Dunare, Irak si Presedintia Spaniola – teme abordate in cadrul Sesiunii Plenare de la Strasbourg de catre europarlamentarul Elena Basescu (PD-L, PPE)
In cadrul sesiunii plenare de la Strasbourg, europarlamentarul democrat – liberal Elena Basescu, a sustinut urmatoarele discursuri in plenul Parlamentului European: primul referitor la importanta axei de transport Rin – Main – Dunare, iar [...]
Committee meetings and political groups week – Brussels Source : © European Parliament
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Everyone can fight climate change by not eating meat one day a week, urged Sir Paul McCartney at a European Parliament public hearing on “Global Warming and Food Policy: Less Meat = Less Heat” on Thursday. The panel of global warming and food policy experts, including Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, urged legislators to encourage people to do more individually to fight climate change.
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The principle of “differentiated responsibility” for reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be ratified by the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, says a resolution adopted by the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) MPs and Members of the European Parliament in Luanda (Angola) on Thursday. The JPA also condemned a coup d’état in Madagascar and debated the institutional crisis in Niger. Source : © European Parliament
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A tax on financial transactions is probably not the best way to curb speculation and find extra revenue to bail out failing banks, MEPs heard on Wednesday at a public hearing held by the EP Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. Source : © European Parliament
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Turkey’s progress this year on the path to EU accession was debated by its EU affairs minister and chief negotiator Egemen Bağış and Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on 2 December. His visit coincided with the committee’s first discussion of a draft report on Turkey by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP, NL)
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Ahead of the Spanish presidency of the Council, which begins in January, EP President Jerzy Buzek and leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament will be in Madrid on Thursday and Friday for meetings with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, other ministers and members of the Spanish Parliament. The delegation will also be received by King Juan Carlos
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Catherine Ashton, the EU’s new High Representative for foreign policy, assured MEPs on Wednesday that she had the qualities needed to do the job. During a discussion with the Foreign Affairs Committee she said she would help Europe “punch its weight” politically.
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The EU’s 2010 budget was approved at the second reading by the Budgets Committee on Wednesday. This vote confirmed the 18 November budget conciliation agreement with the Council of Ministers and retained Parliament’s first-reading priorities, notably on energy and entrepreneurship.
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Unemployed car and construction workers in Sweden, Austria, and the Netherlands are to get €15.9 million in EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund aid for training, self-employment and professional orientation services under plans backed by the Budgets Committee on Wednesday.
