Politics has been reduced to the level of Citzalia, an online game in which you play at taking part in the European Parliament, says Christopher Booker

Here’s how the BBC describes its new Democracy Live website, which covers the Westminster Parliament, the European Parliament, the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly: It brings together for the first time in the BBC, live and on demand video coverage of proceedings in our national political institutions and the European Parliament.

“I believe there is only one way out of this national crisis we face. We need a massive, sweeping, radical redistribution of power. From the state to citizens; from the government to parliament; from Whitehall to communities; from Brussels to Britain; from judges to the people; from bureaucracy to democracy. Through decentralisation, transparency and accountability, we must take power away f...

As the drip-drip of expenses allegations continue to emerge in Westminster, is there any implication for Brussels, the EU of course not being well known for its standards of propriety among its politicians…? The specific point relates to the European Commission - what impact will all of the goings-on in Westminster have on the UK’s choice of

Amazing, almost cinematic scenes at Westminster last night as a young, naive idealist arrived at Parliament, saw the corruption around him and declared he would do all in his power to end it. Our democracy, he said… …cannot operate like some gentleman’s club where the members make up the rules and operate them among themselves. What passion.

David Miliband, the foreign secretary, has in recent weeks launched a typically New Labour, McCarthyite attack on the Conservative party for teaming up with some east European political parties in the European parliament who are alleged to hold anti-semitic, homophobic and ‘neo-Nazi’ views. However, since the European Parliament is clearly not where significant power lies in Brussels, ...

TOMORROW'S elections to the European Parliament look like being the most unpredictable and volatile since Britain joined the EU 35 years ago.

MEDIAFREEDOM, the media asset management platform developed by Twofour, is helping the European Parliament communicate to citizens, ahead of the European Elections on June 4th. Online videos, on the multilingual EuroparlTV, are reminding citizens that “It’s your choice” - future news headlines may well be defined by how people vote in the European Elections; covering issues from GM food and pro...

Neil Craig writes: About 11,000 workers from the steel industry in European countries gathered on Tuesday in Brussels to protest the European Union's climate change policy which they fear might make them lose their jobs. The European Parliament and the French Presidency of the European Union agreed Monday on details of future targets on emissions from cars, setting the target for 2020 at 95 g CO2 ...

Brussels declares US laws on online ­gambling and the arrest of European gaming company directors were illegal and had obstructed legitimate commercial activity