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The European Parliament recognizes Venezuelan exiled presidential candidate Edmundo González as the country's president.
2024-09-19

The European Parliament votes to grant visa-free travel for Kosovo citizens to any country that is part of the Schengen Area. The policy will be in effect no later than January 2024.
2023-04-18

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

Citizens in Latvia, Malta, Slovakia and the French overseas territories head to the polls to vote in the latest European Parliament election. Additionally, voting in the Czech Republic continues for the second day.
2019-05-25

The European Parliament votes 448–197 to trigger article 7 against Hungary for flouting the rule of law in the country.
2018-09-12

The European Parliament's first debate on the UK's vote to leave is marked by bitter exchanges as prominent pro-Brexit figure Nigel Farage is booed and heckled by members of the European Parliament and European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker is heckled after saying that he is neither a robot nor a bureaucrat.
2016-06-28

The European Parliament adopts a resolution calling for the introduction of an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia, saying the United Kingdom, France and other EU governments should no longer sell weapons to a country accused of targeting civilians in Yemen.
2016-02-25

The European Parliament passes a symbolic motion calling for the break-up of American tech giant Google.
2014-11-27

Kader Arif, the European Parliament's rapporteur for the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), resigns amid protests against the treaty.
2012-01-27

Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas, who has staged more than 20 hunger strikes, is awarded the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought by the European Parliament.
2010-10-21