Monthly Archives: February 2013

Rebecca Taylor praises the work of Yorkshire Water

Rebecca Taylor has written to praise the work of Yorkshire Water, as they seek to prevent further damage to blanket bog in Yorkshire, while protecting the quality of the water supply in the area.   The text of the letter …

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EU should develop a strategy for Turkmenistan that will promote freedom and human rights

Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania) the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkmenistan, welcomed the recent release from prison of Sapardurdy Khajiev and Annakurban Amanklychev, unjustly jailed in 2006 for assisting a French film documentary …

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EU should develop a strategy for Turkmenistan that will promote freedom and human rights

Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania) the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkmenistan, welcomed the recent release from prison of Sapardurdy Khajiev and Annakurban Amanklychev, unjustly jailed in 2006 for assisting a French film documentary …

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EU should develop a strategy for Turkmensitan that will promote freedom and human rights

Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania) the European Parliament’s rapporteur on Turkmenistan, welcomed the recent release from prison of Sapardurdy Khajiev and Annakurban Amanklychev, unjustly jailed in 2006 for assisting a French film documentary …

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EU needs means to uphold standards of media freedom and pluralism

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee adopted today the report by ALDE MEP Renate Weber (PNL, Romania) on an “EU Charter: Standard settings for Media Freedom across the EU”. The ALDE group, as well as the majority of the EP,…

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EU needs means to uphold standards of media freedom and pluralism

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee adopted today the report by ALDE MEP Renate Weber (PNL, Romania) on an “EU Charter: Standard settings for Media Freedom across the EU”. The ALDE group, as well as the majority of the EP,…

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2014 Budget: The European Parliament first wants to settle past accounts

The Parliamentary Committee on Budgets (BUDG) today approved the budget guidelines for 2014 on the basis of realistic proposals of Anne JENSEN (Venstre, Denmark). 2014 will be the first year covered by the new multiannual financial framew…

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2014 Budget: The European Parliament first wants to settle past accounts

The Parliamentary Committee on Budgets (BUDG) today approved the budget guidelines for 2014 on the basis of realistic proposals of Anne JENSEN (Venstre, Denmark). 2014 will be the first year covered by the new multiannual financial framew…

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European Redemption Fund to be fully assessed in return for agreement on Two-Pack

Today, the EU institutions finally reached an agreement on the ‘two-pack’ to further enhance the coordination and supervision of budgetary surveillance for all euro-area Member States. Concretely, the ‘two-pack’ consists of one regulation…

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European Redemption Fund to be fully assessed in return for agreement on Two-Pack

Today, the EU institutions finally reached an agreement on the ‘two-pack’ to further enhance the coordination and supervision of budgetary surveillance for all euro-area Member States. Concretely, the ‘two-pack’ consists of one regulation…

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