EU Parliament

• The EU just backed a major nature conservation law. Here’s what it means.

  After weeks of lobbying against the plan, the legislature still supported the general outlines of a European Commission bill in a razor-thin 324-312 vote with 12 abstentions.

  World

  Jul 12, 2023
  
• David Sassoli, European Union parliament president, dies at age 65

  Sassoli had been hospitalized since Dec. 26 due to abnormal functioning of his immune system, his spokesperson said in a statement released the day before Sassoli's death.

  World

  Jan 11, 2022
  
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• Nationalists gain footing in EU elections, but pro-union parties remain in control

  Many Europeans appeared to heed a message that the EU needed to stick together to protect workers' rights, free speech and democracy.

  World

  May 27, 2019
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• Far right, Greens gain significant ground in EU elections as center fragments

  The four days of balloting across the 28 European Union countries were seen as a test of the influence of the nationalist, populist and hard-right movements that have swept the continent in recent years and impelled Britain to quit the EU altogether.

  World

  May 26, 2019
• France’s yellow vests want to turn anger into votes for their own EU Parliament candidates

  Ingrid Levavasseur, a 31-year-old nurse and mother of two, will run for EU Parliament as the 'yellow vest' movement's top candidate in France.

  Politics

  Jan 24, 2019
• Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to EU lawmakers for Facebook data scandal

  Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg apologized to European Union lawmakers on Tuesday, as the social media giant continues damage-control after a massive data scandal.

  Tech

  May 22, 2018
• European Union faces key test in parliamentary vote

  Voters in 21 European Union countries are casting ballots in an election that could change the face of the EU's Parliament.

  World

  May 25, 2014