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MEPs pave way for pan-European constituency post Brexit
The European Parliament should shrink from 751 to 705 MEPs when the UK leaves the EU, to make room for EU-wide electoral lists, say Constitutional Affairs MEPs. Besides reducing…
MEPs set ambitious targets for cleaner, more efficient energy use
MEPs are ready to negotiate binding targets with EU ministers to boost energy efficiency by 35% and the share of renewables in the total energy mix by 35%,…
Brexit: MEPs concerned over UK government priorities
MEPs acknowledge that progress has been made in Brexit negotiations, but stress that the hardest part of the talks is yet to come. In a debate with European Council…
2018 European Capitals of Culture: Leeuwarden and Valletta
From 1 January, Leeuwarden (The Netherlands) and Valletta (Malta) started to embrace the title of European Capital of Culture for one year. The opening celebrations for Valletta <; started…
Helping people with disabilities
The EU and its member states should step up their efforts to put the European disability strategy commitments fully into practice, urge MEPs in a resolution voted at the…
Tougher defence tools against unfair imports, MEPs strike deal with ministers
The EU could protect itself better against unfairly cheap imports and combat environmental or social dumping more effectively, under a new draft. Higher tariffs can be imposed…
EU-wide remedies against defective digital goods
People who buy or download music, apps, games or use cloud services will be better protected when a trader fails to supply the content or provides a defective one. …
Online shoppers must be treated equally
The new EU rules, provisionally agreed by Parliament and Council negotiators on Monday night, define specific situations in which so-called “geo-blocking” will not be allowed. This means that online…
More funds needed for growth, jobs, security, and climate change
MEPs set overall EU budget for 2018 at € billion (+ on the Commission’s draft budget) for commitments and € billion (+) for payments. In their budgetary resolution, MEPs…
Zero tolerance for sexual harassment and abuse
Members of the European Parliament strongly condemned any form of sexual violence and deplore the fact that these acts are too easily tolerated. Perpetrators must be punished, they add. …