MEPs call for the respect of human rights defenders, fair treatment of prisoners and for the respect of women’s rights in Iran, Saudi Arabia and Sudan.

The EU has launched legal proceedings in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) against Chinese legislation that undermines the intellectual property rights of European companies.

The Chairman of International Trade Committee of the European Parliament Bernd Lange (S&D, Germany) issued the following statement on the new US tariffs.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos thanked the European Union, in an address to plenary, for its support for the peace process in Colombia.

A new EU multiannual plan to prevent overfishing of demersal species and thus offer North Sea fishing communities more security was approved by MEPs on Tuesday.

On the eve of the Africa Day, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania Linas Linkevičius opened the traditional Africa Day 2018 events at the Martynas Mažvydas National Library of Lithuania on 24 May.

Facebook has sent a first set of replies to the EP President on a number of outstanding questions left unanswered at the meeting between EP leaders and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg.

Representatives of the EU Member States, the Western Balkans and Turkey, the European Commission and the European Central Bank, as well as representatives of the central banks of the Western Balkans and Turkey[1] met for their annual economic policy dialogue[2]. The submitted 2018 Economic Reform Programmes (ERPs) of the Western Balkans and Turkey outline the medium-term macroeconomic and fiscal framework as well as structural reforms (affecting areas such as labour markets and education, energy, innovation and the business environment) to enhance competitiveness and long-term growth. Participants regretted that Bosnia and Herzegovina's ERP had been submitted with a significant delay. The programmes cover the period 2018-2020.

President Dalia Grybauskaitė, who is on a working visit to Sakartvelo, met with President Giorgi Margvelashvili.

The latest Parliament Eurobarometer survey, published one year ahead of the European elections in May 2019, confirms citizens’ steadily growing support for the European Union