itizens from EU countries living in the UK are being turned away at polling stations across the country. #DeniedMyVote

"To all people in the UK who are heartbroken right now: The pro-European movement you have created in the past years is absolutely beautiful. We will build on that. And trust me: One day, I will see British MEPs being elected into this chamber again."

#Brexit stands as a cautionary tale to the people of Europe. We must never take peace and prosperity for granted. Value it, fight for it and defend it every day.

"You lied to us. We are angry and we want our country back. It belongs inside the European Union."

Members-in-waiting watch from across Europe as UK’s Brexit process decides their future. / Miriam Lexmann has everything to gain from Britain crashing out of the EU without a deal, even though she cannot help but believe it is a disaster in the making. “The Slovak media call it the Lexmann paradox,” she says. “I am a paradox.”

Liberal Democrat and Labour MEPs have taken up committee jobs in ‘huge vote of confidence’.

'We all have to speak English today here because we are representing not only the European people, but also the British people'

Thousands of British nationals living abroad have been deprived of their votes in today’s elections due to administrative errors by UK authorities, according to widespread reports.

EU citizens in the UK are being denied their democratic right to vote in the European elections because of administrative errors by local councils. EU nationals across the country have been reporting that they arrived at polling booths only to find their names crossed out with officials confirming they were not eligible to vote.

The Liberal Democrats have launched their European election campaign with an "unambiguous" pledge to stop Brexit.

SNP leader Nicola Sturgeon has said voting for her party in the upcoming European parliamentary elections will send a clear message that Scotland is not for Brexit.

The European elections this year coincide with the 40th anniversary of the first elections to the European Parliament by direct universal suffrage, held in June 1979.

Green MP Caroline Lucas says millions at risk of losing right to have their voice heard. / Nearly 8 million people in Britain eligible to vote in the European elections are not yet registered, campaigners have said as the deadline looms.

Political scientist and polling expert Dr Kevin Cunningham joins Hugh, Pat and Fiach to discuss a report he co-authored for the think tank, the European Council on Foreign Relations, on the shape of the next European Parliament.

Michel Barnier said in his letter to the Brexit secretary that citizens’ rights could not be picked apart from the withdrawal agreement.

Enter your postcode to view results for your region and see how you can take votes from Hard Brexit parties

Michel Barnier protests at risk to independent watchdog meant to protect residents’ rights – as prime minister seeks to open trade talks.

The passionate environmentalist served as MEP for Wight and Hampshire East between 1979 and 1984. / Boris Johnson might be one of the highest profile proponents for leaving the EU, but his father has other ideas. 78-year-old Stanley Johnson is a staunch Remainer who spent the 2016 EU referendum arguing against his famous son.

European Parliament votes to give consent to the Brexit deal. / European Commission president speaks to lawmakers before vote.

Hope Not Hate is taking out Facebook ads and sending mail shots amid fears Robinson needs just 125k votes.

The European Parliament shrank by 6% as a result of Brexit. The U.K.’s departure from the European Union over the weekend led to a reallocation of 27 of the country’s 73 seats in the EU assembly among 14 member nations. The remaining 46 British seats were placed in a reserve for nations aspiring to join the EU.

I never thought “voter suppression” would be a phrase that I'd ever associate with British politics. Unfortunately, the events witnessed on European Election polling day, which left registered European citizens unable to vote, leave me struggling to find the adequate words to describe how much of a mess it was.

Nigel Farage’s Brexit party has been in talks to join the far-right group in the European parliament and is keeping its options open about its future allies, a spokesman for the party has said.

A Brexit Party MEP has tweeted a video of himself trying to use EU Parliament voting machines and appearing to claim that they are rigged. / The video tweeted by Lance Forman, the Brexit Party MEP for London, shows him attempting to press the 'no' button on a voting machine.

'I think Mr Rowland stands corrected,' said chair after Richard Rowland humiliated in chamber.

Nigel Farage faces wall with party members for European anthem on opening day.

Brexit Party MEPs turn their backs on European anthem during EU parliament opening ceremony

‘Their seats haven’t been full for most of the day, despite important voting to determine #EUTopJobs. Being paid to not work? Have to ask… what do they do all day?!’

No reasons to be cheerful in either Labour or Tory ranks, a comeback of sorts for the Lib Dems and a surge for Independents. Was it a Brexit election? What does it mean for the Brexit process?

The vote is the formal end of a Brexit process that began nearly five years ago. But mutual mistrust remains high.

The British Government has extended the grace period before companies have to start implementing the deal.

Brexit party MEPs lobbied for a ‘last days of empire’ style ceremony but senior MEPs opt for ‘dignified’ low-key event.

Pro-EU parties, including the Liberal Democrats, the Greens and the Independent Group, will not form pacts or alliances at the forthcoming EU elections, hoping to use the poll as a “soft referendum” to show a surge in support for remain.

Despite what Boris Johnson claimed on Wednesday, this is far from the end of the saga, writes Jon Stone.

