Tag: European Parliament
European Parliament set to greenlight post-Brexit trade deal
BRUSSELS — European Union lawmakers are set to formally ratify the post-Brexit deal between the EU and the United Kingdom amid ongoing tensions between...
Populist leaders meet, seek ‘European renaissance’
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban hosted talks Thursday with populist politicians from Italy and Poland in a bid to create a...
Report: Center-left candidate in Germany favors EU army
BERLIN — The center-left Social Democrats' candidate to succeed German Chancellor Angela Merkel is backing the idea of a European Union army but says...
Hungary’s PM aims to create new right-wing political force
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said Friday he will soon meet with other right-wing politicians from Poland and Italy to discuss...
Watching the watchers: who’s at the helm of EU’s Frontex?
BRUSSELS — The European Union’s border and coast guard agency Frontex, the pride of the 27-nation bloc’s vast effort to keep watch over its...
Parliament votes to declare entire EU an LGBT ‘freedom zone’
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament has overwhelming adopted a resolution declaring the entire 27-member European Union a “freedom zone” for LGBT people, an effort...
EU lawmakers to vote on fate of former Catalan president
BRUSSELS — The European Parliament is voting Monday on whether to lift the immunity of the former president of Spain’s Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont,...
Hungarian PM threatens to quit conservative political group
BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungary's right-wing prime minister has threatened to pull his party out of its group in the European Union's legislature as the...
EU summons its ambassador to Cuba to explain letter to Biden
BRUSSELS — The European Union has summoned its ambassador to Cuba to return to Brussels to explain himself after he reportedly signed an appeal...
Key EU lawmakers vote to lift immunity of Catalan 3
BRUSSELS — A key European Parliament committee voted Tuesday to lift the immunity of three former top Catalan officials who fled Spain fearing arrest...
