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ECB boss pledges to MEPs to fight inflation and restore confidence
Members of the European Parliament voiced concerns about rising energy and food prices, and mortgage rates during a hearing with European Central…
MEP Casa welcomes new proposal for a European Media Freedom Act
MEP and Co-Chair of the Media Working Group David Casa welcomed the proposal for a European Media Freedom Act, a legislative initiative…
EU Commission President von der Leyen delivers State of the Union speech
LIVE BLOG Thank you for following us today. Below, you can find a round up of the key points raised by Ursula…
EP appoints Alessandro Chiocchetti as new Secretary General
Today the Bureau of the European Parliament appointed Mr Alessandro Chiocchetti as the institution’s new Secretary General. The newly appointed Secretary General…
Von der Leyen’s State of the Union speech expected to focus on energy, war in Ukraine
The European Parliament returns to Strasbourg with a packed plenary agenda next week, dominated by energy issues as Governments seek to find…
European Parliament to tackle hundreds of amendments in key votes on climate policies
he European Parliament will vote this week on a raft of EU climate change policies designed to cut Europe's emissions over the…
EU closes loophole allowing multimillion-euro arms sales to Russia
The European Union has closed a loophole that allowed EU governments to export weapons worth tens of millions of euros to Russia…
EP calls for embargo of Russian oil and gas
The European Parliament has called for an immediate full embargo on Russian imports of oil, coal, nuclear fuel and gas. In a…
EU to propose new sweeping sanctions against Russia worth billions of euros
The European Commission is to propose on Tuesday to EU nations new sweeping sanctions against Russia, which include a ban on imports…
EU elections: MEPs want transnational lists and all countries to vote on
The Constitutional Affairs Committee of the European Parliament has proposed a reform of the European Electoral Act defining common minimum electoral standards…
EU regulators raid auto companies in several EU countries 
EU antitrust regulators on Tuesday raided several companies and associations in the automotive industry in several EU countries, saying that they may…
Tourism: Malta suffers third largest hit in EU during pandemic – Eurostat
Tourists in the European Union more than tripled the nights they spent in short-stay accommodation in December compared with a year earlier,…