Brexiteers are lobbying among EU nations for a veto to an extension of Article 50, it has been reported. The UK needs approval from all EU member states before any request for an extension to the Brexit deadline can be granted. And in theory one veto would be enough to derail the request.

European parliament says mixed messages have caused ‘unhelpful uncertainty’.

EU will examine cases where citizens have met 'bureaucratic wall' trying to secure right to remain in UK.

Negotiating teams stretch mid-November deadline with European Parliament vote expected just days before 31 December

A British man living in France has been elected to the European Parliament - as a Brexit party MEP.

Strict broadcasting laws place restrictions on coverage of politics during voting periods.

Extension would have to stop well before upcoming EU elections, or continue long after, document suggests.

The European Commission has noted a “lack of progress” in talks with Switzerland over a new institutional framework deal, a top official said on Tuesday.

Leaving EU with no deal would heighten risk of contracts being terminated early. BT is facing a post-Brexit battle to maintain access to a number of multimillion-pound EU contracts and avoid the premature termination of a £24m deal with the European parliament.

We leave the podcast dungeon and lug our recording equipment to a meeting room in the European Parliament where we chat with not one, not two, not three, but four MEPs about the Brexit endgame! This was a cracking conversation with political heavyweights so do not miss this one Remain nerds!

So we got another extension, to Halloween ... Also, how should we be approaching the European elections? Should we vote tactically? To what extent should we treat it as a proxy referendum for Remain v. Leave? How would this sit with our democratic responsibility as EU citizens to vote on a European platform?

We D'hondt tell you how to vote in the European elections, but we hope our prolix chat about infighting and outfighting and tactics and principles and manifestos and candidates and choices and dilemmas has given you a helping, er, hondt.

Chris, Tanja, and Axel Antoni offer a first take on last week's European election and its aftermath before examining in a bit more detail what led to the disenfranchisement of many EU citizens who were denied their vote, and what can be done about it.

Alviina Alametsä is a Green Party MEP from Finland. She took up her seat only in February 2020, after it was vacated by a departing UK MEP.

By re-distributing just 2 per cent of voters from the weakest to the strongest Remain party in each region, the pro-European side could snatch victory from the jaws of supposedly inevitable ‘defeat’.

Change UK has urged disillusioned pro-EU Labour members to “lend” the party their votes in the looming European elections to build support for a Final Say referendum.

'If things continue as they are the remain vote will split in Scotland', he says. / One of Change UK's lead European election candidates has quit to back the Liberal Democrats over concerns the new party could split the Remain vote in the upcoming contest.

New party says it has received more than 1,000 applications to stand in Europe elections from defectors from other parties.

A Christian man whose message of solidarity with Muslims went viral after the New Zealand terror attack is taking on Tommy Robinson in the European elections.

The European Parliament has launched a new mobile application designed to help citizens to discover what the EU has done, is doing and plans to do, is now available.

We are candidates standing as independents in the upcoming MEP elections. The Climate & Ecological Emergency Independents are inspired by the Youth Strikes 4 Climate, Greta Thunberg and the Extinction Rebellion movement.

The Conservative Party has drawn up emergency plans to select candidates for 23 May elections.

To break parliamentary deadlock, deal has to be put to public vote, Labour leader says

Almost 90 Labour MPs and MEPs demand party make ‘clear commitment’ to Final Say vote in manifesto for European parliament elections.

At least three local councils across England and Wales have admitted that they ran out of time to print and send postal ballots for the European elections to some overseas voters, leaving them effectively disenfranchised.

The MEP delegations of Labour, Greens, Liberal Democrats, Alliance, Plaid Cymru, and the SNP will formally cooperate.

Former TV journalist will replace Antonio Tajani.

EU legislators reached an agreement on Thursday on the 5 billion euro Brexit Adjustment Reserve, paving the way for a first payment by December.

Some are being told the problems are due to the election only being confirmed at the last minute. / EU citizens have reported being turned away at polling stations for the European elections, despite being registered to vote.

The government now stands at a crossroads, and the first step they must take is to expand full voting rights to every permanent citizen in the country.

It's cock-up, not conspiracy - but the end result is the same. Countless EU citizens in the UK are being blocked from voting in the European parliamentary elections by onerous bureaucratic requirements, institutional complacency, and an administrative system which was taken by surprise that they were happening at all.

Commission president draws attention to less well-known area where two sides are at odds.

The European Parliament has overwhelmingly backed the post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union, clearing the last hurdle towards its ratification, while expressing clear mistrust of the British government.

The million who marched in London for a new referendum or the six million who signed the Revoke Article 50 petition will have a chance to vote for what they want.

Constitutional Relations Secretary Michael Russell has called for an investigation into reports that EU citizens were unable to vote in the EU Parliament elections.

Voters described turning up to take part in the European parliamentary elections only to find their name had been crossed out 'in red pen'.

