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NEWS ABOUT: European Parliament

European Parliament stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - Silvio Berlusconi's antics with models and call girls have threatened to derail his government, but the woman at the center of the sex-and-corruption scandal says she's seen it all before. "This is how Italy always works," Patrizia D’Addario tells the Financial Times. The hooker says she came... More »

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prostitution • Italy • corruption • Silvio Berlusconi • prostitute • call girl • European Parliament • Veronica Lario • Patrizia D'Addario

(Newser) - The global recession has sparked a conservative, anti-immigrant impulse in Europe—see the right’s victory in European Parliament elections—and US liberals should take notice, Michael Lind writes for Salon. Though “it would be a mistake to read too much into the elections” as the “European Parliament... More »

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immigration • European Union • conservative • United States • recession • racism • Democratic Party • European Parliament

 Brown Survives Party Revolt 


Jun 8, 09 4:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - British PM Gordon Brown survived a rowdy party meeting today despite Labour’s dismal election results and a backbencher uprising, the Guardian reports. 16 Labour parliamentarians spoke in defense of Brown and five called for his resignation in the wake of a high-profile financial scandal. “You solve the problem... More »

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United Kingdom • Gordon Brown • Labour Party • Conservative Party • European Parliament • election results

(Newser) - Sweden’s Pirate Party scored a major victory last night, capturing one of the country’s 18 seats in the European parliament, AFP reports. The party—which advocates for the legalization of peer-to-peer file sharing, stronger digital privacy protections, and reforms in copyright law—was formed in 2006 and saw... More »

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copyright law • file sharing • The Pirate Bay • election • peer-to-peer • European Parliament • Internet privacy • Pirate Party

 EU Election Pounds Left 

Low turnout across 27 nations leads to extremist gains

Jun 8, 09 4:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - The center-right won a clear victory in this weekend's European parliament elections, while a record low turnout helped far-right and extremist groups make gains across the 27-nation bloc, the BBC reports. The ruling conservative parties in France, Germany and Italy performed well, while in Britain Labor came in a dismal... More »

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European Union • Labour Party • UMP • Jose Manuel Barroso • CDU • parliamentary elections • election • People of Freedom • European Parliament

27 Nations Vote in Massive EU Election

Across continent,
angry voters set to punish ruling parties

Jun 4, 09 6:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - Citizens of 27 nations begin voting today for elections to the European Parliament, and across the continent voters are expected to punish ruling parties and encourage the opposition, including the extreme right. From Ireland to France to Hungary, governments are braced for a protest vote spurred by the economic meltdown,... More »

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Angela Merkel • European Union • Europe • Gordon Brown • Brussels • Geert Wilders • parliamentary elections • election • European Parliament

EU Honors Chinese Dissident, Enraging Beijing

Hu Jia is serving a prison sentence for 'subversion'

Oct 23, 08 3:26 PM CDT
(Newser) - A move by the European Parliament to award a major human-rights prize to a Chinese dissident has Beijing outraged on the eve of a summit on the economic crisis, the Telegraph reports. The government denounced as “gross interference in China's domestic affairs” news that the jailed Hu Jia had... More »

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China • human rights • prison • Nicolas Sarkozy • political prisoner • dissidents • Jose Manuel Barroso • Hu Jia • European Parliament • Sakharov Prize

EU Blasts Italy Over Gypsy Fingerprinting

Proposal to fight crime is racist and must stop, parliament says

Jul 10, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Italy’s mandatory fingerprinting of its Gypsy minority is "an act of discrimination based on race and ethnic origin" and should be stopped, the European Parliament said in a resolution passed today. The assembly voted 336-220, with 77 abstentions, to condemn the practice—though the resolution is not binding,... More »

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Italy • homeland security • fingerprinting • European Parliament • Gypsy • Roma people

Maddy's Parents Ignored Her Crying: Police

McCanns angry over leak as they promote EU Amber Alert system

Apr 11, 08 4:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Maddy McCann scolded her parents on the morning she vanished for ignoring her sobs the previous night, and her parents promised to keep a better eye on her, the London Times reports. The leaked transcripts of police interviews with Kate and Gerry McCann surfaced as the McCanns visited Brussels to... More »

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Madeleine McCann • Portugal • smear campaign • Gerry McCann • Kate McCann • Amber Alert • European Parliament

EU May Name Censorship a Trade Barrier

Measure takes aim at the 'Great Firewall
of China'; would inject web into trade talks

Feb 28, 08 2:33 PM CST
(Newser) - The EU is out to hack down the Great Firewall of China, Ars Technica reports. A new proposal would classify the web censorship China and other oppressive regimes employ as a trade barrier, an approach its creator calls “unusual, but effective.” The measure already sailed through the European... More »

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China • European Union • censorship • trade • web traffic • Internet censorship • web censorship • Great Firewall of China • European Parliament

Europe Moves to Fingerprint Travelers

Privacy advocates fret, but US, Japan already have similar policies

Feb 12, 08 1:25 PM CST
(Newser) - Just as Washington is pushing Europe to increase security, the European Parliament is considering fingerprinting every international traveler who enters or leaves the continent, the Washington Post reports. “It’s the only way to be really sure about identifying people,” an official said. The US backs the measure,... More »

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biometrics • European Union • airport security • border security • European Parliament

Kenyan Police Fire on Protesters

Odinga says 7 killed, calls for sanctions

Jan 17, 08 8:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Kenyan police clashed with protesters in the streets of Nairobi today; opposition leader Raila Odinga claims seven were killed as police fired on angry crowds protesting president Mwai Kibaki’s disputed reelection. One witness said police fired live rounds “indiscriminately,” despite assurances that only batons and teargas were... More »

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Kenya • European Union • protests • Mwai Kibaki • Raila Odinga • batons • international sanctions • tear gas • European Parliament

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