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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.
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,REGI :: Regional Development,Regional policy
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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.
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,,Reducing Emissions,ITRE :: Industry, Research and Energy
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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 …
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,Recovery strategy,The Eurozone Crisis,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs
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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…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Justice and Home Affairs,Terrorism, Press Release,Civil Liberties,Anti Terrorism,AFET :: Foreign Affairs,LIBE :: Civil Liberties
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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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Tagged Press Release,IMCO :: Internal Market and Consumer Protection,Consumer Protection
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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…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,TRAN :: Transport and Tourism,Airlines
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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…
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,Coordinated governance,Europe 2020,The Eurozone Crisis,ECON :: Economic and Monetary Affairs,Stability Pact
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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 …
Posted in ALDE
Tagged Press Release,Leader Press releases and news,New Technologies,ITRE :: Industry, Research and Energy,Research
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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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Tagged Press Release,TRAN :: Transport and Tourism,Airlines
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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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