Campaign groups prepare legal challenge following ‘systemic denial’ of suffrage. / The government is facing the prospect of being sued by campaigners for EU citizens in the UK and British nationals abroad who were denied a vote in the European parliament elections.

A document due to be backed by the EU Parliament has warned that EU nationals in the UK are subject to discrimination, confusion and anxiety.

Data shows only one in 10 EU citizens able to vote in some parts of Britain. / The government has been accused of “shocking complacency” over the European election voting rights controversy as new data revealed that as few as one in 10 EU citizens were able to cast their vote in some areas of Britain.

Rachel Johnson has revealed she will compete in the European elections next month for the newly-formed Change UK group.

MEPs have the power to approve, amend or reject nearly all EU legislation. / So what have they achieved in this five-year term?

MEPs are set to blast Boris Johnson’s approach on Wednesday. / But the ID group, which represents parties like French National Rally, Italy's Lega, and the German AfD appears to have come to the UK's aid and tried to get the debate postponed.

Emmanuel Macron among those welcoming agreement yet warning of hurdles ahead.

European parliament leaders have vowed to block any future UK-EU trade deal if Boris Johnson goes ahead with a bill which would violate the Brexit withdrawal agreement.

Senior MEP says ‘cool heads must prevail’ in holding UK to commitments.

Group leaders have paused the ratification process amid the latest row

Brexit coordinator issues warning over amendments to 'water down' deal, just hours before crucial parliament votes.

The European Parliament has voted against opening trade talks between the EU and the United States amid fears over Donald Trump‘s trade and environmental policies.

The Spanish MEP Esteban Gonzalez Pons has told the European Parliament that Spain will defend its own priorities post-Brexit including the ‘decolonisation of Gibraltar’. This comes as the European Parliament today voted to support Spain's right to veto any agreement between the EU and the UK over Gibraltar.

‘We are disappointed with the continued lack of reciprocal engagement from the UK side,’ say MEPs.

Tit-for-tat sanctions over Beijing’s treatment of Uyghurs puts halt on investment agreement.

Tusk says European Parliament must represent remain voters.

Members of the European Parliament are expected to approve a grant of tens of millions of pounds, to help UK areas stricken by flooding.

Lord Frost said on Wednesday that the UK was unilaterally extending "grace periods" designed to ease trade between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. The European Commission says it's now working on 'infringement proceedings'

States voice concern that compromise may go too far and no deal is preferable.

“Europe is setting new and ambitious standards, paving the way for the rest of the world.” / The European parliament has voted to ban single-use plastic cutlery, cotton buds, straws and stirrers as part of a sweeping law against plastic waste that despoils beaches and pollutes oceans.

Green candidates, on course for their best showing, could play a big role in a divided parliament. / Europe’s Greens are on course for their strongest showing to date in next week’s European elections – and could find themselves kingmakers in a newly fragmented EU parliament.

In a move designed to slow the rise of antibiotic-resistant “superbugs” in human health linked to farms, a few days ago the European Parliament approved restrictions on the use of antimicrobials in healthy livestock.

Gerard Batten's advisor Tommy Robinson and YouTuber Carl Benjamin also fail in bids to be elected. / Ukip's leader has lost his seat at the European Parliament elections, in the latest blow for the disintegrating eurosceptic party.

EU citizens living in the UK have told of their anger after they were unable to vote in the European elections.

The BBC has been contacted by British expats from across the world who say their postal voting forms have arrived late, or not at all.

The European Parliamentary elections are due to take place 23-26 May 2019. All EU citizens living in the UK will have the opportunity to vote in an MEP to represent their region for the first time since 2014.

Voting in the European elections differs to voting at a general election. / The polls, which take place in Britain on 23 May and elect MEPs to the European Parliament, uses the d’Hondt system of proportional representation for voters in England, Scotland and Wales.

'Do I betray my country or my party? That becomes a simple choice with a simple answer'. / Former Deputy Prime Minister and Tory peer Michael Heseltine said he will not vote for his party’s candidate in European elections if they are a Brexiteer.

Tory MP Huw Merriman suggested the Conservative Party was on course for an “absolute mauling” in the European elections on 23 May as they face a “perfect storm” of anger from both sides of the Brexit debate.

EU citizens will elect more than 700 MEPs in May.

The European elections will go ahead on 23 May, the government has confirmed, finally admitting it has failed to strike a Brexit deal in order to stop them.

The results were obtained by Freedom of Information requests submitted by the London Liberal Democrats and seen by Sky News.

Thousands of EU nationals living in the UK could inadvertently lose their right to take part in the upcoming European elections because of widespread confusion over how to register, campaigners have warned, amid reports some European citizens are yet to receive their poll cards.

The government is facing a legal challenge over its preparations for the upcoming European parliament elections amid fears that millions of EU citizens in the UK could be deprived of their vote.

