The European Parliament voted in favor of Ursula von der Leyen's new commission on Wednesday, after a months fraught with uncertainty for the German lawmaker. The new commission will take over on December 1.

British Prime Minister Theresa May laments a "very disappointing" result from European Parliament elections in which her Conservatives were crushed by the Brexit Party of anti-EU populist Nigel Farage.

Pro-European parties in the Netherlands are predicted to win most of the country's European Parliament seats, exit polls show. Dutch voters were among the first to take part in four days of voting across the continent.

- Marietje Schaake, Member of European Parliament, discusses the outlook for Europe's elections on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

Laura Codruta Kovesi, tabbed to become the EU's first chief prosecutor, can once again leave Romania. The European Parliament backs her candidacy despite strong opposition from the Romanian government.

Will the reform of European Union copyright law herald the downfall of the digital era as we know it, or is it merely a matter of compensating artists? The European Parliament is set to vote on the landmark dispute.

The populist pitch of Italy's Five Star Movement led it to electoral success and coalition government with the far-right League party. Fabio Castaldo, a European Parliament Vice President and Five Star MEP, tells Conflict Zone his party "will be the third way" in Europe.

European Parliament president Antonio Tajani led a minute's silence for murdered Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia.

The European Parliament voted on Thursday to reintroduce visas for U.S. citizens.

Britain papers focus on the former spy whose name has been linked to the explosive dossier on alleged links between Donald Trump and Russia.