European parliament News

Brussels - European politicians warn that US drone policy puts "global stability and international order at risk" through the policy of targeted extrajudicial killing of suspected terrorists.

Brussels - On March 12 MEP's are to vote on a resolution calling for the elimination of "gender stereotypes in the EU." Article 17 of the resolution proposes a ban on all pornography in the media and could lead to Internet censorship if passed.

As the debate over the U.K. remaining in the European Union continues, figures regarding the costs of European Members of Parliament (MEPs) have been revealed as three times higher than those of Westminster politicians.

Brussels - It's pretty much the end of the road for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, as least as far as Europe is concerned. ACTA, which would protect copyright over free speech on the Internet, will not feature in the EU.

Strasbourg - It is now official: the European Parliament has today rejected the draconian Anti Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in a plenary session.

Brussels - The INTA committee rejected the controversial legislation by 19 votes to 12 with no abstentions, and is the fourth and final committee to deliver its report on ACTA.

If you thought politics was both boring and deadly serious, check out the latest videos uploaded to YouTube by the UK Independence Party.

British eurosceptic MP Nigel Farage caused outrage amongst German politicians in the European Parliament when he compared the proposals to demand Greek budgetary sovereignty, to a Nazi occupation.

US Army analyst Bradley Manning – accused of leaking sensitive information to WikiLeaks – is today facing a court for the first time since his incarceration in May 2010.

Two European Parliament members from Wales have added their names to an open letter protesting about the treatment of Bradley Manning, the US Army analyst alleged to have leaked sensitive government documents to WikiLeaks.