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Global terrorism will end if the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is resolved, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas said on Thursday as he condemned all forms of such violence.
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas was guilty of spreading “blood libel,” Prime Minister Netanyahu’s Office said in a harsh criticism of Abbas’ speech to the European Parliament in Brussels on Thursday, in which he repeated a widely debunked media report that Israeli rabbis called to poison Palestinian water.
Palestinian Authority chairman Mahmoud Abbas refused to meet with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin while the two are in Brussels it was reported on Thursday.
President Reuven Rivlin on Wednesday told members of the European Parliament that international efforts to broker an Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement — including the current French initiative — were “negotiations for negotiations’ sake,” and therefore doomed to fail.
Members of the European Parliament spent more than $6.2 million on luxury trips abroad in the first half of 2015 alone, it has been revealed. The taxpayer cash was splurged on five-star hotels and first-class travel to exotic destinations, and
Reports from the last session of the European Parliament before the UK’s referendum on European Union (EU) membership suggest that Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) do not know how to react to the unprecedented situation. The June plenary session of the
