Malta's Miriam Dalli is elected vice president of Socialists and Democrats
The Labour MEP is one of nine elected vice presidents of the S&D • Spanish MEP Iratxe Garcia is elected group president
Foreign Minister laments 'ineffective' EU anti-smuggling operation in central Mediterranean
Carmelo Abela tells EU colleagues in Luxembourg that a drop in the EU's central Mediterranean surveillance mission is making human traffickers more daring
European leaders scramble for consensus ahead of Brexit emergency meeting

British Prime Minister Theresa May is holding last-minute talks with leaders Germany and France as she urges EU leaders to back her request for a Brexit delay...

British Prime Minister Theresa May is holding last-minute...

Theresa May asks EU for Brexit extension until 30 June

With the Brexit deadline due next week, British Prime Minister Theresa May...

With the Brexit deadline due next week, British Prime...

European Parliament votes in favour of 10-day leave for new fathers

The directive will also grant four months of parental leave of which two months...

The directive will also grant four months of parental leave...

Theresa May to ask EU for another Brexit extension

Following seven hours of cabinet meetings, Theresa May said she would again ask...

Following seven hours of cabinet meetings, Theresa May said...

Will it be third time lucky for May's Brexit agreement?

UK MPs will today be voting on the withdrawal agreement part of the Brexit...

UK MPs will today be voting on the withdrawal agreement...

MEPs approve rule of law resolution targeting Malta and Slovakia

European Parliament approves rule of law resolution with 398 votes in favour...

European Parliament approves rule of law resolution with...

EU to get 10,000 border guards with new agency

EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to set up a new border...

EU member states and the European Parliament have agreed to...

European Parliament backs Miriam Dalli’s CO2 emissions deal

Commissioner for climate action Miguel Arias Cañete praised the Labour...

Commissioner for climate action Miguel Arias Cañete...

Labour MEP warns of ‘summertime’ time zone chaos

Marlene Mizzi: ‘Proposal to end bi-annual time change is incoherent...

Marlene Mizzi: ‘Proposal to end bi-annual time...

MEPs want EU financial police force and financial intelligence unit

Seven countries, including Malta, were labelled as tax havens with the Chair of...

Seven countries, including Malta, were labelled as tax...

MEPs vote to end summer and winter time switch in 2021

Each EU country will have to decide which time it wants to stick to, with...

Each EU country will have to decide which time it wants to...

European Parliament approves 'tax haven' resolution critical of Malta

MEPs have overwhelmingly approved a report critical of member states, including...

MEPs have overwhelmingly approved a report critical of...

MEPs approve controversial Copyright Directive

MEPs vote 348 in favour of the law and 274 against of Copyright Directive,...

MEPs vote 348 in favour of the law and 274 against of...

Maltese teens’ proposal for mandatory EU studies curriculum to be presented to MEPs

Maltese teens submit winning proposal for mandatory syllabus on European politics to increase citizens’ knowledge before casting their ballots

Maltese teens submit winning proposal for mandatory...

Major disagreements between MEPs during debate on rule of law in Malta

Labour MEP Alfred Sant said that in his opinion, the Maltese government was too quick to implement the Venice Commission recommendations but that this was...

Labour MEP Alfred Sant said that in his opinion, the...

Hundreds of thousands descend on London in anti-Brexit march

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from the "Put It To The...

Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators from the "Put...

[WATCH] Malta’s biggest Youtuber’s impassioned plea on why EU copyright law ‘could kill Internet’

Doctor-turned-Youtuber Grandayy, followed by 2 million worldwide, says MEPs must vote against Copyright Directive’s Article 13

Doctor-turned-Youtuber Grandayy, followed by 2 million...

EU to allow Brexit delay until 22 May if British MPs accept divorce deal next week

The leaders of 27 EU member states meeting in Brussels are expected to hand Britain a Brexit delay until 22 May if its parliament approves the exit deal next...

The leaders of 27 EU member states meeting in Brussels are...