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Russian gas supplies via the Yamal–Europe pipeline fall almost 77% in a single day, raising European gas prices to an all-time high. European Parliament lawmakers request investigations of market manipulation, although Gazprom's exports outside the former Soviet Union rose 15.3% year on year in the first nine months of 2021 and German utility Uniper confirms that Russia was fulfilling its contractual obligations.
2021-10-1

The European Parliament votes to strip Carles Puigdemont, Toni Comín, and Clara Ponsatí of their parliamentary immunity, allowing Spanish prosecutors to extradite them to Spain and prosecute them for sedition and embezzlement.
2021-03-9

The European Parliament votes to recognize Juan Guaidó as interim President of Venezuela.
2019-01-31

An Italian journalist to the European Parliament who was wounded during a terrorist attack in Strasbourg, France, dies of his injuries, raising the death toll to four.
2018-12-14

The European Parliament unanimously approves visa-free regime in the Schengen zone for Georgia.
2017-02-2

Antonio Tajani has been elected as new President of the European Parliament.
2017-01-17

Prime Minister David Cameron tells the House of Commons that legal experts advise that the UK-wide Brexit result binds the entire nation, even though Northern Ireland and Scotland voted to stay in the EU. Yesterday, both Scottish and Northern Irish representatives told the European Parliament's plenary session they will leave the UK if that is the required price to keep their homelands fully connected to Europe.
2016-06-29

Former United Kingdom Independence Party Member of the European Parliament Ashley Mote is jailed for 5 years for fraudulently claiming almost £500k in European Parliament expenses.
2015-07-13

European Commissioners debate a proposal to the European Parliament to accept a 40 per cent quota for women on corporate boards.
2012-10-23

The European Parliament rejects the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in a session with more than 470 votes against the treaty.
2012-07-4