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The 8 MEPs fighting to become European Parliament president
The race to replace Martin Schulz as head of the European Parliament has now entered its final days. Eight candidates from four European countries — four Italians, two Belgians, one Brit and one...
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Quick-fire questions: European Parliament presidency race
At POLITICO’s European Parliament presidential debate, we asked the seven candidates where they stood on a range of key political and administrative issues facing the Parliament, demanding specific...
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Expand the power of MEPs, say candidates for Parliament president
Seven candidates for the European Parliament presidency called for EU treaties to be revised to expand the power of MEPs. In POLITICO’s first presidential debate, the seven candidates sparred on issues...
View ArticlePresidential candidates to Poland: Fix rule of law or face sanction
Six of the MEPs running for president of the European Parliament support stripping Poland of its voting rights in the Council of the EU if it does not address concerns about judicial independence and...
View ArticleTajani has edge coming into Tuesday Parliament vote
Is your crystal ball ready? No one knows who is going to become the new European Parliament president Tuesday night. Party groups are meeting late into the night, but as ordinary folks head to bed...
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European Parliament presidential race: The tiebreakers
If Tuesday’s election of a new president of the European Parliament ends in a tie, the winner will be whoever is oldest. Yes, really. There will be as many as four rounds of voting to select Martin...
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What lies beneath the Yellow Jackets uprising
via George Ciurca, GN Photo Art London If only Westerners had remembered Romania, or Ukraine and the Arab Spring before it. The violent Yellow Jackets demonstrations in France and Belgium have taken...
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European Parliament slaps down MEPs for rogue Moldova mission
The European Parliament on Friday slapped down four of its members, including at least three with links to a Moldovan businessman convicted of a massive bank fraud, for planning to act as observers in...
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