More than half of the 751 members of the European Parliament are currently serving their first legislative term. Expectations are high from day one: steer the legislative process, support the national ...

The Parliamentary authorities do not actually put up a sign above the doors of their various buildings saying “Welcome to the House of Smugness and Complacency”, but they might as well do. For what ...

Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party MEPs turned their backs during the playing of the European anthem at a ceremony to mark the opening of the European Parliament. As a saxophone quartet and opera ...

The Government has signalled that British MEPs elected in the upcoming European elections must be ready to take up their seats, three years after the UK voted to leave the EU. Addressing the Lords EU ...

Labour MEPs today announced they would publish all their receipts for claims under the European Parliament's £44,000-a-year office allowance. Prime Minister Gordon Brown hopes the move will help lift ...

The 72-strong UK delegation attended an average 85 per cent of key voting sessions in the 12 months, the lowest of the 27 national delegations and below France, whose MEPs had an 88 per cent ...

In negotiations starting on Apr 11, Simon Coveney will aim to reconcile this with a more flexible proposal from EU agriculture ministers, and with the European Commission’s insistence on equity in ...