The European parliament has passed tough new immigration guidelines that sparked protests on the part of human rights groups and some lawmakers. For VOA, Lisa Bryant has more from Paris.
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The European Parliament has passed a resolution urging Israel to lift its blockade of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip.
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Speaking to the European Parliament in Strasbourg Tuesday, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt called for a shift in the EU away from spending on agriculture and towards innovation.
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“The European Parliament wants to help Armenia to become a more democratic state. Armenia is close to the European Union and we were pleasantly surprised by the high appearance of voters, said Marie Anne Isler Beguin, Head of the European Parliament delegation.
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Early exit polls show Bulgaria's ruling Socialists have won the most seats in the European Parliament in the Balkan country's first such election since joining the European Union in January.
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The European Parliament today approved a final report condemning the CIA's practice of flying terror suspects abroad for interrogation.
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European Union lawmakers today called for countries around the world to place an immediate moratorium on the death penalty.
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A special committee of the European Parliament today approved a report saying that Britain, Poland, Germany, Italy, and other EU countries were aware of secret CIA flights over Europe taking terror suspects to third countries.
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Setting out Germany's priorities for its EU Presidency, running from January to June of 2007, Chancellor Angela Merkel today gave the clearest indication yet that the terms of the EU's Neighborhood Policy (ENP) are about to be fundamentally changed.
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Romanian and Bulgarian lawmakers have taken their place for the first time in the European parliament as the first plenary session got under way since the two former communist countries joined the EU at the beginning of the year.
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On Wednesday, the plenary session debated the outcome of last week's eighteenth Russia-EU summit - held in Helsinki on 24 November - with the Council and Commission. Energy, human rights, overflight payments, customs issues and Russia's ban on meat imports from Poland were all part of the discussion.
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