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The court seems to think the EU has a "democratic deficit" that is best filled at the national level, not through the European Parliament.

"There is talk of an apocalypse and I think the word is particularly well chosen, " he said in remarks to the European Parliament.

Like the U. S. Congress, the European Parliament is pushing for even bolder moves, like green tariffs and a true industrial policy.

His last job was as a member of the European Parliament, a distinguished and passionate member of an often undistinguished institution.

The only certainty is the signing of the pact with Colombia and Peru, which then must be approved by the European Parliament.

He said that the European Parliament adopted a resolution of the situation in Tibet is hypocritical , no vision and irresponsible.

it also involves the ever-more powerful, and stroppy, European Parliament, in its own gigantic crystal palace down the road.

A report commissioned by the European Parliament on the draft concluded that it was "poorly constructed, ill-focused and premature. "

In Strasbourg, home of the European Parliament, rioters threw petrol bombs into a primary school.

The directive also needs to be agreed by the European parliament, where some members have expressed support for the tougher controls.

THE big story in Romania is the fate of Adrian Severin, a former foreign minister and a member of the European Parliament.

The European Parliament does not come out of this theory well, of course.

After that, the EU's Council of Ministers as well as the European Parliament will take a crack at modifying them.

It was then that the idea of a European parliament first saw the light of day.

Extra power for the European Parliament will combine with majority voting to make it harder for dissenting countries to restrain others.

The European Parliament has voted to tighten rules on pesticide use and ban at least 22 chemicals deemed harmful to human health.

ON WEDNESDAY October 21st the European Parliament narrowly voted to throw out a resolution expressing concern over media rights in Italy.

Details of the plan were announced at the European Parliament in Strasbourg by the Commissioner for External Relations, Chris Patten.

Verhofstadt calls for an extension of democracy in Brussels, specifically more powers for the European Parliament.

The European Parliament approved free-trade agreements between the European Union and Colombia, Peru and six Central American countries.

American diplomats work hard to develop ties with an increasingly powerful European Parliament.

Left-wing members of the European Parliament are in a quandary. They want "more Europe" , but in this case more Europe means more austerity.

Mr Van Rompuy will officially take office from January 1, while Lady Ashton is expected to be confirmed by the European parliament.

Another used to be in the European Parliament.

The European Commission has welcomed the European Parliament voting in favour yesterday of a new legal framework for ITS.

Almost two and a half years ago, with Europe deep in economic recession, elections were held to the European parliament.

After a speech to the European Parliament this week, he stated that he would naturally "be taking initiatives" next year.

This suggests that the G20 expects that the European parliament will pass their individual votes on the EFSF in the next few weeks.

The EU is a "racket" , thundered Mr Farage, who sits in the European Parliament for the United Kingdom Independence Party (UKIP).

The European Parliament voted for a ban on food from clones and their descendants last month, but this has yet to become law.

In my view, with the implementation of the Lisbon Treaty, a new European Parliament is now emerging.

The European Parliament operates by consensus, like a giant coalition government.

"We're at a crossroads in European history, " said Emine Bozkurt, a Dutch MEP who heads the anti-racism lobby at the European parliament.

Germany faces elections to the European Parliament in June and a national poll in the autumn.

The European Parliament is the great disappointment of the European project.

The answer is "not nearly enough" , and the political price may be high at next summer's European parliament elections.

The European Parliament has been evolving from a common assembly to a supranational parliament but with limited powers.

The European People's Party, the centre-right group in the European Parliament, has called for a broader inquiry.

Subject to agreement by the European Parliament the rules will impose a number of constraints on the industry.

More recently, the 32-year-old refused his request that she should stand for election to the European Parliament in June.

Elmar Brok, a veteran German member of the European Parliament, says events in Poland were "fundamental" in bringing down the Berlin Wall.

Working in the European Parliament must be a rewarding experience.

The European Union delegation in Beijing, members of the European Parliament, and the Australian government have also expressed concern.

To a large degree, the hearings in the European parliament which Barroso's new team is required to undergo will amount to a tedious charade.

