About: Strasbourg
Conference on the Future of Europe is over, what’s the outcome?
This is the end of the journey, but not the end of the story. Citizens approved their recommendations in the context of the Conference on the Future of Europe (COFOE), the first EU deliberative democracy experiment where ordinary citizens took...
Video: Juncker’s full 2016 ‘State of the Union’ address
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker gave his annual "State of the European Union" address in the European Parliament at 9.00am in Strasbourg this morning (14 Wednesday). Watch the full video here.
Former French MEP launches offensive to have Strasbourg as only seat of the European Parliament
Everybody agrees: The European Parliament needs a single seat. But former minister and MEP Catherine Trautmann says it should be Strasbourg, not Brussels.
Tsipras calls for a ‘European solution’ to the Greek crisis
"This is not exclusively a Greek problem, this is a European problem and European problems require European solutions,” the Greek premier said on Wednesday (8 July) in Strasbourg.Promoted content
Tusk: Juncker’s investment plan is no ‘silver bullet’
“The European Strategic Investment Plan is not the silver bullet. But if anyone has ideas to overcome the economic crisis with one stroke, stand up please," said European Council President Donald Tusk on Wednesday in the European Parliament.Promoted content
Food waste prevention: what’s packaging got to do with it?
Food waste is a largely underestimated problem: Globally, about one third of food produced is wasted. In Europe, this amounts to 90 million tonnes every year. More than 40% of European food waste comes from households, of which 60% is avoidable.Promoted content
Pope Francis: Europe’s idea has been replaced by bureaucracy
In his much awaited visit to the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday, His Holiness Pope Francis warned MEPs that “Europe seems to have lost their attraction, only to be replaced by the bureaucratic technicalities of its institutions.”Promoted content
Juncker: This will be the ‘last chance Commission’
The new Juncker Commission was approved on Wednesday after a vote in the European Parliament in Strasbourg.Promoted content
Barroso’s swan song
European Commission President José Manuel Durão Barroso held a final speech in the European Parliament on Tuesday after 10 years in office. Speaking for over half an hour, Barroso pointed out at what he considered the achievements of the Barroso II Commission, highlighting trade agreements, the Banking Union and the climate goals.Promoted content
Šef?ovi?: “The time for a European Energy Union has clearly come”
In a three-hour hearing at the European Parliament on Tuesday, Vice-President designate for Energy Union Maroš Šef?ovi? told MEPs that it is “Russia is increasingly using gas supply as an instrument of pressure and as a political weapon against Ukraine and this is totally unacceptable.”Promoted content
Bulc to MEPs: “You learned I walk on fire. I thought I would get burnt but I didn’t”
Slovenian Commissioner-designate for transport Violeta Bulc appeared to make an excellent impression on MEPs during her confirmation hearing at the European Parliament on Monday.Promoted content
Doubts loom over new Commission start date
Doubts loom over new Commission start datePromoted content
EU congratulates Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai
“I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death, your right to say it.”Promoted content
Parliament nominates EuroMaidan for 2014 Sakharov Prize
Seen by many as "the largest pro-European rally in history”, the so-called EuroMaidan movement was nominated on Tuesday by the European Parliament for the 2014 Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.Promoted content
Juncker: I want a fair deal with Britain
After being elected European Commission President by the European Parliament on Tuesday, former Luxembourg Prime Minister and Eurogroup's chief said that he will negotiate with UK's Prime Minister David Cameron to “make a fair deal with Britain”.Promoted content
New Parliament protests against EU-US trade talks
As EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht briefed the new Parliament on progress in a EU-US free trade deal, anti-TTIP MEPs held a protest in Strasbourg on Tuesday.Promoted content
Europe works, says Greek PM Antonis Samaras
Speaking in the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Greek Prime minister Antonis Samaras said that Greece managed to conclude 67 pieces of legislation 'in a presidency that lasted only four months ' and "with a minimal budget of which not more than 40% was finally spent".Promoted content
British eurosceptic MEPs warn of ‘no business as usual’ in the EU Parliament
British eurosceptic MEPs warned on Wednesday that a stronger representation of anti-EU forces in the European Parliament do not want a return to “business as usual”. But despite a stronger eurosceptic representation in the Chamber, there still are not...Promoted content
Martin Schulz reelected European Parliament President
Just over 400 out of 723 votes went to Martin Schulz.Promoted content
