MEPs to debate new rules to punish troublemakers

Misbehaving MEPs are likely to be expelled from the European Parliament's meetings, and lose a daily allowance for up to ten days, under new rules to be debated in the Strasbourg plenary on Wednesday (18 January).

Deputies will debate and vote on a report by French green MEP Gerard Onesta, adopted by a huge majority by the parliament's constitutional committee last November.

In his report, Mr Onesta argues that the parliament's authorities currently do not have efficient tools to ...