'At the polling station my British husband gets the ballot while I am simply told: "Vote in your own country!"' / Hundreds of EU citizens hoping to cast their ballots in the European elections have reported being turned away from polling stations.

Tories are ‘myopically focused on forcing through biggest act of economic self-harm ever undertaken by a democratic government’, he says. / Tory grandee Michael Heseltine has said he will not be supporting the Conservatives in the European election, and will instead vote Liberal Democrat.

Government accused of failing to make clear an additional form must be filled in - just two days before voting. / Millions of EU citizens are demanding urgent action to stop them being turned away from polling booths at the European elections because of red tape.

Candidates say the party is ‘almost in denial’ over vote and will not publish manifesto. / Conservative officials fear the party could come sixth in the European elections, with their support plummeting to single digits.

Group of MEPs writes to Electoral Commission over reports of ballot paper delays. / The Electoral Commission has been asked to permit late postal votes for the European parliament elections to be counted as reports continue of many British nationals living abroad receiving their ballot papers too late to return on time.

Far-right, populist and eurosceptic parties from countries across Europe have announced that they are forming a new alliance ahead of EU elections next month.

Stay updated on what Parliament is doing. Check out the latest news, watch our meetings live and follow MEPs on social media.

MEPs have voted to add British overseas territories such as the British Virgin Islands, Guernsey, and Jersey to its post-Brexit tax havens blacklist.

EU and UK parliaments will each send 35 lawmakers to the joint assembly, which oversees the implementation of the Brexit trade deal.

The European Parliament has voted overwhelmingly in favour of the post-Brexit trade deal between Britain and the European Union, clearing the last hurdle towards full ratification of the accord.

As the European Parliament continues its sessions partly online and in Brussels, the institution’s huge building in Strasbourg was transformed into a testing centre for the coronavirus this week.

Vote a boost for reformers and reflects desire to rein in super-rich after Pandora paper revelations.

Problems with Home Office settlement scheme have raised concerns.

With its leader Manfred Weber tipped to succeed EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker, we take a closer look at the European People's Party (EPP).

The European Parliament has said it has “grave concerns” over the UK’s treatment of EU citizens after Brexit and has accused Boris Johnson’s government of putting them in jeopardy.

‘No third country can enjoy the same benefits as an EU member’

The European Parliament has approved EU candidacy status for Ukraine, Moldova and Georgia in a convincing vote on Thursday.

Roberta Metsola told the Irish parliament that the EU can learn lessons from how Ireland has dealt with the challenges of Brexit.

MEPs demand UK stays tied to regulations for market access.

Leaked resolution says MEPs will use veto against any Brexit deal without a backstop.

The European Parliament has decided to retain an office in Scotland after Brexit.

The deal, which the U.K. has already ratified, conditionally came into force at the start of 2021.

"Brexit is a historic mistake. It was pushed through by irresponsible nationalism, based on false promises and shortsightedness," declared Austrian MEP Andreas Schieder who helped prepare the vote. / "Brexit is bad for Britain and Brexit is bad for Europe," he said.

But EU warns ‘faithful implementation’ needed by UK amid concerns saga is not over.

Leaders in the European Parliament have made clear a trade deal will not be ratified unless Boris Johnson backs down.

Thousands of angry voters posted on Twitter using the #DeniedMyVote hashtag to report they had been turned away from polling stations, despite believing they had registered to take part.

Welcome to the Fact Sheets website. Created in 1979 for Parliament’s first direct elections, the Fact Sheets are designed to provide non-specialists with a straightforward, concise and accurate overview of the European Union’s institutions and policies, and the role that the European Parliament plays in their development.

Viktor Orban said he wanted to see an anti-immigration majority in the EU institutions and that he would team up with countries like Italy and Poland to change the bloc’s direction.

Reminders of how Brexit Party MEPs voted in crackdowns on Russian propaganda have been making the rounds on social media as the war in Ukraine intensifies.

The prime minister has imperilled peace in Northern Ireland, and every day the economic fallout worsens.

Jacek Rostowski, a former Polish minister of finance and deputy prime minister has announced that he is to stand as a candidate in the upcoming European parliamentary elections for Change UK, a party formed earlier this year by former Conservative and Labour politicians who oppose the UK’s exit from the European Union. Mr Rostowski is himself a former member of the Conservative party.

The European Parliament is expected to ratify the post-Brexit EU-UK trade deal, amid tensions including a French threat of reprisals against the UK.

Jeremy Corbyn is facing a fierce backlash from Labour members after a draft leaflet for the European elections said the party would press ahead with Brexit.

Gerard Batten has officially stepped down as leader of Ukip after facing a crushing defeat in the EU elections.

The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has urged Britain to stick to the post-Brexit trade deal ahead of a key debate and vote in the European Parliament on Tuesday to ratify the agreement. / "It is absolutely counter-productive that the British Prime Minister is constantly threatening to breach the agreement," BDI Managing Director Joachim Lang told dpa.

