The Latest Breaking News from the European Parliament

Heartbroken Jackie worked tirelessly to have measures introduced and Coco’s Law came into effect in Ireland in February 2021

Nicole Fox took her own life in 2018 when she was 21 after years of vile abuse and online death threats. Heartbroken Jackie worked tirelessly to have measures introduced and Coco’s Law came into effect in Ireland in February 2021.

The fallout continues from Emmanuel Macron's remarks about China and the US. On his way back from a state visit to China, the French president said that Europe should not be a "follower" of either Washington or Beijing, or get caught up in any escalation. Despite the resulting backlash on…

Companies deploying generative AI tools, such as ChatGPT, will have to disclose any copyrighted material used to develop their systems, according to an early EU agreement that could pave the way for the world's first comprehensive laws governing the technology. The European Commission began drafting the AI Act nearly two…

The Committee to Protect Journalists says the European Union needs to do more to protect media workers.

After grappling with the consequences of the driest summer in several hundred years, Europe has also had to deal with a winter drought this year. Various European governments are warning of critical water shortages, as low rainfall leaves rivers depleted. This April, the Italian government tabled a "drought" decree in…

European Union parliamentarians on Tuesday gave the green light for citizens from Kosovo to travel freely in Europe without visas from next year. Kosovo, once a Serbian province in the former Yugoslavia, is the last territory in the Western Balkans without visa-free travel to the EU's Schengen travel area.

The European Parliament on Tuesday adopted three climate laws that lie at the heart of the EU's policy of slashing greenhouse emissions by at least 55 percent by the year 2030.

BRUSSELS: The European Parliament approved a landmark deforestation law on Wednesday to ban imports into the EU of coffee, beef, soy and other commodities if they are linked to the destruction of the world’s forests.

The European Parliament adopted sweeping climate measures on Tuesday aimed at massively cutting EU greenhouse emissions, including the introduction of a carbon border tax on imports.

The European Parliament on Tuesday approved sweeping reforms to make EU climate change policies more ambitious, including an upgrade of the bloc's carbon market that is set to hike the cost of polluting in Europe.