European Parliament Articles

The longer Brexit negotiations draw on, the stronger the hand of those that wish to remain in the single market and customs union becomes, argues Mary Honeyball MEP at Progress annual conference 2017 Ever since the result of the ill-fate referendum on Britain's...

For months there has been much debate about what ‘Brexit means Brexit’ actually means. This week Theresa May has made clear Brexit means ‘hard’ Brexit, which in turn means there will be disastrous consequences for our jobs and economy. The prime minister’s speech at...

David Cameron yesterday embarked on the most significant negotiation of his political career. European council president Donald Tusk reported to waiting journalists that there had been ‘some progress’ on the first day of the Brussels summit, but ‘a lot still remains...

There is perhaps only one occasion every five years when the European parliament really has the commission over a barrel – and that time is right now. The hearings process, whereby committees of the parliament interview nominees to the commission, is more about...