The Latest Breaking News from European Parliament

Why you should care about the Greek wiretapping scandal

Greece’s national intelligence service surveilled an opposition figure, raising questions about privacy and democracy.

Al Jazeera · Sep 6, 2022

Irish celebs among 11,000 citizens on official EU petition seeking to end testing on animals

The petition aims to close loopholes in EU laws which continue to permit the testing of cosmetics on animals and their use in a range of other experiments

Irish Mirror · Sep 5, 2022

Ukraine PM urges EU to stay the course on war support

Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal urged the European Union on Monday to fulfil its financial and military aid commitments and maintain its support for Kyiv in the conflict with Russia, the head of the European Parliament said.

Reuters · Sep 5, 2022

EU parliament to help probe 'inexcusable' spying on Greek member

The European Parliament will cooperate with Greek authorities to investigate "intolerable and inexcusable" state spying on a Greek EU lawmaker, the spokesman for the head of the chamber said of the bloc's latest espionage scandal.

Reuters · Aug 17, 2022

Greek PM 'unaware' of prominent politician's wiretap

Greece’s prime minister says was unaware that the country’s intelligence service had been bugging the mobile phone of an opposition politician for three months

The Independent UK · Aug 8, 2022

Greece: Intelligence chief resigns amid spyware allegations

The head of Greece’s intelligence service and the general secretary of the prime minister’s office have resigned, amid allegations of the use of Predator surveillance software against a journalist and the head of an opposition party

The Independent UK · Aug 5, 2022

Italy's right-wing frontrunners see room to revamp national Recovery Plan

The Brothers of Italy party, in pole position for next month's elections, sees room to revamp parts of an European Union-funded investment programme to help the economy tackle an energy crisis and soaring costs, a party official said on Monday.

Reuters · Aug 1, 2022

Tehran Insists on Keeping Nuclear Talks, Washington Ready for All Scenarios

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian is insisting on Tehran’s demand to maintain the talks aimed at reviving the 2015 nuclear agreement, while the United States questioned the Iranian authorities’ will to accept a draft agreement recently amended by European Union Foreign Policy Chief Josep Borrell, who has been leading…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 30, 2022

European Parliament Vice President Eva Kaili and EU’s Peter Kerstens on MICA - Roll Call

Peter Kerstens of the European Union and Eva Kaili of European Parliament discuss the EU’s new rules for crypto.

Roll Call · Jul 29, 2022

The right to choose: EU lawmakers vote to protect abortion right after Roe v Wade overturned in US

The ruling by a majority of judges in the United States’ Supreme Court to overturn the right to a legal abortion across the entire country has also sent shockwaves through Europe. In our programme we examine abortion rights around the EU and look at how the situation might evolve.

France 24 · Jul 22, 2022