Irish MEP Gay Mitchell has urged the G8 to agree to end extreme poverty by 2030
Foreign Affairs
Barroso says EU-US trade negotiations can be a 'game changer'
The launch of comprehensive trade talks with Washington could be a "game changer" for both the EU and US, according to European commission president José Manuel Barroso
Commissioner welcomes new rules for EU asylum seekers
European home affairs commissioner Cecilia Malmström has welcomed parliament's decision to update the existing 'inefficient, dysfunctional and unfair' system governing asylum seekers in the EU
EU 'squanders' chance to end detention of asylum seekers
With terms for a common European asylum system finally agreed, secretary general of the European council on refugees and exiles Michael Diedring calls for member states to put an end to detention for those fleeing persecution
EU's response to violence in Turkey branded 'too little, too late'
Georgios Koumoutsakos, a vice chair of parliament's EU-Turkey delegation, has condemned the EU's slow reaction to the increasing violence and ongoing protests in Turkey, describing it as "too little, too late"
Barroso announces €400m in commission funding for Syria's humanitarian crisis
European commission president José Manuel Barroso has announced €400m in additional funding to Syria, and its neighbouring countries Lebanon and Jordan, to help combat the humanitarian crisis
Syrian arms embargo: Rajnish Singh
With the EU foreign affairs council deciding to lift the arms embargo to Syrian opposition forces, Rajnish Singh looks at the reaction of MEPs
Human rights: Anna Rosbach and Willy Fautré
Ahead of a conference in the European parliament on 6 June - "Human Rights in North Korea", Anna Rosbach and Willy Fautré highlight recent developments on the human rights situation in North Korea
BRICS mechanism: Wu Hailong
Wu Hailong explains how EU cooperation with Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa can boost economic growth and address global challenges
BRICS: Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
The BRICS nations are an important foreign policy player that the EU must recognise, argues Jacek Saryusz-Wolski
