Europe Votes To Impose Visas On Americans

Donald Trump may soon find himself on the receiving end of a “visa war” that could have dire consequences for trans-Atlantic travel and European tourism.

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By ZeroHedge.com
A man sells balloons wearing a Mickey Mouse costume with an US flag on his hat in a tourist area in Madrid, Spain. (AP/Andres Kudacki)

On Thuesday, EU lawmakers voted to force Americans to apply for visas when traveling to Europe in response to Washington refusing to allow all Europeans to travel to the States visa-free. The vote by show of hands was the latest in an ongoing “visa war” between Brussels and Washington DC, which now looks set to come to a head after MEPs today

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EU Votes To Lift Immunity For French Far-Right Firebrand Marine Le Pen

The lifting of Le Pen’s immunity does not relate to another corruption case centered on her aide at the European Parliament, who is suspected of being paid from EU money while working on her party’s behalf.

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By Associated Press
Marine Le Pen, the French far-right presidential candidate adjuts her hair as she attends a debate in Paris. The European Parliament has voted Thursday March 2, 2017 to lift Le Pen's immunity from prosecution. (AP/Francois Mori)

PARIS (REPORT) — The European Parliament voted Thursday to lift the immunity from prosecution for French far-right leader Marine Le Pen for tweeting gruesome images of Islamic State violence, a crime that carries up to three years in prison in France. The legislature voted by a broad majority in Brussels to clear the way for the possible

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What You Need To Know About CETA: The Newly Approved EU-Canada Trade Deal

The main purpose of CETA isn’t tariff elimination, which is at an all time low, its regulatory cooperation.

Zachary Davies Boren
By Zachary Davies Boren
Activists stage a demonstration against the so-called CETA trade deal outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France, Wednesday, Feb.15, 2017. (AP/Jean-Francois Badias)

The EU-Canada trade deal CETA has been approved by the European Parliament by a vote of 408 to 254, with 33 abstentions. The deal is now set to be voted on by national and regional parliaments across Europe.   Union letter In a last minute intervention, Britain’s biggest unions wrote to Labour MEPs urging them to oppose

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10,000 Refugee Children In Europe Missing, Exploited By Criminal Gangs

Lawmakers in the European Parliament have been told the shocking fact that there are 10,000 children missing in Europe who are being exploited by criminal gangs and used for sex, begging or are forced to commit crimes.

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By Sputnik News
Migrant child covered in blanket stands in rain at the Greek border camp near Idomeni, Thursday, March 10, 2016. Northbound borders are closed and authorities plan to distribute fliers telling refugees seeking to reach central Europe that there is no hope of you continuing north, therefore come to the camps where we can provide assistance as more than 36,000 transient migrants are thought to be stuck in financially struggling Greece. (AP Photo/Visar Kryeziu)

Representatives of the Europol law enforcement agency, the EU Fundamental Rights Agency and the NGO Missing Children Europe briefed Members of the European Parliament on the numbers and reasons why the children are believed to have gone missing. https://twitter.com/europarlAV/status/723188409435447296 They were told that it is feared that

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EU Parliament Votes For Dropped Charges, Asylum Protection For Snowden

Resolution passed by European Parliament Thursday calls on member states to prevent whistleblower’s extradition, rendition.

Andrea Germanos
By Andrea Germanos
A sticker calling for asylum for Edward Snowden seen in Berlin. (Photo: Tony Webster/flickr/cc)

The European Parliament passed a resolution Thursday urging its nations to afford NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden protection. Passed by a 285 to 281 vote, the resolution calls on EU member states to "drop any criminal charges against Edward Snowden, grant him protection and consequently prevent extradition or rendition by third parties, in

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European Parliament Debates Letting Individual Countries Ban GMOs

Beekeepers were among the groups calling for a continent-wide ban, arguing “bees know no borders.”

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By MintPress News Desk

BRUSSELS --- The European Parliament is debating a law which would allow individual countries in the European Union to ban genetically modified organisms, but opponents of GMOs and lawmakers both seem unhappy with the plan. GMOs already face a difficult time reaching European soil, due to regulations that require a favorable scientific

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