The Greens are calling for another referendum on Europe. / The Green party was formed in 1990, and has traditionally stood on a left-wing and environmentalist platform.

Voters at the European elections should ignore the Liberal Democrats and Change UK and back the the Green Party to be “tough on Brexit and the causes of Brexit”, according to the party’s co-leader.

He joined Vince Cable in London, saying the party offers an "alternative to nationalism". Verhofstadt is the leader of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party (ALDE), the Europe-wide body of Lib Dem parties, and said he was there not as Brexit negotiator but "as the leader of the liberals and democrats for Europe".

Parliament's Brexit steering group says backstop is not up for renegotiation.

The European parliament’s outspoken Brexit chief is coming to Britain next week to knock on doors in the European elections on behalf of the Liberal Democrats.

If Theresa May requests a three month extension of Article 50 (or longer), then the European elections will take place while the UK is still an EU member.

EU legislature demands review and replacement of settlement scheme.

The European Union (EU) has agreed a Brexit delay until the end of October and preparations have started to take part in the European elections on 23 May.

Following the agreement to prolong the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union until October 31, the country will almost certainly be obliged to take part in forthcoming elections for the European Parliament. / These will take place across Europe between May 23-26; in the UK the scheduled date is Thursday, May 23.

The European Union has promised legal action after the British government unilaterally extended a grace period for checks on food imports to Northern Ireland, a move that Brussels said breached the terms of London’s EU divorce deal.

The European elections on 23-26 May are a key moment for candidates to commit to protect our fundamental rights. It’s a chance for European citizens to recognize that the European Parliament helps protect the rule of law, and the human rights and dignity of people living across the EU and those outside its borders.

The best way to stop Brexit is to support those parties which are unequivocal about staying in the European Union.

EU must continue to monitor and ensure that the British hold up their side of the bargain.

European election is our chance to confront racism and xenophobia with our vote.

Much of the UK’s referendum debate has focused on the extent to which EU decision-making is democratic, with the European Commission a source of particular criticism from leave campaigners on the basis that it is unelected.

This troll has published a thread attacking @Femi_Sorry for his video on EU democracy. I don’t like feeding trolls, but this one is getting attention for the wrong reason and his thread deserves detailed rebuttal. It’s a staggering tissue of lies and half-truths.

I’m sad to say I predicted the #DeniedMyVote scandal months back, here I am in Strasbourg saying so. A group of MEPs is working on this now.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has condemned an apparent far-right surge ahead of next week’s European elections, likening it to Nazi Germany. / In a speech at a campaign event in Bootle on Saturday, Mr Corbyn drew a comparison to 1930s Germany as he attacked the far-right for “simplistic answers which can only breed hatred and division.”

Document written by left-wing allies is endorsed by every sitting Labour MEP set to contest their seat.

Shadow cabinet ministers are backing a new public vote alongside MPs from the left and right of the party. / Jeremy Corbyn is under intense pressure from within his shadow cabinet to give a strong commitment to a new Brexit referendum as part of Labour’s European election campaign offer.

'It would only work for the richest', Labour leader says.

A TORY MP provoked waves of laughter in the House of Commons this afternoon after inadvertently revealing her lack of knowledge on the European Union.

Like a mirage, the elections are fully present yet completely intangible. Why? Because nobody is discussing the literal purpose of the vote and the place we're actually electing people to: the European parliament.

Voting for one remain party in your region should reduce the number of seats Brexit supporting parties win.

Polls makes Vince Cable’s party the favourite for remainers and puts it in first place in London. / Senior Labour figures were engaged in a desperate battle to shore up the party’s support on Saturday night, amid warnings that its stance on Brexit was helping to “detoxify the Lib Dems”.

Former MEP Michael Cashman says he 'can't trust' Jeremy Corbyn and urges people to back second referendum parties. / A Labour peer has resigned from the party after announcing that he will vote for the Liberal Democrats in this week's European Parliament elections.

London activists upset at small mention of holding a second public vote. Local election results trigger fresh row over party's Brexit policy.

Activists report people registered as Labour members who say they will vote Green. One of them was a Labour councillor.

Elections for new Euro-MPs must be held if MPs delay Brexit, pressure group Leave Means Leave has said.

'Our manifesto sets out a clear and positive vision for the UK within the EU, and we can achieve it by stopping Brexit'. / Vince Cable's Liberal Democrats are to launch their European elections campaign manifesto today under the blunt slogan: "Bollocks to Brexit".

Custom “SayYesToEurope” livery on a Lufthansa Airbus A320. / Lufthansa is sending a very special signal four weeks before the start of the European elections, taking place on 23-26 May: As of 24 April, an Airbus A320 will be branded with the slogan “SayYesToEurope” in large letters across its fuselage in place of the usual Lufthansa writing.

French president says EU27 leaders need to know when UK’s lengthy exit will happen. / France’s president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he wants to avoid Brexit “polluting” the EU after 31 October, and that European leaders need to know when the UK’s prolonged departure will come to an end.