European Parliament whose members are directly elected by citizens across the EU.

We urge the European parliament to stop the confrontational and provocative act and do more in the interest of China-EU relations.

The European Parliament declared this month that such quotas should be applied throughout the EU.

The European Parliament, in which voters from small countries such as Malta have far more weight than Germans, is not up to the job.

Jobbik, a far-right party that plays on anti-gypsy sentiment, is likely to win a seat in the European parliament in elections next month.

Even the European Parliament has weighed in, criticising any sanctions imposed without judicial oversight.

Euro-dreamers say a fiscal-transfer union could be built on the legitimacy of the European Parliament.

As a member of the European Parliament, he promoted the EU aspirations of central Europe.

Under the Nice treaty, new voting weights and seats in the European Parliament must be fixed for Croatia or any country that joins after it.

In the plush surroundings of the European Parliament in Strasbourg, a continental breakfast is a common sight.

The European Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs voted Monday to propose sweeping limitations on the patentability of software.

I think today's informal dialogue is a good form. So too are the "China Week" activities at the European Parliament.

In 2009 there will be new presidents of the European Commission and of the European Parliament.

The new reform treaty, agreed upon by EU leaders in October, awards greater authority to the directly elected European Parliament.

Last week, Conservative MEPs hosted a conference of global warming sceptics at the European Parliament in Brussels.

European Parliament member states meet in Bucharest, Romania, to develop systems of transparent governance.

The revised version is being scrutinised by the Council of Ministers before it goes to the European Parliament.

The European Parliament deregulated package sizes for most pre-packaged products, except for staple beverages and foods.

The Tibetan winner of the Nobel peace prize is also due to address the European parliament and talk to other leaders.

The European Parliament is the "big failure" of the European project, says one senior EU official.

The European Parliament has asked the European Commission to review the constitution, saying it fails to protect basic rights.

A controversial European Parliament report, however, spoke of hundreds of so-called "rendition" flights.

The European Parliament will throw its weight around, using new powers from the Lisbon treaty to oversee almost all areas of EU regulation.

The European Parliament would like to further its friendly relations and cooperation with China's NPC to boost the EU-China relations.

What about the German idea to give more power to the European Parliament?

Another is negotiation with the European Parliament: important, but hardly glamorous.

A separate study for the European Parliament examined the transfer of steel production to China from Germany.

The European parliament this week backed a boycott of the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics in August.

After a vote of approval in the European Parliament, the new European Commission began work, three months later than originally scheduled.

IT WAS formally one election to a single body, the European Parliament.

He points out that Sweden's Pirate party, which wants to legalise internet filesharing, has won a seat in the European parliament.

On June 4th Gordon Brown may be mortally wounded by nothing grander than election results for the European Parliament.

Ms Kroes signalled that the European Commission had concerns about the law during an appearance before the European parliament last week.

Yet campaigning ahead of this weekend's election to the European Parliament has been neither.

The EU is not a democratic state and the European Parliament is not a proper legislature, it said.

These umbrella parties, matched by parallel groups in the European Parliament, are barely known to the voters.

On our part, we always attach great importance to cooperation and exchange with the European Parliament.

This would finally put Italy in line with the demands of the Council of Europe and the European parliament.

This is I suggest should also be our response to the recent noises made by European parliament and U. S House of Representatives.

Lawmakers in the European Parliament soon endorsed the vote and member states gave their unanimous support.

The average EU-wide turnout was 43%, the lowest since the first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979.

A bigger test for the likes of Jobbik will come in this summer's European parliament elections.

Left-wing members of the European Parliament are in a quandary.

Last month, the European parliament voted overwhelmingly for the European Union to accept detainees.

The proposal was submitted by European Parliament member (MEP) Jules Maaten of the Dutch conservative VVD party.

Taiwan is celebrating a friendly resolution from the European Parliament, and dishing out aid to Haiti.

On 20 January, the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) adopted a resolution on China's human rights situation.

Governing conservatives in France, Germany, Italy and Poland emerged winners in the voting to select the European Parliament's 736 deputies.

