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EU Budget 2013: EU crucial policies are in danger without draft amending budget

08-05-2013 / News

"With today’s vote we want to send a strong signal to the Council: the Parliament wants the declaration signed in 2012 to be honoured because crucial EU programmes such as Erasmus, cohesion policies and research programmes for this year depend on it”, said Giovanni La Via MEP, Rapporteur on the general budget 2013. Draft amending budget 2/2013 is needed to cover...
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Parliament not responsible for postponing MFF negotiations

25-04-2013 / News

Reimer Böge MEP, Co-Rapporteur of the European Parliament on the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), denies any responsibility by Parliament for the delay of the start of the MFF negotiations: “Over the past weeks, the Parliament has been preparing its negotiating position and is thus ready to start negotiations. The situation in the Council, however, is...
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EU seals historic deal in Western Balkans

23-04-2013 / News

In a Foreign Affairs committee debate today on the outcome of the high level dialogue over the weekend which sealed a historic deal between Serbia and Kosovo, Jelko Kacin (LDS, Slovenia), EP rapporteur on EU-Serbia relations said: "What happened on Friday was a historic breakthrough in the Western Balkans. Prime Ministers Dačić and Thaci managed to find common ground in...
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Barroso must force OLAF boss Kessler to resign. Inge Gräßle MEP

23-04-2013 / News

"Following today's disclosure by the OLAF Supervisory Committee of mismanagement by OLAF, the European Commission President José Barroso must take the necessary steps to force OLAF Director-General Giovanni Kessler to resign. Barroso must act now to save the reputation of OLAF from further damage. The breaches of rules, management mistakes and withholding of information...
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MEPs adopt improved international child support enforcement

17-04-2013 / News

López-Istúriz on the international recovery of child support: "Today we made a big step forward in protecting children even if their parents live outside the European Union". The Hague Convention of 23 November 2007 on the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance is an important tool for parents looking to enforce...
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Socialist Group against full transparency

17-04-2013 / News

Europe's Socialist MEPs today voted against the demand for full transparency of the Dalli case, against a broad majority of Members who demanded the clarification of the circumstances of the resignation of the former EU Commissioner as well as any misconduct by the EU's anti-fraud office OLAF which led the investigation against Dalli. The European Parliament noted that...
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ECB must intervene directly to help SMEs

17-04-2013 / News

The European Parliament adopted today the report assessing the ECB activities for 2011. By endorsing an ALDE amendment, Parliament called upon the Central bank to directly intervene in helping SMEs against the current and serious credit crunch they face in several Member States. ALDE spokesperson on the report, Ramon Tremosa i Balcells (CiU, Catalonia, Spain) said: "The ECB...
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