According to the EU Observer, the European Parliament has saved between €3 and €4 million of taxpayer's money by holding plenary (voting) sessions in Brussels since the collapse of the roof of the Strasbourg Parliament in August. Whilst I am...

MEPS display just how out of touch with current reality they are by moving ahead with plans for a luxury swimming pool and gym. And you have no way of knowing whether or not your MEP voted for this. The decision by the European Parliament to go ahead with building a nine million euro gym and pool in Brussels which only MEPs and Parliament staff can access shows how out of touch current MEPs are,&n...

The European Union is slowly trying to rewrite history to its own benefit. We have the President of the Parliament's own little vanity project, the House of European History, which is causing controversy, and we have the Euro Clio project, with its slightly sinister subset Connecting Europe. According to Euro Clio Education policies and regulations are commonly decided by national governments...

Süddeutsche Zeitung reports that discussions about the controversial second pension scheme for MEPs continue today, as the European Parliament is due to vote in a plenary session on whether to cover the pension’s deficit, estimated at around €120 million, with funds from the EU budget.

From the BBC. Solidarity leader Tommy Sheridan has confirmed he will stand as a candidate in the European elections taking place in June. But the socialist politician and former celebrity Big Brother housemate will not take up his seat in the European Parliament in Brussels if he wins. He will attempt to become a Euro MP as part

THE British National Party's first two Euro-MPs have been asked to leave one of the main drinking haunts of European Parliament staff and MEPs in Brussels.

Brussels, Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest, Belgium European Parliament (136.173.162.144) [Label IP Address] lookingforavoice.blogspot.com/2009/02/mea-culpa-thatcher-to-crawl-on-her.html lookingforavoice.blogspot.com/ maryhoneyballmep.wordpress.com/wp-admin/ And good Morning to you as well Mary Honeyball MEP, can I say that you have driven somebody in his youth was excited by the European Project as...

This research project was conducted by leading public affairs and communications consultancy, Fleishman-Hillard. It contains the results of a survey of 110 Members of the European Parliament conducted between 1 April and 1 May 2009. The main focus is on how MEPs use digital tools (blogs, wikis, websites, Internet, online videos and Web 2.0 social networking websites) to communicate with voters and...

The European Parliament has had some early discussions today of a super new project to promote voting in the European election in June. The idea discussed at a meeting this morning is to put hi-tech booths in city squares all over the European Union's 27 countries so citizens can "send a message to Brussels". When I heard about the idea I didn't know whether to laugh at the inevitable ou...

One of my little pet hates about the European Union is how it is slowly trying to rewrite history to its own benefit. We have the President of the Parliament's own little vanity project, the European House of History, which Bruno Waterfield Telegraph, and we have the Euro Clio project, with its slightly sinister subset Conecting Europe. Education policies and regulations are commonly decided ...