A file photo of EU flag. The European Parliament has banned the terms 'Miss' and 'Mrs' in case they offend female MEPs.

The biggest and grandest building is the European Parliament, where MEPs talk a lot about foreign policy but have little clout.

A: We have taken note of the European parliament's criticism on China's policy toward Africa.

The European Parliament represents the European public opinion.

This may have won cheers in the European Parliament, but it went down badly in capitals.

New laws need the backing of ministers from national governments and the elected European Parliament.

Many national leaders heartily detest the European Parliament.

The European Parliament is a poor substitute for national legislatures.

The ruling is a "heavy blow" to the European Parliament, concludes Mr Schorkopf.

When the delegates exited some 20 minutes later, Mr Gollnischcarried the blue sash of the European Parliament folded in his hand.

The European Parliament has voted to back a call for national sports teams to wear the EU flag on their shirts.

Now, under an obscure article of the Lisbon treaty, it is being revived in the European Parliament.

So does Germany, Europe's largest economy, and in June the whole 27-country European Union votes in elections for the European Parliament.

The European Parliament, self-aggrandising and mediocre, cannot fill the democratic deficit.

The European Parliament has prohibited the use of the terms "Mrs" and "Miss" in case they upset female MEPs.

Meanwhile, the center-right looks like it will again hold power in the European Parliament itself.

Mr Gollnisch even wore a bright blue sash of the European Parliament.

The European parliament's resolution also mentioned China's arms sales to Africa.

Or a new supervisory role for euro-zone governments, or, heaven forbid, the useless European Parliament?

On Tuesday, the European Parliament will vote on the climate package.

He spoke to the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France.

In 2008, for instance, the European Parliament rejected body scanners, which work like big X-ray machines.

In this regard, the European Parliament can play a unique and important role.

The European Parliament backed the readmission accord Tuesday with a vote of 382 to 250.

The plan must now be approved by the European Parliament.

It's a pleasure to meet so many young people at the European Parliament.

It is part of the Union for Europe group in the European Parliament.

"I'm not sure that speculation is the major culprit for what we're observing, " he told a European Parliament hearing yesterday.

His future lies in the hands of the European Parliament.

She is to stand as a Member of the European Parliament.

In fact, last April, the European Parliament called for countries to take steps to reduce exposure to EMFs.

The incendiary comments were made in Topolanek's report to MEPs at the European parliament in Strasbourg on last week's EU summit.

THE European Parliament will hold a delayed vote on Tuesday February 9th to confirm the appointment of 26 new EU commissioners.

Next week the European Parliament will vote on the final package, which is due to come into force in April 2007.

The communication from the EC to the Council and the European Parliament was issued on October 31.

The European Parliament will want more power.

Earlier this year the European Parliament voted to increase recycling rates by 2020 to 50% of municipal waste and 70% of industrial waste.

And where national vetoes are eroded, there is the European Parliament.

I am very pleased to participate in this informal dialogue with the European Parliament on China.

They want to establish a common position before the dossier goes to the European Parliament.

In 2006, the European Parliament adopted a Council of Europe recommendation that a right of reply be imposed on the online media.

No, says the European Parliament.

The European Parliament recognized the work of the Fairtrade movement with a resolution last year.

Good evening. Welcome to the "Chinese New Year in the European Parliament" .

Vatanen was re-elected for the 2004 European Parliament, but lost his seat last month.

Meanwhile, the European Parliament awaits, with 1, 600 amendments.

The Dalai Lama is also due to visit the Czech Republic and Belgium, where he will address the European parliament on December 4.

The ministers' agreement will now go to the European Parliament, which could propose changes.

This gave us a seat in the European parliament for the first time.

In order to pass, the plan needs the approval of all EU member nations along with the European Parliament.

The European Parliament's Paris office, for example, has launched citizens' forums around France to explain what the parliament does.

They are cheered by last year's elections to the European Parliament, in which the Conservatives won the most votes, by a narrow margin.

A study for the European Parliament last year found that seven of the union's 27 members outlaw online gambling.

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