The Latest Breaking News from Roberta Metsola

EU leaders' fate will be in lawmakers' hands from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since June elections, with a bolstered far right demanding more influence in the assembly.

Watch as the European Parliament met to elect its president and vice-presidents at a plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, 16 July.

Lawmakers will determine the fate of EU leaders from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since the elections in June. Tensions are high as the 720 lawmakers start their five-year term, with current European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's future in the balance.

EU leaders' fate will be in lawmakers' hands from Tuesday onwards as the European Parliament convenes for the first time since June elections, with a bolstered far right demanding more influence in the assembly.

Italy’s far-right premier Giorgia Meloni warns that ‘vote will decide our next five years’ as she seeks to usurp EU’s centrist hegemony

Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen was on Friday "hit" by a man on a Copenhagen square, her office said, with EU chiefs quickly condemning the attack.

False claims and fake videos spreading across continent with voting to being from Thursday

European parliament term ends with warnings about dangers of disinformation and authoritarian forces

EU leaders were Wednesday weighing the bloc's response to suspicions of Russian meddling ahead of June elections in the bloc, with calls for new sanctions to target "malign activities" by Moscow.

World Central Kitchen volunteers killed in strike were from the UK, Australia, Poland and Palestine and included a US-Canadian citizen

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had vetoed the aid package in December but joined other EU members in approving it at a summit in Brussels. His vote came with conditions the EU did not disclose.