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EU ethics controversies ‘play into the hands of Eurosceptics and anti-vaxxers’, says European Ombudsman

ECB president warns banks to prepare for slower economic growth, higher funding costs and lower lending volumes

European Parliament directorate says MEP’s encounters over dinners fall outside ‘scope of mandatory publication’

Fine Gael MEP met gas industry prior to vote on legislation relating to new energy requirements for buildings

NGOs warn of lobbying as combustion engine phase out faces last minute German blockade

Developer hosts topping-out ceremony at new headquarters for the European Parliament in Dublin

Transport official flew for free with Qatar Airways while team was negotiating airline’s access to EU market

Kildare native applied his adventurous, egalitarian spirit to role of director of the European Anti-Poverty Network

MEP’s earnings from wine bar business, initially omitted from financial declarations, emerged after video posted on social media

In interview on South East Radio on Monday, Wallace claims he receives sum for providing ‘contacts with wine producers in Italy’

Electrifying everything can become the great workhorse of decarbonisation and be the main driver in ending reliance on fossil fuels, write Eddie O’Connor and Kevin O’Sullivan

No ownership of wine bars or a vineyard was declared in the declaration of financial interests that the TD made when he joined the European Parliament in 2019

Ireland South MEP said in video he has three wine bars, but none feature on official register of financial interests

Zelenskiy grabs the headlines, but the focus of EU leaders is firmly on borders and migration

Fear that Ireland at risk of becoming a ‘haven’ for companies involved in the sale of spyware to countries with a history of human rights abuses

Mikheil Saakashvili, opponent of Putin, asks European Parliament to help bring him to a hospital he can trust

Roberta Metsola says bloc ‘respects’ choice of British people and will continue to stand by Ukraine

Europe Letter: Cheaper mortgages for energy efficiency renovations part of proposed buildings deal

Maltese MEP tipped as potential successor to Ursula von der Leyen visits Ireland this week

Government has not said if it has used software that turns people’s phones into spying devices

Israeli president addresses European Parliament to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day

MEPs only two in parliament to vote against adding a debate on Dnipro to the agenda on Monday

Pier Antonio Panzeri has been accused of taking money from Qatar and Morocco in bid to influence decisions in European Parliament

Pier Antonio Panzeri, a central figure in the corruption investigation that shocked Brussels, is suspected of receiving bribes and gifts from Moroccan officials for more than a decade

Four people already charged in Belgian investigation into alleged criminal organisation, corruption and money laundering

Eva Kaili stripped of role in graft case after she was accused of accepting bribes from Qatar but denies any wrongdoing

From canteen chaos, Wallace’s wine and cheese party to Mountjoy matches, it was a busy week in politics

Europe Letter: Lax parliament rules under scrutiny as suspicion roams and some MEPs warn of wider problem

Fine Gael group commits to stricter declaration practices than current rules require

Gulf state sought to persuade legislators to soften language on its human rights record, European Parliament members say

European Parliament president says malign actors have used MEPs as part of an ‘alleged criminal network’

Eva Kaili, a Greek MEP, has been a strong supporter of Qatar in the European Parliament

European Parliament says it has suspended the powers and duties of vice-president Eva Kaili

Belgian police seized €600,000 in cash, computers and mobile phones after searches at 16 properties

Victim blaming is the lowest form of defence, yet the MEP has chosen to blame protesting women and girls rather than the vile police state that beats and kills them

MEPs cast doubt on robustness of bloc’s incoming regulations as ECB officials criticise bitcoin’s legitimacy

Scramble for workarounds as ‘sophisticated’ cyber attack claimed by pro-Kremlin hackers disrupts parliament services

Nicaraguan regime’s crackdown on the Catholic Church is part of a broader move to silence all opposition voices

Relationship with data commissioner ‘not always easy’, European Parliament civil liberties committee says

Russian officials routinely dismiss accounts of rape by Russian soldiers as Ukrainian and western propaganda