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Unusually I took the later flight to Brussels on Monday morning this week but I was still there in time to join the leaders of the other main EU-wide political parties for a meeting with EU Council...
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MEPs met in committee sessions in Brussels this week. The Plenary Session scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, along with all other plenary sessions in Brussels this year, was cancelled to allow...
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Parliament met in formal sitting in Strasbourg this week and started the week with three debates, followed by resolutions, to mark International Women's Day. The first was about how the current...
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EU business was in full swing this week, with the 27 Health Ministers meeting in Dublin (discussing inter alia obesity among children and cigarette labelling) and our Finance Ministers in Brussels...
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The result of Italy's general election on Monday dominated discussion in Brussels this week. The vote split almost equally between Berlusconi's right wing party, the Social Democrats and a stand-up...
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The European Parliament returned from a week's half term recess on Monday to hear EU Council President Herman van Rompuy and Commission President Barroso report on the deal struck between the member...
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As I wrote my newsletter last week the EU's carbon market, our attempt to control CO2 emissions by putting a price on them, was collapsing - much to the delight of the europhobes. But the mistake...
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This week has been rather kinder to me than last week, which ended with the attempted murder last Saturday of Bulgaria's Liberal leader as he made his valedictory address to his party's conference. I...
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MEPs trampled to Parliament through the snow in Strasbourg this week for our formal debates and votes. It was rain rather than snow which took me to my feet in the Chamber on Monday to argue for...
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Happy New Year! The EU institutions resumed business on Monday with Ireland taking the helm for the six month rotating Presidency of the European Council, though there were no meetings of national...
