MEPs quiz candidate to be next ECB President

Christine Lagarde, who has been the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund since 2011, has been nominated as candidate to take over from Mario Draghi as the President of the European...

Sep 04, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia

Consumer rights, data and security, copyright protection, plastic bans

The European Parliament has approved legislation to boost consumer rights by making it easier for group legal action. Parliament debated a proposal for a one-stop online portal linking EU border...

Mar 28, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia

Cleaner energy by opening up Europe’s Single Market

The European Parliament has approved legislation calling for common rules in Europe’s energy market, part of a series of laws entitled ‘Clean Energy for All Europeans’. The legislation calls for...

Mar 27, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia

EPP Group calls for new and fair EU copyright rules fit for the digital world

The European Union is reforming the EU’s copyright rules so that they fit the increasingly digital world that we now live in. The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee has backed a...

Feb 26, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia

Erasmus+: More simple, more fans, made for everyone

Thanks to Erasmus+, since 2014 around 4 million young Europeans have had the opportunity to study abroad, learn about other cultures and develop personally and professionally. The European...

Feb 21, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia

Malta and Slovakia: EPP Group calls for action to protect journalists and uphold the rule of law

Following the murders of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia and Slovak journalist Ján Kuciak in 2018, the European Parliament set up a Rule of Law Monitoring Group to look into rule of law...

Feb 19, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia

Ensuring visa free travel for UK and EU citizens post Brexit

In a vote on 29 January, the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee has approved a European Commission proposal designed to ensure visa free travel for EU and UK citizens after Brexit,...

Jan 29, 2019 - Latest News-Multimedia