Tag: European Parliament

• Thursday, October 21st 2021 - 08:11 UTC

  Alexei Navalny awarded the European Parliament 2021 Sakharov Prize

  

  On Wednesday the Vice President of the European Parliament Heidi Hautala announced the decision by the European Parliament's Conference of Presidents to award Alexei Navalny with the 2021 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

• Tuesday, August 24th 2021 - 08:20 UTC

  Black Ribbon Day in remembrance for victims of Communism and Nazism

  

  This Monday most European countries, plus the United States and Canada recalled that 23 August is the European Day of Remembrance for Victims of Stalinism and Nazism, known as Black Ribbon Day.

• Tuesday, July 20th 2021 - 09:12 UTC

  Europe's push for drastic shift towards electric vehicles may find objections

  

  The European Commission has voted last week to ban the sale of vehicles that run on gasoline or diesel by the year 2035 to change the energy matrix in transport.

• Thursday, June 10th 2021 - 09:21 UTC

  European Parliament: OK to Green Passport for covid-free travelers

  

  The European Parliament (EP) Wednesday approved using a digital certificate attesting to a person's situation regarding covid-19, which will allow travellers to prove if they have been vaccinated, overcome the disease, or obtain a negative result to a PCR test.

• Wednesday, March 10th 2021 - 09:20 UTC

  European Parliament votes to lift immunity to Catalan leaders, wanted by Spanish justice

  

  The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favor of lifting immunity from the former leader of Spain's Catalonia region, Carles Puigdemont. Lawmakers also waived immunity for Toni Comin, the former Catalan health minister, and former regional education minister Clara Ponsati.

• Wednesday, September 9th 2020 - 08:59 UTC

  EU lawmakers cancel their session at Strasbourg because of the coronavirus

  

  European Union lawmakers have canceled their session at the parliament's headquarters in the French city of Strasbourg next week, despite a legal obligation to do so, because of the coronavirus, the assembly's president said on Tuesday.

• Monday, October 21st 2019 - 09:53 UTC

  Johnson wants Parliament to vote “yes” or “no” on his Brexit deal on Monday

  

  Parliament must be given “a straight up-and-down vote” on the PM's Brexit deal, No 10 says, after MPs delivered a major blow to his strategy on Saturday. Boris Johnson was forced by law to send a letter asking the EU for a new delay on Brexit but did not sign it.

• Thursday, October 17th 2019 - 09:46 UTC

  EU Council president Tusk hopeful a Brexit deal is ready to materialize

  

  EU Council President Donald Tusk said on Wednesday that the basic foundations of an agreement on Brexit were ready and that it could materialize within hours.

• Wednesday, October 16th 2019 - 09:09 UTC

  EU Parliament equates communism with Nazism triggers a torrent of complaints

  

  A number of communist parties, as well as progressive sections in Europe, have condemned a controversial resolution passed by the European Parliament in September.

• Thursday, October 3rd 2019 - 09:35 UTC

  Cool reception from Brussels to UK's new Brexit plan: “a lot of work needs to be done”

  

  Britain's new Brexit plan got a cool reception on Wednesday in Brussels, where European officials highlighted problems and their chief negotiator warned it left “a lot of work” to be done.