MEPs take “big step” towards tackling violence against women and girls
By Martin Banks Socialist MEPs have voiced “regret” over the failure to classify non-consensual sex as rape under planned new EU laws.
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April 19, 2024 From CAP to Iran – MEPs face a packed programme in last plenary of current term
By Martin Banks The Greens/EFA Group says it objects to the Commission’s proposal to re-open the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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April 10, 2024 MEPs set to agree deal on cutting methane emissions
By Martin Banks Members of the European Parliament will this week vote on the agreement on the EU Methane Regulation.
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April 4, 2024 S&Ds deliver mandatory harassment training for all MEPs
By Martin Banks All MEPs will in future have to follow mandatory training sessions within the first six months in office focusing on the prevention of conflict and harassment in the workplace.
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March 27, 2024 New draft law on energy consumption fuels anger among some MEPs
By Martin Banks New draft EU legislation has been branded “too burdensome” by some MEPs.
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March 25, 2024 Taiwan: MEPs visit this week in order to “express solidarity” with the nation
By Martin Banks A top level delegation of MEPs, MPs and other officials is in Taiwan this week in order to “express solidarity” with the nation.
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February 27, 2024 Protection of journalists: MEPs set to approve new law to fight abusive lawsuits
By Martin Banks New rules are set to be introduced which would protect journalists and activists from abusive lawsuits against public participation.
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February 23, 2024 Death of Alexei Navalny: MEPs to hear testimonies from the Russian opposition
By Martin Banks Prominent Russian anti-corruption activists have condemned the death of Alexei Navalny.
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January 24, 2024 Some MEPs have launched an attack on the government led by Donald Tusk.
By Martin banks Centre right members say that in the last few years, Polish opposition “representatives in the European Parliament have accused Poland’s United Right government of breaching the rule of law, the independence of the courts, and media freedom.”
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January 19, 2024 MEPs have condemned the “deliberate, continuous and systematic efforts” of the Hungarian government to “undermine the EU’s founding values.”
By Martin Banks In a resolution adopted on Thursday MEPs expressed strong concern about the further erosion of democracy in Hungary, in particular through the recently adopted so-called ‘national sovereignty protection’ package – which has been compared with Russia’s infamous ‘foreign agents law’.
