A young woman from France died after the ambulance service did not take her call seriously. Due to the intense pain 22-year-old Naomi Musenga could hardly say a word. 'If you do not tell me what is going on, I will hang up', she was told.
At least seven seated and former parliamentarians of the Council of Europe have admitted 'inadmissibly' with lobbying and other activities of the government of Azerbaijan. This is evident from an external investigation into corruption in the parliamentary assembly of the organization that oversees democracy and human rights.
The European Parliament wants action against the 'worrying' decrease in vaccination coverage in the EU.
The public apologies of Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg about the abuse of private data from millions of users of the social network are not enough. The American must quickly come to the European Parliament to explain to European citizens how that could happen and to ensure that it does not happen again.
EU Member States are obliged to set themselves sharper targets for re-use, recycling and waste reduction and waste. The European Parliament voted in favor of the necessary legislation on Wednesday, which had already reached a political agreement in December.
The 'flash appointment' of Martin Selmayr as the highest official of the European Commission can not pass. A large majority of the European Parliament (464 against 205) asked the committee to reconsider the appointment of the Secretary-General.
It is moving ahead with the EU when it is up to the French President Emmanuel Macron. He even wants to spend more money on the European budget, but remains vague about what he wants.
Turkey is becoming increasingly distant from the European Union. The accession negotiations are therefore still in the refrigerator, but the European Commission does not advise to end the talks in its annual progress report. However, Ankara has to lift the state of emergency 'without delay'.
It is time to negotiate accession to the European Union with Albania and Macedonia. The European Commission makes this recommendation to the 28 EU countries. Both candidate countries have made sufficient progress, according to Brussels, but there is still a long way to go, including in the area of anti-corruption and crime prevention.
The European model with respect for minorities and the individual and freedom of expression is unique in the world. The EU must therefore not allow itself to be paralyzed by anti-European or authoritarian developments in member states. French president Emmanuel Macron said this in the European Parliament, which he believes is the engine behind European compromises.
In order to solve the mafia-like murder of Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak, the country must work closely with Europol. The country must also cooperate with investigations conducted by the European anti-fraud agency OLAF into possible abuse of EU subsidies.
The fine imposed by Spanish judges on two demonstrators who had burned a photograph of the Spanish king in 2007 is unlawful. The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that.
With friendly politics and shadowy promotions, the European Commission is playing a role for Eurosceptics. The daily EU administration behaves arrogantly and treats EU parliamentarians as children.
Social media such as Twitter and Facebook are prepared to make agreements about combating disinformation and fake news via their platforms. These agreements are processed in a European code that they will adhere to.
The European Commission establishes a knowledge center to promote food quality in the EU and to combat food fraud more harshly. Public concern about fraud involving meat, dairy, chicken, fish and olive oil is the reason for this.
The pressure on the European Commission to clarify the promotion of Chief of Staff Martin Selmayr from President Jean-Claude Juncker to Secretary General of the daily EU administration is increasing. The European Parliament wants to explain in a plenary debate in Strasbourg next week how exactly the appointment has taken place.
The European Parliament condemns new human rights violations and the further erosion of the rule of law in Turkey. It rejects, among other things, the arrests of Turkish scientists, journalists, activists, doctors and citizens who have criticized the Turkish military operation in the northern Syrian Afrin region.
The Polish Ryszard Czarnecki is no longer Vice-President of the European Parliament because of a controversial statement. The 55-year-old politician had compared his compatriot and fellow MEP Roza Thun with Polish Nazi laboratories who betrayed Jews in the Second World War.
A controversial statement by the Polish Ryszard Czarnecki probably cost him his post as Vice-President of the European Parliament. The politician had compared his compatriot and fellow MEP Roza Thun with Polish Nazi laboratories who betrayed Jews in the Second World War.
The Court of Human Rights has ruled that a fine that a Lithuanian clothing company received for advertisements with Jesus and Maria models is a violation of the right to freedom of expression.
Dunja Mijatovic from Bosnia and Herzegovina is the new human rights commissioner of the Council of Europe. The specialist in media freedom and human rights was elected in Strasbourg over the Frenchman Pierre-Yves Le Borgn 'and the Slovenian Goran Klemencic.
The EU must not look away from the human rights situation in Iran because of the fragile atomic deal that the country has had with six major powers since 2015. 'The Iranian people need our unambiguous support,' said Marietje Schaake (D66) during a debate on the Islamic Republic in the European Parliament. 'The Iranians need to know that their rights and freedoms are at the top of our agenda.'
The European door remains open to the British. That said both EU President Donald Tusk and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker at a plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.
Many drinks, meeting places in Brussels and Strasbourg often far away from family and above average many beautiful young women. The temptations in the European Parliament are great for many male MEPs. For a long time abuses were cleared, but the spirit is out of the bottle. After #metoo another wind is blowing.
A French businessman sat down at a weekend auction in Lyon almost 550,000 euros for a complete skeleton of a huge woolly mammoth. According to French media, that was a ton more than the auction house Aguttes had counted.
The conclusion of EU President Donald Tusk that the mandatory distribution of asylum seekers from Greece and Italy over Europe has proved ineffective is unacceptable and anti-European, said EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos (Migration) Tuesday in Strasbourg.
In determining whether substances such as the herbicide glyphosate are admitted, the European Commission promises to be more open in the future about the scientific studies on which such a decision is based. The studies become public, and if possible also the raw research data.
Like the European Commission, the European Parliament (EP) will also recommend to the European Heads of State and Government that negotiations with the British can begin on future trade relations.
The European Parliament is going to investigate the rule of law in Poland. This step could ultimately lead to the country losing its voting rights in the EU. The Polish conservative government has been under fire for some time because it tries to bring the judiciary under political control and thereby does not respect the separation of powers.
The European Union does its utmost to prevent migrants stuck on Greek islands from being exposed to winter conditions again. 'We can not repeat last year,' said EU Commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos (Migration) in the European Parliament on Wednesday.
