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
EU co-ordination of exit strategies, links between the ECB and the European Systemic Risk Board and a possible ban on products that destabilise markets were the key issues raised by MEPs from the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and the Special Committee on Financial, Economic and Social Crisis at a hearing of experts on Tuesday. Source : © European Parliament
Maternity leave should be extended from 14 to 20 weeks, says MEP Edite Estrela (S&D, PT) in a report, debated by Womens’ Rights Committee MEPs on Tuesday, on proposals to update the EU “maternity leave” directive.
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On Thursday 3 December the European Parliament hosts a major event on global warming and food policy when the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri and environmental activist Sir Paul McCartney will urge legislators and experts to focus on what an individual can do to fight climate change, for example by eating less meat. Source : © European Parliament
Three candidates for the position of EU Ombudsman answered MEPs’ questions at a hearing held by the Petitions committee on Monday, 30 November. MEPs focused on ways to improve EU institutions’ transparency, co-operation between Parliament and the Ombudsman, and how to improve communication on the Ombudsman’s work. Source : © European Parliament
Official development aid must continue to grow and not suffer from the current economic and financial crisis, warned ACP-EU Co-President Louis Michel at the inaugural session of the 18th ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly on Monday in Luanda (Angola). Source : © European Parliament
Centrul European pentru Controlul şi Prevenirea Bolilor (ECDC) înregistra, luni, 858 de cazuri mortale de gripă cu virus A/H1N1 în UE şi ţările membre EFTA (Asociaţia Europeană a Liberului Schimb), potrivit noului bilanţ publicat pe site-ului instituţiei.
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