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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

Joseph Daul congratulates the six EPP-ED winners of The Parliament Magazine MEP Awards 2008

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

J oseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, has congratulated the EPP-ED winners of The Parliament Magazine MEP Awards 2008. Daul said that this is international acknowledgement of the EPP-ED Group's political work.

Belarus: EP Resolution on elections in Belarus - Parliament sets stage for lifting Belarus sanctions. Jacek Protasiewicz MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | yesterday

T he European Parliament is the first institution to comment on the outcome of the elections in Belarus. The adopted Resolution is to give political backing to partly suspend Belarus sanctions for 6 months, although the EU expects the Lukashenko regime to respond with the changes to the very restrictive media law.

Crise Financeira: Acção coordenada dos Estados Membros e maior transparência / Financial crisis: More transparency and coordination needed. Carlos Coelho MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | yesterday

N a Sessão Plenária do Parlamento Europeu a decorrer esta semana em Bruxelas, os Deputados Europeus aprovaram um relatório com recomendações à Comissão Europeia sobre o seguimento do processo Lamfalussy: futura estrutura de supervisão do sistema financeiro.

Símbolos da União Europeia/ Use by Parliament of the symbols of the Union. Maria da Assunção Esteves MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | yesterday

N a Sessão Plenária do Parlamento Europeu, a decorrer esta semana em Bruxelas, a Deputada do PSD Maria Assunção Esteves participou no debate sobre o Relatório Carnero relativo aos símbolos da União Europeia.

9° vertice dei Presidenti dei gruppi parlamentari PPE-DE - UE/ 9th Summit of the Chairmen of the EPP-ED Parliamentary Groups. Vito Bonsignore MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | yesterday

I l 9° Vertice, che riunisce i membri della Presidenza e i Capi delle delegazioni nazionali del Gruppo del PPE-DE insieme con i Presidenti dei Gruppi Parlamentari PPE-DE dei parlamenti nazionali dell'Unione Europea, avrà luogo il 13 e 14 ottobre prossimi al Parlamento Europeo a Bruxelles.

Desertification in the EU - European funds will help. Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | yesterday

T he Committee on Budgets of the European Parliament has approved the allocation of €1m for the year 2009 for a pilot project to develop specific methods of prevention and stopping desertification in Europe. There are certain areas to be covered like research, data collection, evaluation, field visits, consultancy and European networking for stopping desertification.

First Round Table on Christian Communities in the Muslim World: Iraq

EPP ED (Free subscription) | yesterday

T he EPP-ED Group's Working Group on Islam organised a round table on the negative discrimination of Christian communities in Iraq. In the opening speech of Vito Bonsignore MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP-ED Group, he said: "The silence has to be broken. It is a fact that there are some Islamic countries where Christian communities are being persecuted. We need to urgently discuss the situation of religious...

New Timeshare Directive: Boost for tourism and better protection for consumers. Malcolm Harbour MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

T he compromise reached by the European Parliament and the Council on the new Timeshare Directive is a major achievement for consumers buying timeshare, long-term holiday products and exchange contracts as well as those traders and businesses in the timeshare industry. By replacing the existing Timeshare Directive, this proposal represents a major opportunity for both EU tourism as well as the fast-growing...

OLAF Reform - New rules will strengthen the fight against fraud at EU level. Inge Gräßle MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

" T his is a big step forward in the fight against Community fraud and the independence of OLAF", the Rapporteur Inge Gräßle said, after the adoption of the report on the reform of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) in the Committee on Budgetary Control of the European Parliament. The report includes more than 100 amendments to the original Commission proposal which was adopted with the largest...

European financial supervision improved. Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

T he European Parliament today adopted a report calling on the Commission to come up with proposals to improve the future supervisory structure in Europe. The EPP-ED Group Spokeswoman on the issue, Piia-Noora Kauppi MEP, thanked the Commission and the Parliament for their actions, but regretted the prior reluctance of the Council to move on the topic.

Vote sur le Bilan de santé de la PAC: un compromis satisfaisant. Véronique Mathieu , MdPE

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

V éronique Mathieu se déclare satisfaite des résultats du vote sur le Bilan de santé de la PAC par la commission de l'agriculture. "Les compromis obtenus renforcent la position du Parlement face au Conseil et permettront d'entamer les négociations en ayant une position plus claire sur les principaux axes de la réforme", a t-elle déclaré à l'issu du vote marathon (plus de 1000 amendements déposés)...

Biodiversité: Réunion au Parlement européen avec les fondations européennes. Véronique Mathieu , MdPE

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

V éronique Mathieu a rassemblé le 8 octobre au Parlement européen les représentants de sept fondations européennes pour la biodiversité à l'occasion d'une conférence sur le thème "Biodiversité européenne : l'offre privée".

Maximum security of toys for childrens' health must be a priority. Miroslav Mikolášik MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

V oting on the eport on the Toy Safety Directive took place today during the afternoon session of the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee. This report has been ongoing with since May.

EP-Haushaltsausschuss erzielt Einigung über Haushalt 2009/ EP Budget Committee achieves agreement on Budget 2009. Reimer Böge MEP

EPP ED (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008

D er Haushaltsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments hat die Abstimmungen über den Haushaltsentwurf 2009 heute abgeschlossen. Nach Aussage des Ausschussvorsitzenden Reimer Böge, wird das EU-Budget auch im kommenden Jahr klar unter den Obergrenzen des Mehrjahresfinanzrahmens 2007-2013 bleiben. Der Beschluss des Haushaltsausschusses liegt bei den Zahlungsermächtigungen bei etwa 0,958% des Bruttonationaleinkommens...