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Elections to the European Parliament continues, with Ireland and the Czech Republic voting today.
2024-06-7

The EU Parliament votes 279–173, with 33 abstentions, in favor of the appointment of Wopke Hoekstra as the new EU Commissioner.
2023-10-5

The European Parliament votes in favour of an election law overhaul, to be confirmed and possibly amended by the European Council, that will create a 28-seat pan-EU constituency and introduce elections of the President of the European Commission by popular vote. The reform will also create the European Electoral Authority, introduce postal voting for all EU residents, lower the minimum age of candidates to 18 and fix elections on Europe Day, May 9.
2022-05-3

The Spanish Supreme Court revokes the immunity of jailed Oriol Junqueras declared by the European Court of Justice in a sentence on 19 December. This happens after the board of European Parliament recognized the former Vice President of Catalonia as a MEP since 3 July and was elected president of the Greens–European Free Alliance parliamentary group.
2020-01-9

Voters in Ireland and the Czech Republic head to the polls to vote for their country's representatives in the European Parliament.
2019-05-24

ALDE European Parliament group expels Catalan nationalist party PDECat amid corruption scandals that affect the CDC predecessor party.
2018-10-27

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 approves (372–124 with 54 abstentions) a European Commission plan to relocate 120,000 asylum seekers around the EU.
2015-09-17

Former Slovenian prime minister Alenka Bratušek withdraws her candidacy as Vice-President of the European Commission and as European Commissioner for Energy after having been rejected by the European Parliament.
2014-10-9

There is a row in the European Parliament as French and German MEPs attack Ireland's 12.5% corporate tax rate.
2010-11-30