Tag: MEPs
Suspicions of corruption: MEPs want to block negotiations on EU-Qatar visas
Green and Social Democrat MEPs will oppose the start of negotiations on visa liberalization for Qataris in the EU on Monday, as the European Parliament is rocked by suspicions of…
Parliament with 705 MEPs – European Parliament celebrates its 70th anniversary – News
contents In 70 years, the EU institution has changed significantly and today shapes the world beyond the European continent. “This institution embodies European reconciliation,” said Parliament President Roberta Metsola in…
Renewable energies: MEPs start examination in committee
Employees install solar panels in Pessac, southwestern France, on November 15, 2022 (AFP/Philippe LOPEZ) The deputies began Monday the examination of the bill dedicated to renewable energies in committee, with…
Bullfighting: MEPs speak out against ban in committee
The deputies rejected for the first time on Wednesday in committee the proposal to ban bullfighting by LFI Aymeric Caron, which has little chance of succeeding, but sparks heated debates…
Housing renovation: MEPs allocate an additional 12 billion euros
The government had opposed such a measure. The proposal came from environmental and socialist groups. A 49.3 should delete this amendment. SourceAFP The MaPrimeRenov’ device was criticized in a recent…
Pushbacks of migrants: MEPs refuse to validate Frontex accounts
The European Parliament refused on Tuesday to validate the 2020 accounts of the border surveillance agency Frontex, in a sign of disavowal of this organization, accused of having concealed the…
MEPs say Hungary is no longer a true democracy
One more way to condemn the government of Viktor Orban. MEPs, meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday 15 September, proclaimed that Hungary was no longer a true democracy,…
Ursula von der Leyen proposes to MEPs to cap the “unwelcome” income of energy companies
The war in Ukraine has upset geopolitics and the world economy. In her State of the European Union (EU) address on Wednesday 14 September, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen…
The day of the war at a glance: Dugin mourns his daughter pathetically – MEPs want to sanction 6,000 Russians
The day of the war at a glance Dugin mourns his daughter pathetically – MEPs want to sanction 6,000 Russians 08/22/2022, 9:12 p.m After the death of his daughter, the…
Inflation: MEPs in turn point to a lack of transparency in rising prices
On the shelves, price increases are strongly felt by consumers. Image’in / stock.adobe.com The first report of the “inflation working group” calls for better monitoring of price formation. A week…
Purchasing power: MEPs approve the second part of measures
After four days of intense and often heated debate, the National Assembly adopted the second part of the measures in support of purchasing power on the night of Tuesday to…
MEPs vote to raise electricity tariffs from EDF to its competitors
Near the Bouchain thermal power plant, around Valenciennes, on September 29, 2021. PASCAL ROSSIGNOL / REUTERS EDF’s business was invited to the heart of the Hemicycle. On the occasion of…