Read more European Parliament stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/29107/european-parliament.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 8:14:46 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/66247/i-told-the-truth-berlusconis-call-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSilvio Berlusconi's antics with models and call girls have threatened to derail his government, but the woman at the center of the sex-and-corruption scandal says she's seen it all before. "This is how Italy always works," Patrizia D’Addario tells the Financial Times . The hooker says she came forward to protect...http://www.newser.com/story/66247/i-told-the-truth-berlusconis-call-girl.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 06 Aug 2009 7:32:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61421/shift-to-right-in-europe-bodes-ill-for-us-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe global recession has sparked a conservative, anti-immigrant impulse in Europe—see the right’s victory in European Parliament elections—and US liberals should take notice, Michael Lind writes for Salon. Though “it would be a mistake to read too much into the elections” as the “European Parliament has more symbolism...http://www.newser.com/story/61421/shift-to-right-in-europe-bodes-ill-for-us-dems.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 09 Jun 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61327/brown-survives-party-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBritish PM Gordon Brown survived a rowdy party meeting today despite Labour’s dismal election results and a backbencher uprising, the Guardian reports. 16 Labour parliamentarians spoke in defense of Brown and five called for his resignation in the wake of a high-profile financial scandal. “You solve the problem not by...http://www.newser.com/story/61327/brown-survives-party-revolt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 16:12:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61272/swedish-pirate-party-scores-eu-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSweden’s Pirate Party scored a major victory last night, capturing one of the country’s 18 seats in the European parliament, AFP reports. The party—which advocates for the legalization of peer-to-peer file sharing, stronger digital privacy protections, and reforms in copyright law—was formed in 2006 and saw its membership...http://www.newser.com/story/61272/swedish-pirate-party-scores-eu-seat.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 5:45:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/61270/eu-election-pounds-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe center-right won a clear victory in this weekend's European parliament elections, while a record low turnout helped far-right and extremist groups make gains across the 27-nation bloc, the BBC reports. The ruling conservative parties in France, Germany and Italy performed well, while in Britain Labor came in a dismal...http://www.newser.com/story/61270/eu-election-pounds-left.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 08 Jun 2009 4:09:34 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60964/27-nations-vote-in-massive-eu-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCitizens of 27 nations begin voting today for elections to the European Parliament, and across the continent voters are expected to punish ruling parties and encourage the opposition, including the extreme right. From Ireland to France to Hungary, governments are braced for a protest vote spurred by the economic meltdown,...http://www.newser.com/story/60964/27-nations-vote-in-massive-eu-election.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 04 Jun 2009 6:17:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/40725/eu-honors-chinese-dissident-enraging-beijing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA move by the European Parliament to award a major human-rights prize to a Chinese dissident has Beijing outraged on the eve of a summit on the economic crisis, the Telegraph reports. The government denounced as “gross interference in China's domestic affairs” news that the jailed Hu Jia had won...http://www.newser.com/story/40725/eu-honors-chinese-dissident-enraging-beijing.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 23 Oct 2008 15:26:48 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32119/eu-blasts-italy-over-gypsy-fingerprinting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagItaly’s mandatory fingerprinting of its Gypsy minority is "an act of discrimination based on race and ethnic origin" and should be stopped, the European Parliament said in a resolution passed today. The assembly voted 336-220, with 77 abstentions, to condemn the practice—though the resolution is not binding, the AP...http://www.newser.com/story/32119/eu-blasts-italy-over-gypsy-fingerprinting.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 10 Jul 2008 13:00:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/24128/maddys-parents-ignored-her-crying-police.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMaddy McCann scolded her parents on the morning she vanished for ignoring her sobs the previous night, and her parents promised to keep a better eye on her, the London Times reports. The leaked transcripts of police interviews with Kate and Gerry McCann surfaced as the McCanns visited Brussels to...http://www.newser.com/story/24128/maddys-parents-ignored-her-crying-police.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 11 Apr 2008 16:05:35 CDT