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Electricity Interconnection: 10% target vital, but more must be done.

Electricity Interconnection: 10% target vital, but more must be done.
MEPs have today adopted a report that proposes several actions necessary to make Europe’s electricity grid fit for 2020. Liberal and Democrat MEPs are happy with the compromise and consider the 10% target as a very valuable contribution to the Energy Union and also as one of the main preconditions for the creation of this project. However, Liberals and Democrats do regret that the 10% target, which was already announced in 2002, wasn´t subject to an impact assessment, but rather taken purely by a political decision.

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MEPs show strong support for digital innovation in Europe and demand the completion of the Digital single market

MEPs show strong support for digital innovation in Europe and demand the completion of the Digital single market

A cross-committee group of MEPs have this evening voted to adopt a report calling for ambitious, targeted actions to complete Europe’s digital single market. Liberal and Democrat MEPs strongly supported the report, which calls on the EU and Member States to embrace digital innovation, by giving a push to the digital transformation of traditional industries and increasing the take up of e-services by public administrations to remove barriers for innovative companies to start and scale up. It has been estimated that completing the digital single market once and for all and could create €340bn in additional growth across the EU.

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“Disrupt” Europe: EU must stop punishing digital innovation – Digital start-ups emerge to solve problems in all areas of our lives-

European Liberals and Democrats this afternoon host a key conference in the European Parliament, with Skype, TransferWise and Vice President of the European Commission Andrus Ansip, to discuss what Europe must do to ensure that it leads …

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No more roaming thanks to European Liberals and Democrats

A political deal was reached in Brussels last night on the proposed “Telecoms Single Market” legislation, originally proposed by former Liberal European Commissioner Neelie Kroes. The deal means that all roaming surcharges for travellers …

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Liberals and democrats start campaign in Strasbourg to scrap roaming

The Liberal and Democrat Group in the European Parliament (ALDE), have today started a campaign to demand to reverse the decision taken last week by EU Member State representatives in the Council not to abolish roaming surcharges before 2…

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Roaming and Net Neutrality proposals savaged by Member States

– Roaming surcharges to remain in place until at least 2018 –
EU Member State representatives today adopted a joint position on the European Commission’s proposal for a Telecoms Single Market, leading the way for negotiations to start bet…

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Breakthrough on energy efficiency deal

ALDE MEP Fiona Hall (UK, Liberal Democrats), who took part in the negotiations with Member States on the Energy Efficiency Directive on behalf of the Liberals and Democrats, has welcomed the deal brokered last night. Commenting on the dea…

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