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Monthly Archives: April 2015
eCall system approved by MEPs
MEPs have today approved an EU-wide emergency call system or “eCall” to help emergency services get to road accidents as soon as possible. This system is activated in the event of a car accident. It automatically calls the EU wide 112 eme…
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Biofuels: EU adopts final agreement
The European Parliament has today adopted the final EU compromise on the directive relating to the biofuels and indirect land-use change (“ILUC”). The main purpose of the draft directive is to start the transition from conventional biofu…
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Tagged Public Health and Food Safety,Health and Environment, Week News,Press Release,ENVI :: Environment
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MEPs back targets to slash plastic bag use
MEPs have today agreed new binding targets today to cut plastic bag use in the EU by 80% by 2025. Up to 200 plastic bags are thrown away every year by the average European, most of them after having been used only once.
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MEPs back new climate measures for maritime sector
MEPs have today approved a new regulation that takes a first step towards addressing the climate emissions of maritime transport. Shipping is the only major transport mode that is not yet in any way covered by the EU’s commitments to redu…
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Tagged Public Health and Food Safety, The Week Ahead,Press Release,,Climate change,ENVI :: Environment
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Management of fish stocks in the Baltic: a win-win deal, says Nils Torvalds MEP
Today the European Parliament in plenary session in Strasbourg adopted by a large majority a proposal for a regulation establishing a multiannual plan for stocks of cod, herring and sprat in the Baltic Sea. It is the first framework for m…
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,,Fish stocks,CFP - Common Fisheries Policy,PECH :: Fisheries
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EU Summit outcome very disappointing
Commenting on the European Council conclusions, ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt said:
“Again we have reached the lowest common denominator. Everybody in the room knew that tripling the budget of Triton will not prevent new disasters, if n…
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Tagged Week News,Press Release,EU in the World,Civil Liberties,AFET :: Foreign Affairs,External Relations and Human Rights,Immigration policy
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Ukraine must ensure independent investigations into the recent murders to avoid an unnecessary escalation of the conflict
Following the recent series of odd deaths and killings in Ukraine, the ALDE Group in the European Parliament calls on the Ukrainian authorities to investigate these cases in a transparent and independent way.
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Respect of human rights must prevail in EU – Cuba relations
Following the meeting in Brussels of High Representative, Federica Mogherini, with Cuban Minister for Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez Parilla, the ALDE Group in the European Parliament calls on the EU to take concrete actions.
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Migration/Asylum policy: ALDE proposes ambitious alternative to European Council approach
ALDE Leader Guy Verhofstadt has presented an alternative to the European Commission and European Council approach to migration and asylum. In its blueprint ALDE calls for:
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Europe should not fear the likes of Uber – ALDE launches Digital Single Market policy paper ahead of Commission proposals –
The ALDE Group in the European Parliament will today host a key hearing in the European Parliament on the “app economy”, with leading app service providers including Uber, Skype and eBay, to explore the actions necessary to help innovate …
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