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EU lawmakers approve migration laws, seeking to deprive the far right of votes
European lawmakers approved a major revamp of the bloc’s migration laws on Wednesday, aiming to end years of debate over how to handle the illegal entry of thousands of people and deprive the far right of a vote-winning…
Europe one step away from adopting AI rules after lawmakers’ vote
Europe moved closer to adopting the world’s first artificial intelligence rules on Wednesday as EU lawmakers endorsed a provisional agreement for a technology whose use is rapidly growing across a wide swathe of…
EU lawmakers approve new rules to unify stock trading data
The European Union took a significant step Tuesday toward unifying its financial markets through consolidating data on trading activity across the bloc, according to Bloomberg. The European Parliament backed rules…
15:35, 21.11.2023
EU lawmakers back rules to increase consumer goods repair rights
European Union lawmakers agreed on Tuesday measures to increase the repair of goods such as washing machines, televisions and smartphones and reduce waste from consumers acquiring new products instead, according…
18:20, 09.10.2023
Lawmakers observe silence in memory of Israel attack, Holocaust victims
In the opening of Monday's plenary sitting, the deputies followed the invitation of Chamber of Deputies' interim Speaker Alfred Simonis and observed a moment of silence in memory of the victims of the terrorist…
14:26, 06.07.2023
Romania's M&A market reports 132 transactions in H1 2023
The Romanian mergers and acquisitions (M&A) market reported 132 transactions in the first half of 2023, of a total estimated value of USD 3.7 billion, according to an analysis by EY Romania. CITESTE SI President…
14:26, 06.07.2023
President Iohannis: Danube suspension bridge, new proof major infrastructure projects can be completed in Romania
President Klaus Iohannis said on Thursday that the suspension bridge over the Danube linking the counties of Braila and Tulcea is the largest construction built in Romania in the last three decades, showing that…
14:15, 06.07.2023
Lawmaker Grosu: Supposed Russian diplomats arrive in Transnistria not dealing with diplomacy
In Chisinau, there are cases of "persons with a status of diplomats of the Russian Federation quickly arriving on the left bank of the Dniester, in Transnistria, where they do not deal with diplomacy," Chairman…
16:45, 15.06.2023
Non-affiliated Orban: There is no way the Right Force lawmakers vote on the investiture of this gov't
Non-affiliated Orban: There is no way the Right Force lawmakers vote on the investiture of this gov't. Leader of the non-affiliated lawmakers in the Chamber of Deputies Ludovic Orban told a joint parliamentary…
10:25, 17.05.2023
France to speed up nuclear power deployment
A bill to speed up the construction of new nuclear reactors was approved by the French parliament on Tuesday, with the government hailing it as an environmental step forward, according to Euractiv. Lawmakers on…
15:15, 11.05.2023
Facial-recognition ban gets lawmakers’ backing in AI Act vote
Europe got closer to a full-on ban on facial recognition in public spaces and reining in ChatGPT after lawmakers adopted a strengthened version of the EU‘s artificial intelligence rulebook on Thursday, according…
16:05, 09.05.2023
EU set for tough talks after lawmakers back stricter methane rules
The European Parliament voted on Tuesday in favour of rules that would force companies selling oil and gas in Europe to cut their methane emissions, setting itself up for tough negotiations with EU countries seeking…
11:35, 04.05.2023
Romanian lawmakers introduce new tax on refined crude oil
Romanian oil and gas group OMV Petrom, majority-controlled by Austria’s OMV will pay an additional tax on the crude oil it refines, Romanian lawmakers decided on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Lawmakers approved…
15:15, 25.04.2023
EU lawmakers back human rights, environmental checks for big companies
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday backed rules requiring thousands of large companies to identify and mitigate human rights abuses like child labour or slavery, and environmental damage by suppliers, according…
20:25, 18.04.2023
EU lawmakers green-light visa free travel for Kosovo
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday gave the green light for citizens from Kosovo to travel freely in Europe without visas from next year, according to AP News. The move means that Kosovo’s citizens will be able…
