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4th July 2014 / Politics / Elections

Politics: First plenary session of the new European Parliament

The 751 newly-elected MEPs gathered in Strasbourg on 1-3 July for the first plenary session to assume their jobs. The constitutive plenary marked the beginning of the 8th European Parliament´s term since 1979 when the EP was first directly elected. The MEPs´ first task was to elect the Parliament´s ...

27th June 2014 / Politics /

Politics: European Council nominates Jean-Claude Juncker as Commission President

On 26 and 27 June, the heads of state and government of the EU met in Ypres and Brussels at a European Council meeting. At the top of their agenda was the question of the nomination of the future European Commission President. Based on the Treaty of Lisbon wording that EP election results have to be...

22nd June 2014 / Politics /

Politics: EP center-right and center-left strike a deal

On Saturday 21 June, Socialist leaders of EU Member States held a mini-summit in Paris to discuss the future arrangement of key EU posts. The meeting hosted by President Hollande brought together PM´s of 7 EU States, the Austrian Chancellor and the French President. Earlier this month, center-right ...