The highly controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, signed end of January by 22 EU member States, has to be ratified in June by the European Parliament which has elected its new president Martin Schultz. Will the new president of the European Parliament, elected last January, make the European Parliament more vocal towards citizens and EU head of states? Is the rule for electing the...  

Get to know what is going on in your European Parliament! The only European Institution directly elected by the people. News, highlights of each plenary session in Strasbourg, analysis of the most important votes with an expert from the NGO votewatch.eu and debates on European current affairs, "Watch your EP" brings you briefly and simply all you need to better understand the European legislative...  

Should we have a single seat for the European Parliament? The paragraph 127 included in the Multi-annual framework for 2014-2020 voted in June plenary session proposed to stop plenary sessions in Strasbourg (11 to 12 times a year) and to make Brussels the single seat of the EP. Can we afford to keep a EUR 200 million a year symbol? How did your MEP vote? We talk about this vote with Doru from the...  

How did your MEP vote in April? In our vote analysis we first focus on the crucial vote calling for greater protection towards refugees rights within the European Union. Following the nuclear disaster in Japan how does react our European Institutions? Our second debate try to shed a light on the rejection of the nuclear safety resolution. Doru Frantescu from the NGO Votewatch.eu helps us to get...  

How do the MEPs vote after Lisbon Treaty? Is the legislative process transparent enough? With Doru Frantescu member of the NGO Votewatch.eu we try to shed a light on Votewatch.eu's third six-monthly report (see the website ), looking at the activities of the 2009-14 European Parliament. In the second part of our program, we debate on transparency and communication towards european citizens as...  

Watch your EP 4 (Strasbourg plenary session 22nd-25th of November) Get to know what is going on in your European Parliament! The only european institution directly elected by the people. News, highlights of each plenary session in Strasbourg, analysis of the most important votes with an expert of the NGO votewatch.eu, "Watch your EP" brings you briefly and simply all you need to better...  

What's on today in Watch your EP? In his news bulletin Ronan Guidal is first going to sum up briefly the highlights of the last plenary session in Strasbourg. (the one which took place between the 20th-23rd of spetember). Vote is the most visible action of a MEP. What lies behind it. What are the different components leading to a particular vote, what are the consequences for MEP's...