European Parliament votes 423 – 209 to approve Juncker European Commission
Members of the European Parliament voted on October 22, with 423 in favour to 209 against, and with 67 absentions,
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European Parliament vote on Juncker European Commission to go ahead on October 22
Votes by European Parliament committees to approve a final two candidate European Commissioners after an 11th-hour reshuffle have opened the
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MEPs urge solidarity with Ukraine, sanctions on Russia after MH17 downing
European Union sanctions against Russia must be stepped up, the Ukrainian border closed to halt arms flows from Russia, and
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European Parliament approves Jean-Claude Juncker as new European Commission President
The European Parliament voted on July 15 to approve Jean-Claude Juncker as the new European Commission President, to begin a
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Barekov had highest income among Bulgaria’s new MEPs – declarations
Nikolai Barekov, the former talk show host who leads the populist Bulgaria Without Censorship (BWC) party, is shown by his
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World Jewish Congress backs call by German FM for European Parliament committee to fight extremists
The World Jewish Congress (WJC) has backed calls for the setting up of a special committee of the newly-elected European
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Bulgarian MEP Kovachev elected to senior post in European Parliament
Bulgaria’s Andrey Kovachev, an MEP for GERB and a member of the centre-right European People’s Party political group in the
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Schulz re-elected as European Parliament President
In its first sitting on July 1 2014, the newly-elected European Parliament voted to give Martin Schulz a second term
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The ins and outs of the new European Parliament political groups
The new European Parliament, to hold its first sitting on July 1 to 3 2014, will have seven political groups,
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