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MEPs Orlando and Schilling: Half a century apart in age, united in their ideas
The oldest and youngest members of the European Parliament pledge to fight for environmental sustainability and minority rights, in..
The European Parliament (EP) is one of the three legislative bodies of the European Union and one of its seven institutions. Together with the Council of the European Union, it adopts European legislation, following a proposal by the European Commission. The Parliament is composed of 720 members (MEPs), after the June 2024 European elections, from a previous 705 MEPs. It represents the second-largest democratic electorate in the world, with an electorate of around 375 million eligible voters in 2024.
The oldest and youngest members of the European Parliament pledge to fight for environmental sustainability and minority rights, in..
Seeking re-election, Ursula von der Leyen has set out her manifesto for the next five years before the European Parliament.
The two new far-right groups failed to clinch any of the fourteen vice-president positions.