Elected on the day she turns 43, the politician from the European Union's smallest nation becomes the youngest president ever to run the chamber.

Two-step process for European elections ‘mishandled’ by authorities, says the3million. / Campaigners for non-British or Irish EU citizens have made a formal complaint to the Electoral Commission amid fears many of them will be unable to vote in the UK in this Thursday’s elections for the European parliament.

Former UK ambassador Ivan Rogers says PM’s negotiating strategy was doomed to fail

There are 73 UK MEPs. They are elected in Great Britain and Northern Ireland. / The UK is divided into 12 electoral regions made up of the nations and regions of the UK. Each region has between 3 and 10 MEPs and each MEP in a region represents everyone living there.

‘Recent developments with the UK don’t provide positive signs for us to agree on a date,’ says Parliament spokesperson.

The European parliament has refused to set a date to ratify the Brexit deal for a second time, amid concerns the UK is not implementing it properly.

Big majority in EU parliament vote for corporate due diligence along entire supply chains, including for UK businesses.

Vote sets up post-Brexit budget clash with countries accused of damaging democratic values.

ID’s influence doubtful, however, after falling short in aim to become third-biggest bloc.

A leading group of MEPs responsible for UK-EU negotiations have "grave concerns" about Boris Johnson's new Brexit proposals.

The European Parliament urged the European Commission to make cages for farmed animals a thing of the past in a resolution adopted on Thursday (10 June), marking a first step towards a ban on cages by 2027.

Text calls on member states to tackle discrimination against people of African descent.

MEPs have voted in favour of the €5 billion Brexit Adjustment Reserve – with €1 billion coming Ireland’s way.

UK overseas territories such as Cayman Islands also may lose protection once afforded by UK’s EU membership.

Former deputy prime minister Lord Heseltine has had the Tory whip suspended after saying he would vote Liberal Democrat at the European elections, a Conservative spokesman said.

Plea comes from 26 member states and across the European parliament’s different political groups.

Here’s the clip of my intervention today in the European Parliament, #StopBrexit

Neil Kinnock addresses the myth of the 'democratic deficit' in the EU.

The committee acted after Channel 4 News revealed how Mr Farage’s lavish lifestyle was funded to the tune of £450,000 by Arron Banks’ companies.

Nigel Farage could be banned from the European parliament for his failure to declare almost half a million pounds in gifts from Brexiteer donor Arron Banks.

British Twitter users distance themselves from Brexit Party stirring up trouble as vote ratifies exit deal.

Contrary to recent reports, the European Union knows Britain could walk away and is preparing accordingly.

British MEPs have explained why they voted against UK citizens getting visa-free access to the EU in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

Northern Ireland must use the EU elections as a ‘people’s vote’ on Brexit, SDLP leader Colum Eastwood has said. / The MLA says May's election must be used by the region to send a strong pro-remain message to London.

The next PM will have promised the electorate something that she or he is quite unable to deliver.

MEPs Caroline Voaden and Judith Bunting discuss their lives as MEPs.

Hailed by Tory MPs as a Brexit benefit, CPTPP membership actually turns the UK into a willing pawn in Washington’s geopolitical game.

The EU-Vietnam trade agreement, the “most modern and ambitious agreement ever concluded between the EU and a developing country”, got Parliament’s backing on Wednesday.

The prospect that the UK will seek an extension to the Brexit negotiation process, whether or not a deal can be sealed by British prime minister Theresa May in the next few days, has risen significantly.

In 1992, Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II addressed the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Her speech followed the signing of the Maastricht Treaty - the foundation of today's European Union. Drawing on the words of Winston Churchill, she paid tribute to those who rebuilt Europe in the wake of conflict and praised the Parliament as a leading democratic forum.

Anti-Brexit party’s European election candidates also include teachers and carers. / The anti-Brexit party Change UK – The Independent Group has announced its candidates for next month’s European elections after receiving more than 3,700 applications.

NICOLA Sturgeon said the SNP is offering a message of “hope and optimism” as she launched the party’s European election campaign. / The First Minister also condemned the UK Government’s contempt for Scotland and urged Scots to send Theresa May a message with their vote.

The number of remain parties in the EU elections means there is a clear and present danger that the remain vote will be split, leading to more Brexiteer MEPs being elected. Smart remain voters need to think tactically and focus on the leading remain party in their region.

This week, the last desperate moves before next week’s descent in the Hellmouth of Final Votes. Has Theresa May’s attempts to bribe Labour MPs from Leave constituencies backfired? Just how wobbly is Labour’s “commitment” to a People’s Vote? And who will run candidates in the 2019 European Parliamentary Elections if Brexit is extended and Britain has to participate?

This week MATT FORDE – stand-up, ‘Mock The Week’ regular, creator of touring show ‘Brexit Through The Gift Shop’ and interviewer of political heavyweights on his podcast ‘The Political Party’ – joins us to get psephological for the upcoming EU Parliament elections. ... Can Remain parties co-ordinate, which side’s vote is most likely to split… and how does the D’Hondt system work anyway?

