Monthly Archives: July 2012

Regional development must not stop at borders

The European Parliament’s Regional Development Committee has voted on amendments to the Commission’s five key proposals to reform the EU’s structural and cohesion funding after 2014.

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MEP calls for end to "scam" on vehicle emission performance

An ALDE MEP says that loopholes must be closed if car drivers are to gain the full benefits of EU plans to curb CO2 emissions and increase the fuel efficiency of new cars.

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Verhofstadt welcomes latest report from German Council of Economic experts on the Eurocrisis

The latest report (5th July) from the German Council of Economic experts (Sachverständigenrat) that advises Chancellor Merkel has confirmed that, although the outline of a plan to end the crisis has now been put on the table, EU leaders …

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Assessing European complicity in the CIA rendition programme is overdue

Five years from the European Parliament’s report into alleged European collusion with CIA ‘extraordinary rendition’ (kidnap and secret illegal detention) developed as part of Bush “war on terror”, the Civil Liberties committee voted today…

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More consumer trust in the internal market by better dispute resolution

European consumers are only one step away from getting an efficient system of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). Today, the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) of the European Parliament voted in favour of a legisl…

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Absence of a Single European Sky carries high economic and environmental costs

The European Parliament’s Transport committee voted today on a report on the implementation of the Single European Sky (SES) legislation, raising concerns and the alarming consequences unless Member States accelerate a full and timely del…

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Backtracking on EU summit plan for Eurozone is irresponsible

Commenting this morning as Eurozone finance minsters prepare to meet to start putting flesh on the bones of the European Council conclusions of 29th June, Guy Verhofstadt (Liberal and Democrat group leader in the European Parliament) said…

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EU R&D budget shows added value of EU level spending

Today, July 9th the European Commissioner for Research, Innovation and Science, Maire Geoghegan-Quinn announced the next and final set of calls for proposals valued at € 8.1 billion for the EU’s 7th RTD Framework Programme with a total …

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Allocation of slots: Airport capacity and transparency to be increased

Last year the European Commission proposed a new Regulation on common rules for the allocation of slots at European Union airports, to deal with an expected doubling of air traffic by 2030 with the consequent possible substantial increas…

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Flood relief in Calder Valley

BackgroundAs some of you may know (it made the national news), three towns in Calder Valley – Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd – suffered flooding just over 2 weeks ago when torrential rain caused the river Calder to burst its banks. Around 900…

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