NewsPronto

 
Men's Weekly

.

USA Conversation

The Conversation USA

The Conversation USA

To tackle climate change, immigration and threats to democracy, Europe's fractious new Parliament will have to work together

  • Written by Garret Martin, Professorial Lecturer, American University School of International Service
The European Parliament is more fragmented than ever in its history, which could lead to legislative paralysis.Shutterstock

The European Union has survived its latest contest between pro-EU and anti-EU forces.

Helped by high turnout, pro-EU centrist and leftist parties together won more than two-thirds of seats in the European Parliament elections...

Read more: To tackle climate change, immigration and threats to democracy, Europe's fractious new Parliament...

More Articles ...

  1. Environmental reporting can help protect citizens in emerging democracies
  2. Howard Stern talks childhood trauma, and a trauma psychiatrist talks about its lasting effects
  3. Pancreatic cancer specialist explains challenges of the disease and treatment advances
  4. The question you should never ask women – period
  5. MacKenzie Bezos's $17 billion pledge tops a growing list of women giving big
  6. J. Edgar Hoover’s revenge: Information the FBI once hoped could destroy Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has been declassified
  7. I'm an MLK scholar – and I'll never be able to view King in the same light
  8. How soybeans became China's most powerful weapon in Trump's trade war
  9. Fighting malaria with fungi: biologists engineer a fungus to be deadlier to mosquitoes
  10. Naked mole rat genes could hold the secret to pain relief without opioids
  11. Ancient DNA is revealing the origins of livestock herding in Africa
  12. Who are the 1 in 4 American women who choose abortion?
  13. Why thousands are getting hit with unexpected medical bills
  14. Sharing profits and ownership with workers not only make them happier, it benefits the bottom line too
  15. I was an expert witness against a teacher who taught students to question the Holocaust
  16. Why fewer and fewer Americans are getting divorced
  17. Journalist killings, arrests and assaults climb worldwide as authoritarianism spreads
  18. The case against voting for charisma
  19. Israel's political stalemate reveals the power of ultra-Orthodox Jews
  20. What Israel's new election reveals about the struggle over Jewishness
  21. The US drinking water supply is mostly safe, but that's not good enough
  22. A radical idea to get a high-renewable electric grid: Build way more solar and wind than needed
  23. This year the flu came in two waves – here’s why
  24. We're in a golden age of black horror films
  25. Congressional action on Yemen may be the first salvo against presidential war powers
  26. Gene-edited babies don't grow in test tubes -- mothers' roles shouldn't be erased
  27. Gene-edited babies don't grow in test tubes — mothers' roles shouldn't be erased
  28. Gene-edited babies don't grow in test tubes – mothers' roles shouldn't be erased
  29. More Americans are suing over gerrymandered state maps – but the Supreme Court is not likely to step in
  30. 6 ways to protect your mental health from social media's dangers
  31. How to teach and parent better in the age of big data
  32. CBD: The next weapon in the war against opioid addiction?
  33. High-tech fishing gear could help save critically endangered right whales
  34. Sanders and AOC want to cap interest rates on consumer loans at 15% – here's why that's a bad idea
  35. India's Prime Minister Modi pursues politics of Hindu nationalism – what does that mean?
  36. Trump and the problem with pardons
  37. How the new 'Aladdin' stacks up against a century of Hollywood stereotyping
  38. Assange’s new indictment: Espionage and the First Amendment
  39. Rapid water quality tests better protect beachgoers
  40. Doping soldiers so they fight better – is it ethical?
  41. Water stays in the pipes longer in shrinking cities – a challenge for public health
  42. 'World Heritage' site selection is Eurocentric – and that shapes which historic places get love and money
  43. People with traumatic brain injury, who often lose empathy, can regain it with treatment
  44. Mathematics of scale: Big, small and everything in between
  45. As Airbnb grows, this is exactly how much it's bringing down hotel prices and occupancy
  46. The history of China's Muslims and what's behind their persecution
  47. Facebook doesn't fool me – but I worry about how it affects you
  48. Recent attempts at reparations show that World War II is not over
  49. Chicago's Urban Prep Academy – known for 100% college acceptance rates – put reputation ahead of results
  50. US is already fighting a conflict with Iran – an economic war that is hurting the wrong people