Rebecca Harms

Green members of the European parliament stood en masse and held up placards Tuesday in protest against the EU Commission approval of the cultivation of genetically modified potatoes.

The European Union on Wednesday urged major world polluters to set new long-term goals to fight climate change, realising they will fail to match its ambitious offer to slash greenhouse gas emissions.

EU awards Sakharov rights prize to Russians beleagured rights activists. The European Union's parliament on Thursday awarded its annual Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought to three prominent Russian rights activists, in recognition of the difficult conditions they face in defending human rights in Russia today.

Comments on Irish 'yes' to Lisbon Treaty, the blueprint for EU reforms. Reaction to Ireland's 'yes' vote to the Lisbon Treaty: