European Parliament
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European Union: ‘To the polls on Sunday May 25 2014’
22 May 2013142PresseuropDe Morgen -
Portrait: Isabella Lövin – The MEP who never gives up
8 May 20134531 Fokus Stockholm -
European Elections: Reinforce the European Parliament, not the Commission
2 May 201327717 Dagens Nyheter Stockholm -
Hungary: ‘EU pressure on Orbán government’
18 April 2013403PresseuropLa Voix du Luxembourg -
EU budget: Negotiations to begin between member states and MEPs
14 March 2013991PresseuropAdevărul -
European Parliament: A loaded chamber
13 March 201312316 Financial Times London -
EU budget: MEPs set their conditions
11 March 2013444PresseuropEUobserver.com -
International Women's Day: Too many men at the top of the EU
8 March 2013725PresseuropLa Croix -
Data protection: A platform to flush out the lobbies
12 February 20132424PresseuropFrankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung -
European Parliament: Tackling the overfishing problem
8 February 201359PresseuropLibération, La Vanguardia, Le Monde, Süddeutsche Zeitung -
Rating agencies: European Parliament tightens the screws
17 January 2013459PresseuropLa Vanguardia, De Standaard -
Corruption: Austrian case renews call for EU prosecutor
17 January 20131096PresseuropEuropean Voice -
EU-funds: Spending still hard to control
8 January 20134317 De Standaard Brussels -
Democracy: Wooing Europe’s masses
4 January 201353898 Project Syndicate Prague -
Austria: A former MEP on trial for corruption
27 November 20123010PresseuropKleine Zeitung, Die Presse -
European Commission: Borg impresses MEPs as police grill Dalli
14 November 2012123PresseuropThe Times of Malta -
Zone euro : Doctor Merkel and her lethargic patients
8 November 20126531PresseuropSüddeutsche Zeitung, Le Temps -
European Institutions: Battle to put a woman on the ECB executive board
6 November 2012375PresseuropFinancial Times, Les Echos -
European Institutions: Growing mistrust between Europeans and their Parliament
6 November 20129022PresseuropInternational Herald Tribune -
European Parliament: Strasbourg’s EU capital status in question
29 October 20124013PresseuropLibération -
Institutions : Barroso utters the dreaded word
13 September 201212485PresseuropSvenska Dagbladet, Der Standard, România libera & 2 others -
Interview Part 2: Martin Schulz — “The European Parliament acts, heads of government don’t”
23 July 2012PresseuropBlog -
Interview Part 1: Martin Schulz — “Democracy in Europe needs to be defended”
20 July 2012PresseuropBlog -
Institutions: There’s a place for euro-heretics too
19 July 201213718 De Groene Amsterdammer Amsterdam -
Democracy: Time to elect the EU president
11 July 201230070 Fokus Stockholm -
Internet: MEPs vote down ACTA
4 July 2012496PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
Schengen Area : Member states draw MEPs’ ire
15 June 20124237PresseuropDilema Veche -
European parliament: ACTA to get the axe
1 June 201274PresseuropLibération, Les Echos -
Institutions: European Parliament - a democratic deficit
19 March 201224919 The Economist London -
Food: Europe’s mountain of leftovers
20 January 20122084PresseuropEl País -
European Parliament: Hurricane Schulz replaces Buzek the Calm
18 January 2012713PresseuropDer Spiegel, Financial Times Deutschland, Financial Times Deutschland & 2 others -
Hungary-EU: Brussels starts power struggle with Orbán
18 January 2012918PresseuropNépszabadság, Magyar Nemzet, Népszava -
Editorial: Elect the Commission
16 December 2011673Presseurop -
European Parliament: A code of conduct for MEPs
1 December 20111572PresseuropEl Mundo -
EU Budget: Brussels tightens belt
21 November 2011343PresseuropDziennik Gazeta Prawna -
Editorial: EU not out of the woods
28 October 2011482Presseurop -
Journalism: European prize contested
19 October 201139PresseuropExpressen -
Press review: Barroso goes for bravado
29 September 2011647Presseurop -
Climate change: Poland cold to more CO2 reductions
5 July 20112PresseuropRzeczpospolita -
European Parliament: Brussels readies for expenses scandal
22 June 2011PresseuropThe Independent -
Belarus: Europe speaks up for Poczobut
13 May 20111PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Interview: Antonio Tajani: “Citizens of Europe need responses that the member states cannot give on their own.”
10 May 2011PresseuropBlog -
European Parliament: Towards transnational Euro-elections
20 April 2011283PresseuropThe Daily Telegraph -
Corruption: Lobbying scandal forces EU's hand
1 April 2011402PresseuropPresseurop -
Corruption: Another MEP gets caught redhanded
28 March 201154PresseuropEl Mundo -
European Parliament: Three MEPs caught in lobby sting
21 March 20111391PresseuropThe Times -
European Parliament: Lazy MEPs unmasked
9 March 2011PresseuropEl Mundo -
European Parliament: MEPs want to bid Adieu to Strasbourg
11 February 201151PresseuropDe Standaard -
European Parliament : Freedom of information under threat
2 February 201163PresseuropEUobserver.com -
EU Presidency: Frosty reception for Viktor Orbán
20 January 2011PresseuropNépszabadság
Since her election to the European Parliament in 2009, the Swedish MEP Isabella Lövin has pursued just one goal: to stop overfishing. Even if she has to upset the routines of elected officials and throw certain local communities out of work. 
With what will likely be the automatic appointment of the next European Commission President, the result of May 2014 European elections should endow the Brussels executive with greater legitimacy. But is this desirable, wonders a Swedish columnist. 
The EU parliament’s capping of bank bonuses shows it has matured as a political force. 
Despite all the promises of transparency, European funds are still being used improperly by companies and member states, while fraud and misuse remain difficult to detect and rarely punished. 
Ahead of the 2014 European Parliament elections, the EU could learn much from the recent US presidential vote regarding how to engage with its citizens, gain legitimacy and achieve a louder voice on the international stage. 
In proposing a federation of nation states, the President of the European Commission has outlined an ambitious course of development for the EU. For the European press, however, such an initiative inevitably raises questions about the role of Brussels and the role of member states. 
MEPs and public servants in Brussels are frequently stereotyped as members of a “religion”. This is because they live in a blanket pro-European environment, writes a Dutch journalist. But different voices are now being heard. 
Why do Europeans know more about Obama and Romney than Barroso and Van Rompuy? Because they cannot elect the leaders of the EU, writes Swedish journalist Martin Ǻdahl. The best way to address this European "democratic deficit" would be to put the candidate to the electoral test. 
Although elected by universal suffrage, MEPs are not sovereign. Most of the time they must leave the last word to national governments. With everyone wanting a more democratic EU, its representative body still remains a weak link, writes The Economist's Charlemagne. 
The election of Martin Schulz as new president will pave the way for a change of atmosphere in the European Parliament. In the wake of the reign of the consensus-building Pole, Jerzy Buzek, the German socialist is intent on shaking up institutions in Brussels. 
After quibbling for several weeks, the European Commission launched three legal actions against the Hungarian government. But who will back down first – Budapest or Brussels? The Hungarian press is not expecting any great changes. 
In his “Speech of the Union” to the European Parliament on September 28, the President of the Commission sought to defend his institution and put forward concrete proposals to leave the crisis behind. But the European press has no illusions about his true room for manoeuvre. - 1 of 2
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