Accused of calling the shots in the financial markets, credit rating agencies have been in the sights of the EU institutions since the crisis began. EPTV takes a look back.
MEPs are due in Strasbourg to vote on a final report on Croatian accession negotiations, caps on bankers' bonuses and measures to fight against CO2 emissions.
Budgetary control committee votes on EU spending in 2011, ground handling rules divide Transport MEPs and the institutions hold a trilogue on banking supervision.
What does the President of the European Parliament do? How much power does the President have? And how does one get to be one? Presidents of EU institutions, part I.
Leaders of the three main EU institutions received the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo on Monday. In Strasbourg, the city of Franco-German reconciliation, the ceremony was broadcast live.