Why can’t the Remain parties get their acts together for the European Parliament elections, the most important vote on the EU since the Referendum? Historian ROBERT SAUNDERS joins us to explain what lessons we should have learned from the 1975 Referendum ... If we’re going to “remain and reform” what exactly is that supposed to mean? And could we pull it off anyway?

As Labour’s NEC enrages members by pushing a Confirmatory Referendum into Never-Neverland and recommitting to “Soft” Brexit, we invite Guardian writer and Corbyn supporter RACHEL SHABI into the Remainiacs bunker for a candid discussion of Labour’s Brexit contortions.

As the EU Election clock ticks remorselessly down to zero we’re joined by the New Statesman’s political editor STEPHEN BUSH. / What will Labour’s “all things to everyone” stance to do its vote? How do we fight the Brexit Party’s “all rage, no content’’ politics? Just how screwed are the Conservatives?

It’s Euro elections week and lots of us STILL don’t know who to vote for. On Friday 17 May we brought together people from the key national parties who are hunting the Remainer vote to make their pitch in semi-hustings format. London MEP candidates DINESH DHAMIJA (Lib Dems), LAURA PARKER (Labour) and JAN ROSTOWSKI (Change UK) plus AMELIA WOMACK (Deputy Leader of the Greens for England and Wales).

Who REALLY won the EU elections, the #DeniedMyVote scandal, the ruins of Labour and the Tories… / After the EU parliamentary elections turned into a straight-up showdown between the Remain bloc and the Brexit Party, who’s in charge now – and what’s left of the Tories and Labour?

Business intelligence expert and super-tweeter STEVE ANALYST joins us to see where the Undead Deal goes next, and explore the myriad amendments it’ll undergo next week. And how are YOU going to vote in the 2019 European Elections? Because you know what, you might have to…

The new UK MEPs elected in May 2014 are listed here. / The UK elects 73 Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). For these elections it is divided into twelve regions (Northern Ireland, Scotland, Wales and 9 in England). Each region has between three and ten MEPs, according to its population. All MEPs in each region represent all constituents in it.

The European Parliament's new president, Roberta Metsola, on Tuesday vowed to promote the decisions taken by the bloc's lawmakers even if they go against her own convictions.

Less than two weeks before pivotal elections for the European Parliament, a constellation of websites and social media accounts linked to Russia or far-right groups is spreading disinformation, encouraging discord and amplifying distrust in the centrist parties that have governed for decades.

Electoral Commission says site was not supplying all the information legally required. / An online service set up to help EU citizens in the UK to register to vote in the European parliamentary elections has been shut down after it emerged it was not working properly.

A Frenchman who served as an MSP is calling on overseas citizens to use the European elections to send a message to Theresa May. / Christian Allard was an SNP MSP for the North East of Scotland between 2013 and 2016, and is now standing to become an MEP.

A senior SNP MP has warned delays to setting up the UK-EU Parliamentary Assembly are slowing the responses to problems caused by Brexit.

Nicola Sturgeon will accuse the Tories of treating the Scottish Parliament with contempt.

The showdown took place at the European Parliament in Strasbourg today.

"I believe the European Union is an inspiring example for a cooperative and peaceful co-existence among different nations and peoples and deeply inspiring for people like myself who strongly believe in the need for better understanding, closer cooperation, and greater respect among the various nations of the world."

"Every vote for the Liberal Democrats is a vote to stop Brexit and stay in the European Union. We passionately believe that Britain is stronger as part of the European Union and we have led the fight to give the people the final say on the Brexit deal"

The site is based on latest polling data and is 'not party political', its founders said. / A new website targeted at Remain voters has been launched by data scientists in a bid to help tactical voting against the Brexit Party.

Rally comes as polls indicate SNP likely to make gains in European elections. / Tens of thousands of people are expected to march in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon in the largest show of support for Scottish independence since Nicola Sturgeon said she would introduce legislation to hold a second independence referendum.

A wave of support for populists and Greens has disrupted centrist parties across the EU. Daniel Boffey considers what it means for the bloc and Brexit.

Seats in the European Parliament representing England, Scotland and Wales are distributed according to the D'Hondt system, a type of proportional representation.

Europe Editor Patrick Smyth looks ahead to the EU summit in Sibiru, Romania. It was billed as a Brexit-Free opportunity to plan for Europe's future, but the failure of the UK to leave on time means the meeting still takes place in Brexit's shadow. Also looming is the probability of a realignment of power in the European parliament.

Scientists say we have five years to change course on climate change. The next European parliament term is five years – they are a matter of life and death.

First published in 1990, for more than a quarter-century this has been the premier textbook on the European Parliament. This new 9th edition - the first for five years - has been fully updated and expanded, including all the familiar features and all recent significant developments.

