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Term limits define the number of mandates an individual may serve in a given public office. Term limits are most often associated with executive roles, such as president of a country, prime minister, ...
Citizens are calling on the European Parliament to ensure that academic Igbal Abilov’s detention and court case in Azerbaijan proceed according to internationally recognised standards of due process.
The European Parliament resumes business on Monday, for the last session ahead of the summer recess. The session is likely to be dominated by the motion of censure of the Commission, tabled by the ...
The EU's temporary protection regime has provided predictability and legal certainty to both displaced people from Ukraine and the EU Member States. The situation in Ukraine, as a result of Russia's ...
The meeting will start with the customary opening address by the President of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola, followed by an exchange of views with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
The agenda for the European Parliament's June 2025 plenary session has a strong focus on the rule of law and advances several important files through the legislative procedure.
Read this ‘at a glance note’ on ‘ Review of the EU-Israel Association Agreement ‘ in the Think Tank pages of the European Parliament.
Ukraine was granted EU candidate status in June 2022. Accession negotiations were opened in June 2024. While bilateral screening meetings of three thematic clusters have been completed, negotiations ...
Since April 2025, the United States (US) and Iran have been engaging in talks over a new nuclear deal. The current multilateral agreement limiting Iran’s nuclear programme is considered defunct by ...
Members participate in the second plenary session of May this week, with an agenda featuring a number of the current hot topics in Europe, including Council and European Commission statements on the ...
Written by Stéphanie Pradier. The Congress is the legislative branch of the United States (US) system of government. It is divided into two chambers: the House of Representatives (the lower chamber) ...
In 2022, collective annual EU defence budgets had already increased to €240 billion, of which €58 billion (+24.2 % compared to 2021) was for defence investment (defence R&D and defence procurement), a ...