19:55, 18.04.2023
EU lawmakers adopt deals on emissions trading, carbon tax
European Union lawmakers on Tuesday adopted key pieces of a package designed to achieve the EU’s climate goals of cutting emissions of the gases that cause global warming by 55% over this decade, AP News reports.…
15:40, 27.03.2023
Council of Europe urges UK lawmakers to stop new migration law
The Council of Europe’s commissioner for human rights on Monday urged Britain‘s parliament to block a new law to tackle illegal immigration, saying it created “clear and direct tension” with fundamental standards,…
12:55, 20.03.2023
French government fights to survive with 2 no-confidence motions
France’s government is fighting for its survival on Monday against no-confidence motions filed by lawmakers who are furious that President Emmanuel Macron used special constitutional powers to force through an…
14:05, 16.02.2023
Republic of Moldova’s PM-designate seeks confidence vote from lawmakers
Republic of Moldova’s pro-Western Prime Minister-designate Dorin Recean will propose a new government to lawmakers on Thursday for a confidence vote, as the country signals a shift to security concerns amid Russia’s…
12:26, 18.01.2023
EU lawmakers to vote after scandal suspect makes plea deal
European Union lawmakers are set to vote Wednesday on a candidate to replace a disgraced former parliament vice president, after a key suspect in the cash-for-influence corruption scandal rocking the assembly made…
10:45, 03.01.2023
Graft scandal escalates with bid to lift EU lawmakers’ immunity
The president of the European Parliament said she’s started an “urgent procedure” to waive the immunity of two more socialist lawmakers suspected of involvement in a sprawling corruption scandal involving Qatar,…
15:05, 13.12.2022
EU Parliament to demote lawmaker tied to Qatar corruption probe
The European Parliament removed one of its vice presidents Tuesday as a corruption scandal related to Qatar reverberates through the bloc, according to Bloomberg. Eva Kaili, a Greek lawmaker and a vice president…
17:45, 21.11.2022
MP Tudorache calls on fellow lawmakers to approve DNA's request to have his phone searched
Deputy Daniel Tudorache of the Social Democratic Party (PSD) on Monday called on his fellow lawmakers to vote for the approval of the anti-corruption watchdog's request to conduct an electronic device search in…
16:41, 31.10.2022
President Iohannis to attend international conference on female lawmakers
President Klaus Iohannis will be participating on Tuesday in an international conference on Romanian female lawmakers and the promotion of gender equality as a national commitment (RO-GENC) organised by the Romanian…
16:00, 26.10.2022
AUR says its representative was abusively removed from MP observers list to US mid-term elections
The leader of AUR (Alliance for the Union of Romanians) lawmakers, Antonio Andrusceac, said on Wednesday that the party's representative had been "abusively" removed from the list of lawmakers who are going to…
17:06, 20.10.2022
MPs draw bill to make July 11 Romania-US Friendship Day
Lawmakers of the National Liberal Party (PNL), the Social Democratic Party (PSD), the Hungarian Democratic Union of Romania (UDMR) and minorities have signed a legislative initiative submitted to Parliament that…
14:05, 04.10.2022
EU lawmakers pass single charger reform for electronic devices
The European Parliament approved new rules on Tuesday that will introduce in the European Union a single charging port for mobile phones, tablets and cameras by 2024, a world first that is expected to affect iPhone…
19:35, 21.09.2022
PSD opposes raises in lawmakers' pay
The Social Democratic Party (PSD) will tell its ruling coalition partners that the provisions in a bill recently adopted by the Senate updating pay to dignitaries should not apply to lawmakers and other categories…
10:51, 22.06.2022
Climate laws face new EU Parliament vote after failed first try
The European Parliament will on Wednesday try again to agree more ambitious climate change policies, after rejecting them in a divisive first vote that threatened to delay the EU’s green agenda, according to Reuters.…
12:35, 07.06.2022
EU lawmakers face hundreds of amendments in key votes on climate policies
The European Parliament will vote this week on a raft of EU climate change policies designed to cut Europe’s emissions over the next decade, with proposals facing multiple amendments and the outcome uncertain for…