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Turkey must put its reform process at the center of domestic policy choices and commit "unequivocally" to democratic rules and principles, which are at the heart of the EU, the European Parliament said in a resolution on the 2014 reform progress in Turkey, while members of European Parliament (MEP) particularly underlined their concerns over the independence, impartiality and efficiency of the

With their votes, the Turkish people sent a strong message to President Recep Tayyip Erdo?an in Sunday?s free - if not really fair - election. 

“As an individual you have the right to intervene and say whatever you want, but, as a president of the European Parliament I believe that you don’t have the right to express the European Parliament and to intervene in Greece and to try to strangle it,” said SYRIZA MEP Manolis Glezos on Tuesday addressing Europarliament President Martin Schulz. “Those who believe that they can subordinate the G

The opening of Serbia's membership negotiations with the EU, the importance of regional cooperation and the need to make economic adjustments on the path to the EU dominated discussion at the 15th Economic Summit in Belgrade on June 8.

Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic on Monday in Belgrade received European Parliament (EP) Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister.

According to the government website, Vucic "thanked him for having a good and realistic approach towards Serbia as a candidate for EU membership."

The next round of Kosovo talks on June 23 "will be crucial for normalization of relations and opening of (EU) negotiating chapters for Serbia this year."

This is what European Parliament Rapporteur for Serbia David McAllister said in Belgrade on Monday.

Romanian MEP Cristian Preda has said he asked the European Parliament in Strasbourg to discuss the ongoing political crisis in Romania, arguing that because of what he calls a democratic deficit in Romania's Parliament, a hearing of Prime Minister Ponta is needed.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz urged Greece in a newspaper interview to accept a proposal by its international lenders for a cash-for-reforms deal, warning Athens that failing to reach an agreement would have «dramatic» consequences.

Five MEPs revealed the ambitious goals the European Parliament (EP) has set out to achieve in its post-2015 development agenda at a media seminar on the EU and Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which was held in Brussels on Tuesday.

With Friday's deadline for repaying over EUR 300 M of debt to the IMF drawing closer, Greece is racing against time to clinch a reforms-for-cash deal with its creditors that will help the country avert default.