
MEPs Vote To Increase EU Parliament
Eleven seats will be added to reflect demographic changes, while another 28 will be reserved for a new “transnational list,” but the instrument does not have Council support so far.

Eleven seats will be added to reflect demographic changes, while another 28 will be reserved for a new “transnational list,” but the instrument does not have Council support so far.

It might seem a stretch for the EU to claim to be defending democracy by denying the right of sovereign nations to decide their own policies. But in Brussels doublespeak, ‘democracy’ can now mean its opposite.

The Spanish NGO denied any links to extremism, but this is not the first time an Islamist group has been featured at the Parliament.

“In Italy we can clearly see what happens when the Right comes together. And when Right parties compromise with one another and present themselves to the electorate, you see that quite clearly, they gain an absolute majority.”

MEPs are battling over last-minute amendments to allow the use of biometric surveillance for criminal activity, as the five-year legislative ordeal looks set to drag on.

The protected status of prosecco and feta cheese seems to be an insoluble issue in trade talks between the EU and Australia. Meanwhile, a UK-Australian trade deal comes into effect this week.

The Abraham Accords Network was launched with little fanfare by Roberta Metsola and urges the EU to support the landmark normalisation agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.

Metsola has been pushing for a reform of Parliament’s anti-harassment guidelines. Meanwhile, media reports allege that she has stalled a harassment probe into a Spanish MEP.

Service providers using crypto-assets, for their part, must register as such and conform to certain security standards, including to do with the avoidance of money laundering.

As all leftist parties and the center-right EPP voted to support the unprecedented measures, 67 conservative MEPs took Hungary’s side, asking the Commission not to give in to the left’s politically motivated blackmail.