The European Parliament was dominated this week by the spectacle of Mr Barroso, Commission President elect, seeking to persuade political groups in the European Parliament to approve his candidature next week in Strasbourg. This is the first time in history that a Commission President has had to go to these ...
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The European parliamentary elections held last week were the largest multi-national elections in history - 370 million-odd people from 27 countries (with 43% turnout) came out to vote across 27 EU Member States. No matter what you might read in certain quarters of the media, this was an event of ...
With less than a month to go before the European Elections, the Economist's Charlemagne column of 7 May has described the European Parliament as an unloved parliament which "is worse than dull: it does not work properly". This is unjustified. The European Parliament may be unloved but so can journalists ...
