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The Belgian government is currently discussing whether to raise the abortion limit from 12 to 18 weeks in a move that has divided political parties, including within the governing coalition. A bill from the Socialist Party (PS, S&D) co-signed by…

MEPs rejected a report on the EU budget guidelines for 20

Belgian authorities on Tuesday filed an official request to transfer Olivier Vandecasteele, the Belgian aid worker who has been detained for over a year in Evin prison in Iran, back to his home country. Last year, Belgium negotiated a prisoner…

The European Parliament decided against introducing mandatory registration of meetings between interest groups and MEPs on Wednesday (19 April) in a move criticised by pro-transparency campaigners. MEPs voted on Wednesday on reforms of the Parliament’s internal rules of procedures, which…

French Senate has urged EU institutions and countries to gather evidence of the forcible transfer of Ukrainian children to Russia and sanction Russian officials involved in these crimes, Senator André Gattolin told EURACTIV France on Wednesday (19 April). Gattolin spoke…

Luxembourgish lawmaker Monica Semedo (Renew) has been sanctioned again over harassment allegations after a former assistant of Semedo accused her of bullying. “Once again, the confidential procedures of the European Parliament, which are established to protect both sides, have not…

The UK should not pull the shutters down on China as it would be counterproductive to the national interest, UK Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said on Tuesday. There was not a binary choice to be made between treating China as…

Few topics in European politics are as unsexy as EU treaty reform. Yet two years ago, it was briefly back in fashion. A majority of national governments, including Germany and France, the EU’s engine room, gave their backing for treaty…