Africa’s development holds both great promise and great challenges. Economic growth has been solid in recent years but the Ebola outbreak in West Africa and terrorism...
With committees sitting in Brussels this week, MEPs are due to discuss the economic priorities for 2015 and the Commission’s view on the draft budgets of...
Parliament passed three resolutions on Thursday (27 November), calling on the Pakistani government to review its blasphemy laws; condemning atrocities by the so-called Islamic State in...
Opinion by Yossi Lempkowicz There was due to be a debate and vote on the issue of recognition of a Palestinian state last Thursday (27 November)...
Two distinguished visits marked the November plenary session. On Tuesday (25 November) Pope Francis addressed MEPs, followed by the 2014 Sakharov Prize laureate, Dr Denis Mukwege,...
Committee meetings, Brussels EU budget. Parliament’s budget negotiators try again next week to reach an agreement with the Council on a budget for 2015 as well...
Opinion by Anna van Densky The visit of Pope Francis to the European Parliament in Strasboug is the second the most grand religious manifestation of the...