THERE was uproar in the European Parliament as Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orban defended his controversial media law while presenting his country’s six-month EU presidency programme.

JOSE MANUEL BARROSO put in a gruelling week trying to convince members of the European Parliament to vote for him this Wednesday, allowing him to retain his job as commission president for another five years.

DECLAN GANLEY’S pan-European political party Libertas is expected to be approved for funding by the European Parliament on Monday.

FEARS that Libertas is being funded by anti-EU elements in the Pentagon and the CIA were raised in the European Parliament yesterday amid claims the anti-Lisbon treaty group spent more than €2 million on its campaign.

Ann Cahill, Europe Correspondent, Strasbourg