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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 27/11/2008
EPP-ED Rapporteurs on the Telecoms Package, Malcolm Harbour MEP and Pilar del Castillo MEP, have welcomed the decision of the Council and are ready for the negotiations that will further improve the package. They will particularly focus on improving competition and the internal market. There is also much work to be done on a new European Regulatory Body, where Parliament has already reshaped the original...
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 22/10/2008
" A new Timeshare Directive passed by MEPs today will make European holiday-makers better informed and less exposed to rogue traders", Malcolm Harbour MEP, lead member on the Timeshare Directive for the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament, said today.
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Broadband Expert Blog (Free subscription) | 22/09/2008
A Member of European Parliament recently advised that reforms proposed to European Union legislation that governs electronic communication have been put forward as a means to safeguard consumers and not penalise them. The West Midlands conservative MEP, Malcolm Harbour, completely denied that there would be an inclusion of the ‘three strikes and you’re out’ policy in [...]
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
" T he European Union's Telecoms Package will give consumers new rights and powers in the modern age of telecommunications, and it will not act as a new copyright enforcement law as some people have inaccurately purported", Malcolm Harbour MEP, EPP-ED Spokesman on the Telecoms Package, said today.
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Planet Intertwingly (Free subscription) | 09/07/2008
The IMCO/ITRE vote went through yesterday. Good news and bad news, basically; the amendments were adopted, but Notice Was Taken and to quote Professor Edwards:the drafter, Malcolm Harbour, got interviewed by the Beeb, and reiterated that it was not not...
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 25/06/2008
E PP-ED Single Market Co-ordinators Malcolm Harbour and Andreas Schwab strongly welcome the European Commission's new political initiative, the Small Business Act, to encourage the development of Small and Medium Sized enterprise (SMEs). The plans will encourage all EU countries to make a stronger effort to remove the regulatory burden in SMEs. There are also plans to encourage entrepreneurship, improve...
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Is there more to life than shoes? (Free subscription) | 04/06/2008
Conservative MEP Malcolm Harbour also accused us of "muck-raking" and threatened: “If you value your relationship with the Conservative Party I would recommend that you think very carefully about continuing with this... From the Open Europe blog. Which is a rather clear indication of why I don't like or trust Open Europe in that guise, or when they are in fancy dress as 'I want a referendum' since...
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 26/03/2008
M EPs Malcolm Harbour, Zita Pleštinská and Andreas Schwab participated in the visit of the European Parliament's Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee to China from 16 to 21 March 2008. The delegation concentrated on issues of the safety of products, fair trading terms and intellectual property. The MEPs also visited a toy factory and met with officials from the Chinese product inspection...
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 28/02/2008
T he Internal Market Committee of the European Parliament has today decided who will author Parliament's report on the Toys Directive. Following EPP-ED Coordinator Malcolm Harbour's proposal, the EPP-ED Group's Vice-Chairwoman Marianne Thyssen has been appointed Rapporteur.
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 13/02/2008
" T he EU must create more favourable conditions for enterprise to compete globally", said Malcolm Harbour MEP.
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 16/01/2008
T he EPP-ED Group's Spokesman on the EU internal market, Malcolm Harbour MEP, has welcomed the result of today's vote in the European Parliament on new rules governing consumer credit in the 27 Member States of the EU. Mr Harbour said that the new rules will give consumers more and better information, making it easier for them to take informed decisions. The total cost of loans will be clear and there...
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EPP ED (Free subscription) | 06/09/2007
" E U Member States must ensure that product safety rules, especially for toys, are properly enforced", says EPP-ED Internal Market Spokesman Malcolm Harbour MEP.
