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Lobbyists activities - EP Legislative Observatory texts — 08 May 2008, 23:33 CET

Development of the framework for the activities of interest representatives (lobbyists) in the European institutions - European Parliament Legislative Observatory - COM(2007)0127 - A6-0105/2008

Euro-MPs back tighter rules on lobbyists — 08 May 2008, 22:46 CET

The European Parliament voted on Thursday in favour of tightening rules regulating the 15,000 lobbyists that gravitate around the EU institutions.

Euro-parliament committee for splitting electricity groups — 07 May 2008, 11:29 CET

A key panel at the European Parliament voted late on Tuesday in favour of requiring power companies to split their generation businesses from their transmission networks.

European MPs urge EU states to shelter more Iraqis — 29 April 2008, 14:49 CET

A group of Members of the European Parliament urged EU countries on Tuesday to accept more asylum seekers from conflict-torn Iraq, during a visit to Jordan, which hosts hundreds of thousands of Iraqi refugees.

EU debates crimes of communism — 24 April 2008, 22:26 CET

Can communism be compared to Nazism? Does communism's record deserve as unequivocal a condemnation as that of Nazism? And should communism's modern-day adherents and apologists be rejected as firmly by Europe's political mainstream as those of Nazism? The debate over the historical record of communism simmers on in the European Union.

European parliament chief blast Belarus 'dictatorship' — 24 April 2008, 18:40 CET

The president of the European Parliament blasted Belarus Thursday, saying the authoritarian ex-Soviet republic's 10 million people have a right to be free.

EU parliament urges China to stop arms exports to Zimbabwe — 24 April 2008, 18:22 CET

The European parliament on Thursday called on China to cease arms shipments to Zimbabwe, commending South African dockworkers for refusing to unload Chinese arms bound for Harare's security forces.

EU must stand up to Russian energy pressure: parliament chief — 24 April 2008, 18:17 CET

The EU must prevent resource-rich Russia putting undue pressure any of the bloc's 27 member states, the president of the European Parliament warned Thursday.

EU parliament seeks tougher sanctions against Myanmar — 24 April 2008, 15:44 CET

The European parliament on Thursday called for EU sanctions against Myanmar to be increased to include an embargo on commodity imports, thereby threatening the regime's key oil revenues.

EU clinches deal on return of illegal immigrants — 23 April 2008, 23:41 CET

The European Union has clinched an agreement on new rules to govern the return of illegal immigrants to countries outside the EU, ending three years of wrangling over the issue.

EU should maintain arms embargo on China, say Euro-MPs — 23 April 2008, 18:21 CET

The European Union should maintain its embargo on weapons sales to China as long as Beijing helps armed forces and groups involved in African conflicts, the European Parliament said on Wednesday.

EU Galileo satnav project gets final greenlight — 23 April 2008, 15:58 CET

Europe's long-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system passed its final legal hurdle after the European Parliament gave the flag-ship project its green light.

Pope rejects invite to address EU parliament in 2008: official — 22 April 2008, 23:02 CET

Pope Benedict XVI has turned down an invitation to address the European Parliament this year, but may do so in 2009, the chamber's president said Tuesday.

EU boosts food aid to world's poorest as prices spiral — 22 April 2008, 18:14 CET

The European Commission on Tuesday announced a further EUR 117.25 million in food aid to the world's most vulnerable to offset the impact of soaring prices.

Euro MPs agree to ban employing relatives — 22 April 2008, 18:22 CET

European deputies on Tuesday voted to ban themselves from hiring family members as assistants, following a report listing abuses of the system.

Increasing turnout at European elections — 18 April 2008, 22:37 CET

The European Parliament (EP) is failing to project an image, good or bad, of itself in the minds of over half of Europe's citizens.

Iraqi PM confident of defeating Al-Qaeda — 16 April 2008, 13:07 CET

Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said Wednesday he was more confident than ever of defeating Al-Qaeda and its allies, the day after a wave of attacks left over 60 people dead.

Ombudsman hails increased transparency by Euro-MPs — 15 April 2008, 19:22 CET

The EU ombudsman on Tuesday hailed measures announced by Euro deputies to make their system of payments to themselves and their assistants more transparent.

Poll clash: Irish MEP attacked after EU treaty meeting — 15 April 2008, 17:45 CET

A former Irish minister and Euro-MP was knocked to the ground after a public meeting on the European Union's controversial new Lisbon treaty, police and his party said Tuesday.

EU Parliament chief reassures Ireland over abortion, tax — 08 April 2008, 16:11 CET

The European Parliament's president warned Tuesday against lies and exaggerations ahead of Ireland's referendum on a key EU treaty, saying decisions on issues like abortion would stay in Irish hands.

MEPs vote on scientific data on climate change — 02 April 2008, 20:33 CET

The European Parliament's Temporary Committee on Climate Change (CLIM) on 1 April adopted its interim report examining the scientific data on climate change.

Panel urges tighter rules for EU lobbyists — 02 April 2008, 11:27 CET

A panel of Members of the European Parliament called on Tuesday for tougher rules for the thousands of lobbyists that gravitate around the EU institutions.

Party closure case hits Turkey's image in Europe: MEP — 01 April 2008, 19:17 CET

A senior member of the European Parliament said Tuesday a legal bid to ban Turkey's ruling party would tarnish the country's image abroad and strengthen the hands of opponents to Ankara's European Union aspirations.

Serb PM's party suspended from EU centre-right group — 13 March 2008, 20:35 CET

Serbian Prime Minister Vojislav Kostunica's party was suspended from an EU centre-right bloc on Thursday due to its "very hard" stance on Kosovo's independence declaration, a deputy said.

Euro MPs urge Afghanistan to free 'blasphemy' reporter — 13 March 2008, 20:28 CET

The European Parliament called Thursday on the Afghan government to free a local journalist condemned to death for blaspheming Islam.