• For an excellent discussion, an interview on King World News with Nigel Farage, a member of the European Parliament, founding member of the UK Independence Party and someone with an Austrian-like slant, click HERE .

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  • His last job was as a member of the European Parliament, a distinguished and passionate member of an often undistinguished institution.

    ECONOMIST: Bronislaw Geremek

  • "We have an obligation derived from this colonial past - and a particular responsibility because many of the companies operating in DRC are European companies, " says Ana Gomes, a Portuguese Member of the European Parliament with the Socialist Party.

    BBC: Matonge: Congo-Rwanda dispute hits heart of Europe

  • "The political leaders of these countries don't receive help from other colleagues in the union that could lower their interest rates and provide oxygen for growth initiatives and investment, " said Guy Verhofstadt, a member of the European Parliament and former prime minister of Belgium.

    WSJ: Pose Counterweight to Voters' Wishes

  • He insulted a German member of the European parliament, saying he should play the role of a Nazi concentration camp guard in a movie.

    BBC: Silvio Berlusconi

  • Mr Kinnock, now European Transport Commissioner, and wife Glenys, a member of the European Parliament, are reportedly arriving next week.

    BBC: News | UK | Blair family's Tuscany break

  • Luigi Vinci, a member of the European Parliament who attended the retrial expressed anger and disappointment.

    BBC: NEWS | Europe | Kurdish activists remain in jail

  • Years later, the 46-year-old member of the European Parliament still uses the same tricks.

    ECONOMIST: European elections

  • She became a member of the European Parliament, having previously attacked Britain's links with Europe.

    ECONOMIST: Barbara Castle

  • For Dr. Antonyia Parvanova, a member of the European Parliament, the origin of the Eurocrisis is clear.

    FORBES: Europe as a 'Lost Man's World,' and How Women Can Rescue It

  • Conservative MEP Julie Girling, who represents South-West England, is a member of the European Parliament Agriculture Committee.

    BBC: Farmers could get paid twice over for 'greening'

  • Gunilla Carlsson, the Moderate Party's deputy chairman and a former member of the European Parliament, is a possibility for the foreign ministry.

    ECONOMIST: Out with the Social Democrats, in with the Moderates

  • Lady Kinnock, a former member of the European Parliament, had been a minister for about five minutes when she was asked about Mr Blair.

    ECONOMIST: Charlemagne

  • This slippery slope argument is one that Marietje Schaake, a Dutch member of the European Parliament who has long argued for Internet freedoms, has cautioned against.

    WSJ: Is the U.K.'s Love Affair With the Internet at Risk?

  • Mr Vaughan - a member of the European parliament's budget committee - said that efforts to lobby the EU Commission and UK government had been "largely successful".

    BBC: EU funding 'cushion' for Wales as 5% cuts announced

  • Mr Muscat, an economist and former member of the European Parliament, is calling for a change in direction although observers say he hasn't fully explained what that means.

    BBC: Malta general election vote ends

  • "It's very distressing to see that Europe cannot make the right decisions to overcome the crisis and is again forcing the people of Portugal to emigrate, " says Ana-Maria Gomez, a socialist member of the European Parliament.

    BBC: Portuguese find the good life in Mozambique

  • Last week, while in Riga, Burkhard Balz, a German member of the European Parliament, said he expects Latvia to be admitted to the euro zone, but sees a low level of support among Latvians for the move.

    WSJ: Latvian Vote Reflects Ambiguity Over Euro

  • In an abrupt move, Rachida Dati, a former justice minister who fell out of favour with Mr Sarkozy, was deprived of the chauffeur-driven car she had hung on to despite leaving her job to become a member of the European Parliament.

    ECONOMIST: Privacy in France

  • Well here to tell us more is the Party's Leader, Jeffrey Titford who also happens to be a member of the European Parliament and when people come to you and say this is crazy, Britain can't afford not to be part of this, what's the most important reply you think that you can make?

    BBC: News Online

  • Other presidential candidate names mentioned by members of parliament in interviews with the Italian press include Monti and respected Radical Party leader and former European Union Member of Parliament Emma Bonino.

    CNN: SHARE THIS

  • Labour MEP Stephen Hughes, a member of the committee and spokesman for the European Parliament's Socialist group, told the BBC earlier it was "wrong in principle" to opt-out of what he described as a "health and safety law".

    BBC: MEPs target working week opt-out

  • Under, what appears to be, the Schroeder plan - no there wouldn't because the second chamber of the European parliament would actually be the prime ministers of all the member nations of the European Union.

    BBC: The future of Europe: Justin Webb quizzed

  • The idea has also found favour with some members of the European Parliament and some member-state governments but for somewhat different reasons.

    ECONOMIST: Science policy

  • An overwhelming majority of EU member states is willing to sign up to the political deal reached with the European parliament, which is part of legislation to enact a sweeping overhaul of bank capital rules.

    CNN: Swiss vote for executive pay curbs

  • However the Council of Ministers, which represents member states, claims that the European Parliament has no legal authority in setting TACs.

    BBC: Debate on fisheries

  • By contrast, if Turkey were promoted from candidate to member status it would have a great number of deputies in the European Parliament.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • Members of the European Parliament backed a resolution which urged member states to reject changes to the International Telecommunication Regulations (ITR) which would "negatively impact the internet, its architecture, operations, content and security, business relations, internet governance and the free flow of information online".

    BBC: European Parliament warns against UN internet control

  • EU the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers from the 15 member states both have overtly democratic mandates.

    ECONOMIST: Letters

  • The breakthrough in talks between the European parliament and Ireland, which negotiates on behalf of EU member states, paves the way to enact the so-called Basel III capital rules, an internationally agreed blueprint for avoiding another banking crisis.

    CNN: EU secures deal to cap bankers' bonuses

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