81.   Incoming European Commission President Jacques Santer makes inaugural speech to European parliament.

82.   It also gives more power to the European parliament.

83.   A Belgian socialist member of the European parliament called on Monday for an enquiry into EU farm aid to the estate owned by Princess Anne of Britain.

84.   A Danish member of the European parliament said on Friday that Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon should be tried for war crimes against the Palestinians.

85.   A group of visiting members of the European parliament called Friday on Turkey to improve its human rights record for better ties with the European Union.

86.   A European parliament committee recommended Wednesday that French Euro MP Bernard Tapie be stripped of his parliamentary mandate following his conviction for fraudulent bankruptcy, officials said.

87.   All the major political parties are currently well into their campaigning for elections to the European parliament next month.

88.   Almost one in two Europeans believes the European parliament should be given more powers, according to a poll to be published Wednesday.

89.   Also Wednesday, Spanish Health Minister Celia Villalobos Talero and European Health Commissioner David Byrne criticized the European parliament for delaying its examination of the proposed ban.

90.   Although elected on Sunday to a third consecutive term in the European parliament, Christos Papoutsis is in fact a late-comer to the European cause.