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Parliament recognises Salome Zourabichvili as Georgia’s legitimate presidentCall for EU sanctions against leading Georgian politiciansNew elections are only way out of the current political crisis in GeorgiaMEPs call on the international community to join the boycott of Georgia’s...

Welcoming the Commission’s communication on the next long-term EU budget, the Budgets Committee Chair and the co-rapporteurs emphasise the importance of accountability in a joint statement. The Chair of the Budgets Committee, Johan Van Overtveldt (ECR, Belgium), and co-rapporteurs on the...

The update will notably require that VAT be paid for services provided through online platforms, putting an end to an unfair distortion of competition. It will also fight VAT fraud. On Wednesday, Parliament’s plenary approved the changes to the rules that member states indicated in November...

On Tuesday, the Chair of the Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada, Ruslan Stefanchuk, addressed a formal sitting of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Welcoming Mr Stefanchuk to the hemicycle, European Parliament President Roberta Metsola said: “I am proud that this Parliament has stood with Ukraine...

MEPs remain worried about persistently high inflation and its effect on lower-income groupsECB should draw up a “Geopolitics plan” to assess impact of conflicts on price stabilityECB should not decide on its own when and how to introduce a digital euroPlenary adopted recommendations to...

Statement of the Conference of Presidents on continuing the unwavering EU support for Ukraine, after three years of Russia’s full-scale war of aggression. Three years have passed since the Russian Federation launched its unprovoked, unjustified and illegal full-scale war of aggression against...

“Europe mourns those who have been lost” in ÖrebroChairman Ruslan Stefanchuk of the Verkhovna Rada to address MEPs to mark the third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of UkraineInternational Holocaust Remembrance Day: interruptions to solemn sitting were “disgraceful” President...

The EU Commission presented its strategy today to make e-commerce safer and more sustainable for Europeans. Reacting to the Commission’s approach to addressing the challenges posed by e-commerce imports, Internal Market Committee Chair Anna Cavazzini (Greens/EFA, DE) said: “I welcome this...

At the informal European Council meeting on defence, the European Parliament President Metsola outlined her vision on how Europe can and must strengthen its own security and defence. “More action, more financing and more cooperation”, must be the EU’s goals, she argued. “First, we...

In a report adopted by the Foreign Affairs Committee on Thursday, MEPs want the EU to strengthen its defence capacity against a backdrop of multiple security threats. The report, originally prepared by MEPs on the Committee on Security and Defence, emphasises the absolute need for the EU to...