Commemorating International Roma Day: Roma inclusion must be top priority...
Joseph Daul, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, and Lívia Járóka MEP, the only Roma Member of the European Parliament, commenting on International Roma Day on 8 April, said:
View ArticleCaritas draws attention to worsening situation of Roma people in Europe on...
According to the most recent Caritas Europa ‘Europe 2020 Shadow Report’, the Roma population constitutes one of the largest ethnic minorities in Europe – between 10 and 12 million citizens. This...
View ArticleA new management for EFET Deutschland to face the Energiewende (“Energy...
The management of EFET Deutschland1 is changing, the daughter federation of EFET Europe, covering the German wholesale trading market for electricity and gas. At the EFET Deutschland Board meeting of...
View ArticleEuropean Citizens' Initiative marks one year anniversary
The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) today convened key stakeholders to mark one year since the establishment of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) – the world's first direct, digital...
View ArticleEuroCommerce supports a voluntary approach to measure the environmental...
EuroCommerce welcomes the European Commission’s new sustainable consumption and production initiative and supports the proposed methodologies to evaluate the environmental footprint of products and...
View ArticleMerchants applaud further Commission action on card fees
EuroCommerce and the European Retail Round Table (ERRT) are delighted to give their unequivocal support to the further antitrust action taken today by the European Commission against MasterCard’s...
View ArticleEU Trade Defence Modernisation: Importers’ perspective key for balanced results
The European Commission has today published its proposals for modernised Trade Defence Instruments. After the failure of a similar, more controversial exercise in 2007, there is now an opportunity to...
View ArticleCogeneration boosts Europe's industrial productivity
The European Commission’s DG Enterprise launched its “new industrial revolution”[1] in October 2012 to steer Europe’s economy back to a growth path. Brussels delegates will learn from Mr. Shonodeep...
View ArticleGUE/NGL at the March for Peace in Colombia
GUE/NGL MEP Willy Meyer participated in the historic March for Peace in Bogota, Colombia, which saw representatives from both Latin American left parties and civil society organisations show their...
View ArticleThe first meeting of the “Forum for EU Refining” organised by the Commission...
Brussels, 10 April 2013: The European Commission, under the leadership of DG Energy, will host on 12 April 2013 the first meeting of the “Forum for EU Refining”, including Member States, Industry and...
View ArticleRestarting the SME credit market in Europe: what role for securitisation and...
In the aftermath of the crisis, the 23 million EU SMEs – amounting to 99 % of all enterprises - remain more than ever the backbone of the EU economy. It is of utmost importance that they have the...
View ArticleIntroducing Ruth Reichstein - new recruitment to the Greens/EFA press service
The press service of the Greens/EFA group is delighted to announce a new recruitment! Ruth Reichstein has just joined the group and will assist the group's co-presidents in their press and media work....
View ArticleYOUTH MOBILITY – THE KEY TO DEMOCRTIC REFORMS IN THE EASTERN PARTNERSHIP...
On 14th May in the European Parliament, Paweł Zalewski MEP in the cooperation with European People’s Party and the AEGEE Eastern Partnership Project will host a joint conference on "Youth mobility -...
View ArticleImmunisation one key intervention to end two million preventable child deaths...
Geneva (12 April) – Pneumonia and diarrhoea together account for nearly one-third of all under-five child deaths in developing countries. Evidence shows that children are dying from these preventable...
View ArticleEU-US Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on the move
On 10-11 April 2013, CLEPA along with MEMA, ACEA, AAPC and RMA attended the public session of the EU-US High Level Regulatory Cooperation Forum (HLRCF), at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, in...
View Article“Green single market for green growth”: neither good for consumers nor for...
Having reviewed the Draft Commission Recommendation on the use of Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and the Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF) methods, both Orgalime and ANEC are extremely...
View ArticleIRU adopts guidelines to improve efficiency at loading bays
IRU Goods Transport Council adopts guidelines on loading bay operations, with recommendations addressing current inefficiencies, through a voluntary code of conduct, contractual clarifications and...
View ArticleIRU awards top road transport managers 2013
The IRU awards prestigious IRU “Top Road Transport Manager” to 70 managers from 15 countries worldwide, for their promotion of safe, secure, environmentally friendly and efficient road transport...
View ArticleIRU appoints new Secretary General
Geneva – The General Assembly of the International Road Transport Union (IRU) today appointed Umberto de Pretto as new Secretary General of the IRU. He replaces IRU Secretary General Martin Marmy and...
View ArticleEU e‐communications industry calls for harmonised and effective data...
Brussels, 14 May 2013 – The new EU data protection rules should be effective and clear but also flexible enough to allow companies to innovate and consumers to benefit from new services, underlined...
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