European Parliament
Parliaments are the central institutions in European systems of representative democracy. Traditionally, the idea that parliament is at the core of democracy has been intertwined w...
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Strasbourg, France (dpa) - The European Parliament (EP) gave its
final approval Tuesday to a series of measures designed to open up
European rail services and grant new righ...
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Strasbourg, France (dpa) - The European Parliament is to question
the European Commission over the case of seven Tunisian fishermen
arrested in Italy after they reportedly r...
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Bucharest (dpa) - Romania's governing party suffered a defeat in
the country's first election of European Parliament MPs while
President Traian Basescu emerged stronger from...
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An official at China's Foreign Ministry declined to comment
Friday on a resolution passed by the European Parliament on Thursday
calling for the immediate release of prominent Chinese human r...
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Brussels (dpa) - Environmental groups reacted with fury Wednesday
as the European Parliament voted to cut reduction targets for vehicle
carbon-dioxide emissions, the gas mos...
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Lisbon (dpa) - Traditionally euro-enthusiast Italy was threatening
Poland's top spot as the EU's chief troublemaker Thursday by
insisting it should be awarded more seats in ...
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Strasbourg, France (dpa) - The European Parliament (EP) on
Thursday called for the prompt release of Hu Jia and other jailed
Chinese dissidents and urged China not to use th...
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The EU parliament's president called for the release of five Bulgarian medics sentenced to death in Libya after being convicted of deliberately infecting 400 children with HIV.Hans-Gert Poettering ...
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Strasbourg (dpa) - Vodka producers in the European Union should be
allowed to add ingredients to the grain and potatoes that make the
high-alcohol drink, a new EU spirits re...
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Brussels (dpa) - The European Parliament gave its final approval
Thursday to plans to cut itself down to size, reducing the number of
its members (MEPs) from 785 t...
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European Parliament
European Parliament clears train liberalization package
