MEPs have approved a new EU law which will mean that foreign car and lorry drivers caught speeding drink-driving jumping red lights or failing to wear seat belts in another EU country will be punished even if they skip back to their home country. The final version has to be negotiated with EU governments.
A new system of increased cross-border cooperation between European police forces and licensing authorities will mean that if the driver fails to pay a fine identifying details will be exchanged with the country of residence so that the fine can be collected.
The UK has chosen to opt out of this measure for the moment although it still has the option of joining in at a later date.
Reacting to the announcement by Danish pharmaceutical company Lundbeck that it taking steps to stop its drug Nembutal generically known as pentobarbital being used in executions in US prisons Liberal Democrat European justice & human rights spokeswoman and London MEP Sarah Ludford who is vice-chair of the European Parliament's delegation to the US said:
As of today (Friday 1st July) the cost of using your mobile abroad - mobile 'roaming' - within the EU will become cheaper as part of an EU initiative to gradually reduce the cost of making and receiving calls on a mobile when overseas.
The European Parliament will today debate and tomorrow vote on a report on prospective EU rules for the use of 'naked' bodyscanners at EU airports. MEPs are demanding that they be equal decision-makers in setting such rules.
Euro-MPs have grilled the European Commission about the state of play in negotiations for updated agreements on transferring airline passenger ('PNR') data to Australia Canada and the US.
The European Commission has proposed a major review of the rules on charges for using your mobiles abroad. Not only must the cost of calls and texts come down further but for the first time price caps are set on data costs for internet and email on smartphones.
On Monday 11 July 2011 Sarah and her LibDem MEP colleague Catherine Bearder heard from a group of youngsters meeting in the European 
It has been revealed that the European Commission has wiped clean the slate on London's bad air record from January 2005 (when European standards came into force) until now and no EU action will be taken over th