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Roberta Metsola is re-elected as President of the European Parliament with the highest number of votes ever registered for a candidate in the history of the European Parliament.
2024-07-16

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 lift the immunity of far-right MEP Ioannis Lagos, who was sentenced to 13 years in prison in 2020 for being a leader of Golden Dawn, a party linked to acts of racist and political violence. Belgian police arrest Lagos ahead of his likely extradition to Greece.
2021-04-27

Antonio Tajani, the current President of the European Parliament, accepts the offer of Silvio Berlusconi to stand as a candidate for Prime Minister of Italy for Forza Italia.
2018-03-2

The European Parliament approves a call to ban electric pulse fishing, seen by some as cruel.
2018-01-16

The European Parliament approves a resolution to mark the 100th anniversary of the Armenian genocide. [http:--www.bostonherald.com-news_opinion-international-europe-2015-04-eu_parliament_oks_resolution_to_remember_armenian_genocide (AP via "Boston Herald")]date=August 2019
2015-04-15

Violeta Bulc is nominated as Slovenia's new candidate for EU commissioner after the former prime minister Alenka Bratušek was rejected by the European Parliament.
2014-10-10

Luxembourg's Viviane Reding, Finland's Olli Rehn, Italy's Antonio Tajani and Poland's Janusz Lewandowski step down as EU commissioners in order to take office as newly elected members of the European Parliament.
2014-07-2

Italy's Five Star Movement joins the eurosceptic political group Europe of Freedom and Democracy in the European Parliament, a group otherwise dominated by the United Kingdom Independence Party.
2014-06-20

The European Parliament calls on Canada to ensure visa-free travel for all EU citizens in a wide-ranging resolution, while expressing hope that the EU-Canada summit will speed up negotiations on a comprehensive trade agreement.
2010-05-5