Germany's domestic spy agency, the BfV, is to start monitoring the far-right AfD party in a move endorsed by the government, but decried as a witch-hunt by the party's leaders.

If the European parliament votes in favour of the new Morocco agreement without knowing that it complies with the European Court of Justice judgement, how can it demand that other countries respect international law and their own courts?

British MPs vote down Theresa May's hard-fought Brexit withdrawal agreement by 432 to 202 votes. The opposition immediately called for a vote of no-confidence in the government on Wednesday.

The European Commission hopes to push member states to accept that globalisation and recent tax scandals make majority voting on tax issues unavoidable.

The EU parliament's internal chiefs have so far refused to introduce mandatory training on dealing with sexual harassment. MEPs have now asked for it again.

Though we would never admit it, the only difference between Trump and the EU is we don't need a wall - because we're 'fortunate' enough to have the Mediterranean.