Martin Schulz

“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

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.

European parliament head Martin Schulz on June 2 said he was limiting access to the institution to the Russian ambassador to the EU and one other diplomat in retaliation for a travel ban imposed by Moscow on 89 European citizens -- many of them Kremlin critics.

European Parliament President Martin Schulz has said he is to block access of Russia's envoy to the EU Vladimir Chizhov to his institution.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble accused Greece's ruling Syriza party of misleading voters at the last election by promising they could stay in the euro without having to face major reforms.

European Union Affairs Minister Volkan Bozk?r has sent letters to senior European Parliament figures, urging them to consider proposals to amend an upcoming report on Turkey, warning that Ankara has "sensitivities over three topics in particular."

An exit from the euro would be devastating for Greece's economy, European Parliament chief Martin Schulz said Thursday, affirming European Union solidarity with the debt-wracked member state.

German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble raised the prospect Monday of Greece holding a referendum on its EU-IMF bailout, saying it could finally resolve the drawn-out crisis.

Schaeuble's comments came ahead of the latest meeting of eurozone finance ministers aimed at thrashing out a deal with Greece's new leftist government.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban doesn't plan to reintroduce the death penalty, his chief of staff Janos Lazar said on Thursday.

The statement came after the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker warned Orban would be in for "a fight" if he considered restoring capital punishment which is outlawed in the EU.

Romania and Bulgaria should be treated like all the other 26 member states of the European Union as regards the Cooperation and Verification Mechanism (CVM) on the Judiciary, Prime Minister Victor Ponta said on Tuesday in Strasbourg.