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The European Parliament could veto any future Brexit deal agreed with Brussels if the UK attempts to carry out trade negotiations with countries outside the bloc before Spring 2019, a bombshell document reveals.

The European Parliament has revoked French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen’s immunity for tweeting pictures of violence by Isis.
Ms Le Pen  – a member of the EU Parliament – is under investigation in France for posting three images of executions by Isis in 2015, including graphic images of the death of American journalist James Foley.

U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order to ban people from seven Muslim-majority countries to enter the country and a temporary decision to halt refugee admission has caused a global backlash varying from Iraq to the United Nations. 

Newly-elected European Parliament President Antonio Tajani has spoken with outgoing Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borisov, the latter has said.

On Facebook, Borisov has announced he called Tajani to congratulate him on his election on Tuesday.

The new EU Parliament head voiced his confidence GERB would win back Bulgarian citizens' trust, according to the Facebook post.

Just after abolishing his previous party, Bulgarian MEP Nikolay Barekov unveiled on Saturday a new political project, aimed at fighting corruption and changing the media landscape.

Bulgarian Vice President-Elect Iliana Iotova has said work with civic organizations will be among her priorities when she takes up office in January.

She has also voiced intentions to finish her work at the EU Parliament, where she is the deputy head of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee, before assuming her duties.

The head of Bulgaria's biggest opposition party has distanced itself from the decision of its MEPs who voted in favour of a resolution on human rights and and state expenditure on migrants from third countries.

14 Greek senior high school students and their two escorts from Evritania, who were visiting the EU Parliament building in Brussels on an excursion, have been transferred to a cafeteria on the promises for their safety by Belgian authorities.

A blast has been hear at a metro station close to EU institutions in Brussels, shortly after loud explosions at the Brussels airport of Zaventem.

The EU Parliament is set to discuss migration and to explore options to preserve the Schengen area amidst tensions among member states over the influx of migrants.