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MEPs side with industry in vote to delay methane rules

EU lawmakers say their position balances climate ambitions with easing supplies – at a time of turmoil in energy security.

22 October 2026

Europe News

EU Parliament awards Sakharov Prize to ICC in rebuke of US sanctions

The European Parliament has awarded the Sakharov Prize to the International Criminal Court in a show of support after the US imposed sanctions on the court. The abstention of the far-right Patriots for Europe group was decisive in breaking the deadlock over the final choice.

22 October 2026

Europe News

EU should revive talks on broader China trade deal, top MEP says

As EU lawmakers prepare to visit Beijing, the European Parliament's trade chief is calling for a broader agreement that could revive elements of a frozen investment pact and address unfair Chinese trade practices across multiple industries.

21 October 2026

EU News

EU Prosecutors raid far-right PfE's offices in €4 million funds scanda

The searches are linked to an probe into the alleged misuse of more than €4 million by the now-defunct Identity and Democracy group, whose debts Patriots for Europe could be forced to repay.

21 October 2026

Europe News

EU Parliament approves new passenger rights

Passengers across Europe are entitled to a full refund within 14 days, even if they booked through a travel intermediary. Companions of people with disabilities will fly free of charge.

20 October 2026

EU News

Parliament's centrist leaders set to stay as political tensions deepen

Manfred Weber, Iratxe García Pérez and Valérie Hayer are expected to be re-elected unopposed, even as growing tensions threaten the centrist alliance supporting Ursula von der Leyen.

19 October 2026

Europe News

US sanctions threaten ICC's survival, MEPs warn Brussels

Lawmakers from across the political spectrum say the EU should activate the Blocking Statute to prevent European companies from complying with measures imposed by the US administration, defined as an "attack by a foreign power."

14 October 2026

Business

Europe’s satellite sovereignty ambitions face EU funding test

Regulators, EU officials and Spanish satellite operator Sateliot gathered at the European Parliament on Tuesday to debate how spectrum and investment will shape Europe’s networks in orbit, with the EU’s 2021-2027 space funding cycle ending next year.

13 October 2026

Europe News

US probes EU carbon border tax over potential trade barriers

The EU's carbon border tax was designed to prevent companies from shifting production abroad to countries with weaker environmental rules — but the US says it amounts to a discriminatory trade rule.

8 October 2026

Art

'The Orange Plague': Naked Trump statue on display at European Parliament in Strasbourg

A gold statue depicting Donald Trump fully naked and crushing a smaller man’s shoulders has been unveiled in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg, France.

8 October 2026

Europe Today

MEP: Halving MEPs’ salaries would take them ‘out of their bubbles’

The Left MEP Marc Botenga said his group’s proposal to halve MEPs’ salaries would bring them “down to earth” and make it easier for them to “realise what a normal European is going through”.

8 October 2026

Europe News

Exclusive: The Left wants to halve MEP salaries

The proposal would slash MEPs’ net monthly salary from around €8,800 to almost €4,400, but opponents have dismissed it as a “populist stunt”.

7 October 2026

Europe News

Metsola to take action after MEP Rima Hassan removes Israeli flag

French pro-Palestinian MEP Rima Hassan removed Israeli and EU flags from an exhibition commemorating the victims of Hamas’s 7 October terrorist attack, sparking outrage among fellow lawmakers. She could face a suspension of her daily allowance.

6 October 2026

Europe News

Burnout at work: MEPs call for stronger EU protections

MEPs called for EU-wide rules to tackle work-related stress, depression and anxiety, which affect almost one in three workers. Far-right groups opposed the text, arguing that it would place excessive obligations on businesses.

6 October 2026

Europe News

Exclusive: EU-wide digital levy might generate up to €25bn annually

The European Parliament's proposed digital levy could raise up to €25bn a year for the next EU budget, five times the Commission's estimate, according to figures shared exclusively with Euronews by MEP Danuše Nerudová.

29 September 2026

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Watch: Carney backs closer EU ties, draws applause at European Parliament

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has called for a historic deepening of ties between Canada and the European Union, arguing that a changing geopolitical order is pushing the two sides towards a closer strategic alliance.

17 September 2026