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
Centrul European pentru Controlul şi Prevenirea Bolilor (ECDC) înregistra, joi, 947 de cazuri mortale de gripă cu virus A/H1N1 în UE şi ţările membre EFTA (Asociaţia Europeană a Liberului Schimb), cu 48 mai multe decât în ziua precedentă, potrivit noului bilanţ publicat pe site-ul instituţiei.
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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)
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
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.
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.
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.
Deciding what the next common fisheries policy reform should deliver is easier than deciding how – and there is unlikely to be a “one size fits all” solution, it emerged from a public hearing of experts on Tuesday. MEPs looked for fresh angles and new solutions, such as alternatives to the quota system, decentralising fishery management and stepping up scientific investment, to help Parliament to shape the reform.
Improving transparency and regulatory control of alternative investment funds, such as private equity and hedge funds, to reduce the risks involved, is the key aim of a report tabled in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Source : © European Parliament
Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament delivered a speech in the Portuguese capital at the commemorative event marking the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Source : © European Parliament
