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MEPs debate ‘golden visa’ schemes

The European Parliament in Strasbourg on May 30 debated the controversial “Golden visa” programmes used by European Union member states to grant citizenship or...

MEPs critical of Brussels’ post-2020 budget cuts

The European Parliament on May 30 openly challenged the European Commission’s figures for the next multi-annual financial framework. MEPs’ calculations show that agricultural funds...

€181m to fight EU budget fraud

The European Commission has proposed to make €181m available to support European Union member states’ efforts to fight fraud, corruption and other irregularities affecting...

EU condemns the application of the death penalty in Belarus

Two new executions in Belarus, of Viktar Lyotaw and Alyaksey Mikhalenya, have reportedly taken place in secret in mid-May 2018, while the death sentences...

S&Ds: ‘Stop Soros’ legislation in Hungary is an attack on European values

Following proposals submitted yesterday by the Hungarian government to the Parliament designed to crack down on NGOs and criminalise their activities, S&D Group vice-president...

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