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Petition demands MEPs snub UKIP during July plenary

June 28, 2016

One angry European is trying to get MEPs to take a stand against their British colleagues who support the UK leaving the European Union. An online petition was set up asking MEPs to walk out during the European Parliament’s plenary session next week (4-7 July) whenever a British MEP “who does not support Europe” takes… » read more

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UK in Europe

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Taking it sleazy in the EU Parliament bar

April 15, 2015

Who’s this enjoying a cosy get together at a European Parliament bar? Why, it’s none other than disgraced former National Front leader Jean-Marie Le Pen! And is that disgraced former British National Party leader Nick Griffin sitting with him? It is! What on Earth could that gruesome twosome, both former MEPs, have to talk about… » read more

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UK in Europe, Neo-Fascism, Populism, Uncategorized

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UKIP video at centre of gaffe disappears

March 19, 2015

Regular readers of the Heard in Europe will remember the curious case of UKIP MEP Stuart Agnew. Agnew was the guy who stood up in Strasbourg a week ago and railed against decarbonising Europe for the somewhat dubious reason that crops need carbon dioxide to grow. Predictably, that sparked an incredulous reaction on Twitter, which… » read more

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UKIP MEP ‘trolled’ on Twitter by Climate Commissioner

March 11, 2015

A UK Independence Party MEP told the European Parliament in Strasbourg today (11 March) that decarbonising the EU would be “absolute madness” because crops need carbon dioxide to grow. Stuart Agnew’s question to Gianni Pittella, leader of the Socialist & Democrats group, sparked incredulity on social media. UKIP had circulated the video but, according to… » read more

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Climate & Environment, UK in Europe, Agriculture & Food

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Parliament hands hotels a boost in business

February 10, 2015

Brussels hotels are set for a boost in business after the European Parliament suspended a swathe of events for security reasons. Events for external visitors held in the Parliament by individual MEPs are banned as of this week. Only receptions and other meetings hosted by the conference of presidents, the bureau, the quaestors, the committees,… » read more

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Bomb scare at the European Parliament

February 2, 2015

The European Parliament (EP) was evacuated at noon today (2 February) after a bomb scare. A suspect, wearing a military uniform, was arrested soon afterwards by a special anti-terror police unit, according to local press. The suspect had left a set of car keys in front of the Parliament, on Rue Montoyer. The institution’s security… » read more

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Heard in Europe

EurActiv's newsroom blogs on the talk of the town in Brussels, European capitals and across the EU

We're at the beginning of a new calendar year, but also a new legislative period, with new political teams in the European Commission and Parliament. In the final months of 2014, we heard policymakers saying that ‘it’s now or never’, in order to restore trust and confidence in the EU, which has suffered heavy blows from the ongoing economic-political crisis.

We have a small window of opportunity ahead of 2017, when both France and Germany will go to the polls, and the UK is expected to hold a referendum on its membership in the EU. Now or never is the time to make policymakers accountable for the choices they make. Now or never, responsibility and leadership will take centre-stage.

EurActiv has decided to put some  meat on the dry bones of EU politics and show a different face of Europe. Our editors and journalists in Brussels, and 12 European capitals, will report on what they hear through the grapevine.

NOW OR NEVER … we hope you feel the same. We’d love to hear from you heardineurope@euractiv.com

Daniela Vincenti, EurActiv.com editor-in-chief