A Croatian MEP has confronted Justin Trudeau to his face over his handling of the trucking protests, dubbing his methods a “dictatorship of the worst kind.” The comments were made this week by Independent MEP Mislav Kolakusic while Trudeau was on a two day trip to Belgium. They were made in response to what many […]
Roberta Metsola becomes new President
MEPs have asked the European Commission to launch proceedings against Ireland, saying GDPR rights were not enforced in a significant privacy case against Facebook, the Irish Independent reports. They want the EU to punish Ireland for what they believe was a failure to ensure privacy rights – and mishandling a high profile case taken by activist Max Schrems […]
The European Parliament this afternoon approved a proposed regulation from the Commission for the introduction of vaccine certification across all member states. The approval by the majority of MEPs means that the Commission can bypass the normal legislative process. It will be known as a Digital Green Certificate. Contrary to the impression given by some […]
The resolution was defeated by two votes, leading to considerable criticism of the four Fine Gael MEPs who helped to vote it down.