No, it isn't the usual sort of language we would use in a political document, but let's be honest: these are not usual times. / ‘Bollocks to Brexit’. That’s the slogan on the front of the Lib Dem’s manifesto, which is officially launched this evening in east London.

European Parliament magazine

If we really want to rule out no-deal, Britain needs to take part in the European elections. No-one wants to hear this, but it's true. Labour and the Tories both hate it. The Europeans despise it as much as the British government does. But it has to happen. If it doesn't, no-deal becomes much more likely.

Remainers are about to fumble the European parliamentary elections and it is not because of a lack of formal cooperation or party alliances. It is because they have landed on entirely the wrong goals.

Knowing that they are losing the support of public opinion back home, the new Brexit Party MEPs have decided to focus their efforts on denigrating, ridiculing and demonising the institution they chose to stand for.

It's been another bad election for both Labour and the Conservatives. / Both parties have lost MEPs to The Brexit Party and the Liberal Democrats, and the Green Party are ahead of the Tories overall.

The new target is to win support for a Brexit by the end of June, avoiding the need for newly elected Euro-MPs to take their seats.

‘Cabinet must take its head out of the sand. The deal was dead months ago’. / Theresa May has risked angering Tory MPs by using the party’s official leaflet for the European elections to target those who voted down her Brexit agreement.

A large number of our readers have asked us to factcheck a list of claims about the Lisbon Treaty, or “what will actually happen if we stay in the EU”, which has gone viral on social media.

Lords committee chair highlights concern EU parliament may delay trade deal ratification.

The announcement was condemned by anti-racism groups who said it was 'just another way for Lennon to line his pockets'.

Former EDL leader finishes in eighth place after divisive campaign. / Tommy Robinson was met with mocking laughter after he failed to win election last night as an independent MEP candidate.

ALYN Smith will top the SNP’s list of EU election candidates when they are unveiled.

Former Tory Deputy Prime Minister Michael Heseltine says he will not vote for the Conservative Party in the European elections on Thursday.

Another senior Conservative peer has been suspended from the party whip for pledging to vote Liberal Democrat in the European elections, after the punishment was imposed on the former deputy prime minister Michael Heseltine.

European Council president Donald Tusk has urged the European Parliament to "be open to a long extension, if the UK wishes to rethink its strategy".

The UK will have to fight European elections, despite hopes from the government a Brexit deal would be done by then, says the PM's de facto deputy.

Vote comes as bloc wields its powers to force change in UK domestic law during transition.

British voters were not fully informed on the implications of Brexit during the referendum in 2016, a European Parliament report has concluded.

Britain risks weeks without trade transition plans from 1 January after missing EU parliament Sunday deadline.

People are being turned away from European election polling booths due to admin errors. / A nationwide picture is emerging of EU citizens in the UK being denied their democratic right to vote in the European parliament elections because of administrative errors by local councils.

British MEP Richard Ashworth’s speech in the European Parliament on Wednesday claiming Brexit was a “cautionary tale” to Europe has received a significant response on social media getting shared by many across the continent.

A UKIP MEP has been ejected from the European Parliament after directing a Nazi slogan at a German colleague. / Godfrey Bloom said "Ein Volk, ein Reich, ein Fuehrer" - one people, one empire, one leader - as Martin Schulz was making a speech.

A group of pro-Leave MEPs have turned up in force to debate in the European parliament in Strasbourg – because the subject of their entitlements after Brexit was on the agenda.

In a resolution adopted on Thursday, MEPs demand the Russian political and military leadership be held accountable for the crime of aggression against Ukraine.

THE European Union’s top official warned that the Brexit trade deal has “real teeth” and Brussels will not hesitate to take action if Boris Johnson breaches its terms.

Former European Commissioner Viviane Reding MEP calls out the false claims of the Brexiters. She absolutely nails it. We need more of this from our UK politicians.

Every election is determined by those who show up. / No matter how you vote, it’s important that young people turn out in this year’s European Elections. Find out who’s standing in your local area.

Mary Lou McDonald has urged Northern Ireland's voters to back pro-remain candidates in the European election. / The Sinn Féin president called for her party's candidate, Martina Anderson, to be given the number one preference, before transferring to "pro-remain, progressive candidates".

The remain vote may split, but we can still make our votes count and halt the Brexit party in its tracks.

As part of a series outlining the form and functions of the key EU institutions, here we explain the role of the European Parliament.

This may very well be the last time we get to vote in these elections, and a large part of how the next years shape up will be down to us. Our future is in our hands.

Goodbye letter reminds Britain: ‘Without being a member, you cannot retain the benefits of membership’

Parliament Brexit chief says proposal is ‘mainly a repackaging of the bad ideas that have already been floated in the past’.

David Sassoli says decision appears to hark back to another era.

The European Parliament has voted to ratify the EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA), with 660 out of 697 MEPs voting in favour of the deal, but a Brexit expert has said it is only the beginning.