Two first time MEPs: ‘The first six months was very difficult’ while ‘living out of a suitcase’

Nina Carberry and Ciaran Mullooly discuss red-eye flights to Brussels and fighting for speaking time in parliament ...
Politico Europe

7 dumb things first-time MEPs do

More than half of the 751 members of the European Parliament are currently serving their first legislative term. Expectations are high from day one: steer the legislative process, support the national ...
Politico Europe

MEPs must first put their own house in order

The Parliamentary authorities do not actually put up a sign above the doors of their various buildings saying “Welcome to the House of Smugness and Complacency”, but they might as well do. For what ...
usace.army.mil

MEPS orientation helps recruiters prepare applicants for enlistment processing

FORT KNOX, Ky. -- Future Soldiers expect basic combat training to be tough, but not the road to get there. So the day when applicants show up at the Military Entrance Processing Station (MEPS) to ...
The Irish Times

Brexit Party MEPs turn backs on EU anthem on parliament’s first day

Nigel Farage and his Brexit Party MEPs turned their backs during the playing of the European anthem at a ceremony to mark the opening of the European Parliament. As a saxophone quartet and opera ...