Roberta Metsola and David Casa elected EPP group coordinators
Metsola was elected EPP group coordinator within the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, while David Casa was elected as coordinator within the Employment and...
Updated | David-Maria Sassoli elected European Parliament president
Italian lawmaker David-Maria Sassoli with the centre-left Socialists and Democrats has been elected president of the European Parliament for the next two and a half years with 345...
Sant’s parting shot to MEPs: ‘Parliament gave in to facile stigmatisation of Malta’

Labour MEP Alfred Sant abstains on resolution dealing with MEPs’ right of inquiry over way Malta was ‘stigmatised’ by European Parliament

Labour MEP Alfred Sant abstains on resolution dealing with...

[WATCH] Miriam Dalli’s new EU car emissions regulation signed into law

The Labour MEP said this was the last step towards a law that effectively reduces CO2 emissions in all EU member states, including Malta

The Labour MEP said this was the last step towards a law...

Terrorist content online should be removed within one hour, European Parliament decides

Companies that systematically and persistently fail to abide by the law may be sanctioned with up to 4% of their global turnover

Companies that systematically and persistently fail to...

Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca elected president of European children’s rights network

The former president was uncontested for the role in an organisation that has 176 members in 34 countries

The former president was uncontested for the role in an...

Metsola’s EU border guards law gets strong approval from European Parliament

‘Metsola law’ will see addition of 10,000 European border and coast guards in times of migration crisis

‘Metsola law’ will see addition of 10,000...

[WATCH] Miriam Dalli makes case for 16-year-old voting across the EU

The Labour MEP urges EU member states to extend voting rights to 16-year-olds...

The Labour MEP urges EU member states to extend voting...

[WATCH] Europe must ensure Libya does not end up a ‘foyer for terrorism’, Alfred Sant warns

Labour MEP Alfred Sant says Europeans must show they have welfare of Libyan people at heart not oil

Labour MEP Alfred Sant says Europeans must show they have...

Update 2 | Rescued migrants from Alan Kurdi brought to Malta for resettlement

The NGO rescue vessel Alan Kurdi rescued the 64 migrants off the Libyan coast and has been at sea for more than 10 days 

The NGO rescue vessel Alan Kurdi rescued the 64...

Theresa May agrees to extend Brexit until October

European Union leaders have granted the UK a six-month extension to Brexit,...

European Union leaders have granted the UK a six-month...

EU targets Brexit delay of up to a year

Britain’s membership could be extended to March 2020

Britain’s membership could be extended to March 2020

European leaders scramble for consensus ahead of Brexit emergency meeting

British Prime Minister Theresa May is holding last-minute talks with leaders Germany and France as she urges EU leaders to back her request for a Brexit delay...

British Prime Minister Theresa May is holding last-minute...

Theresa May asks EU for Brexit extension until 30 June

With the Brexit deadline due next week, British Prime Minister Theresa May...

With the Brexit deadline due next week, British Prime...

European Parliament votes in favour of 10-day leave for new fathers

The directive will also grant four months of parental leave of which two months...

The directive will also grant four months of parental leave...

Theresa May to ask EU for another Brexit extension

Following seven hours of cabinet meetings, Theresa May said she would again ask...

Following seven hours of cabinet meetings, Theresa May said...

Will it be third time lucky for May's Brexit agreement?

UK MPs will today be voting on the withdrawal agreement part of the Brexit...

UK MPs will today be voting on the withdrawal agreement...

MEPs approve rule of law resolution targeting Malta and Slovakia

European Parliament approves rule of law resolution with 398 votes in favour...

European Parliament approves rule of law resolution with...

EU to get 10,000 border guards with new agency

EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to set up a new border...

EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to...

European Parliament backs Miriam Dalli’s CO2 emissions deal

Commissioner for climate action Miguel Arias Cañete praised the Labour...

Commissioner for climate action Miguel Arias Cañete...