Ska Keller

Strasbourg – MEPs from the majority of political groups in the European Parliament sent PM Janez Janša some stark messages about the rule of law after he presented Slovenia’s EU presidency priorities in the Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. His European People’s Party (EPP) too urged him to promptly appoint European delegated prosecutors.

David-Maria Sassoli, an Italian member of the Socialists & Democrats bloc, has been elected as the next president of the European parliament after two rounds of voting in the Strasbourg-based legislature.

In the second round Sassoli received 345 votes, well over the absolute majority required from the 667 eligible votes.

European Union lawmakers are calling for an arms embargo on Saudi Arabia as well as a ban on equipment that could be used in any government crackdown.

Premier Viorica Dancila sent President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker and Commission First Vice-President Frans Timmermans a letter, the EU executive body confirmed on Friday.

We can confirm having received the letter and the answer will follow in due time, a spokesperson of the European Commission said on Friday, at the request of AGERPRES.

The supremacy of justice and corruption is not just a problem for Bulgaria. This thesis was echoed by the Co-Chairman of the Green / European Free Alliance Parliamentary Group in the European Parliament, Ska Keller. She joined the protests against the construction of Pirin last night and today will check the situation on the spot and talk to the residents of Bansko.

Prime Minister Boyko Borisov announced to the European Parliament that he is a "green man", rejected accusations by MEPs that his government opens the door for the construction of Pirin and guarantees that only a second lift in Bansko will be built and nothing more.

The five EU Commission President candidates clashed Thursday evening in a televised debate in the European Parliament chamber in Brussels.

It was their last meeting ahead of the upcoming European elections next week and also the first in which Greek leftist coalition SYRIZA's leader Alexis Tsipras, the European Left Party nominee, took part.

SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras, who is the European Left’s candidate for European Commission president, crossed swords in Brussels on Thursday with his rivals for the post in a televised debate.