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EU leaders must address growing euroscepticism caused by crisis21-05-2013 / News"EU leaders tomorrow need to produce actions not more words and address the issues that are giving rise to increased euroscepticism across the EU," said Guy Verhofstadt in a debate today in Strasbourg ahead of tomorrow's EU summit on tax havens and energy policy. "Don't misunderstand me. I think it is very important to tackle tax evasion, tax fraud and tax havens. But I... |
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EU Budget 2013: EU crucial policies are in danger without draft amending budget08-05-2013 / 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 negotiations25-04-2013 / NewsReimer 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 Balkans23-04-2013 / NewsIn 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 MEP23-04-2013 / 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 enforcement17-04-2013 / NewsLópez-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 transparency17-04-2013 / NewsEurope'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 SMEs17-04-2013 / NewsThe 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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Cypriot crisis: we need a more integrated Europe with more solidarity and control. Jean-Paul Gauzès MEP17-04-2013 / News"Our duty today is to support the Cypriot people and bring back confidence by demonstrating solidarity in Europe. We need to adopt measures that contribute to putting the country on the path to recovery, with sound public finances and financial stability. We trust that the government led by Nicos Anastasiades will do its utmost to achieve this goal," said Jean-Paul... |
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EP budget for 2014: Parliament must continue to show restraint17-04-2013 / NewsThe European Parliament adopted today the preliminary estimates of revenue and expenditure for its 2014 financial year - the first phase in the EP budget process. This first set of figures presented in February by the Secretary General of the Parliament, called for a budget of € 1.8 billion (3.47% increase over 2013), in order to finance the one off costs in 2014 of the... |
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Parliament boosts non-Euro financial assistance17-04-2013 / NewsThe European Parliament adopted a Report today by Danuta Hübner MEP on providing financial assistance to non-Euro Member States faced with difficulties in their balance of payments. The Report expresses Parliament's views on the European Commission's proposed revision of the Balance of Payment's facility (BoP), the financial assistance toolkit of Member States outside the... |
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Main lesson from Cyprus is our need for a definitive EU bank resolution fund17-04-2013 / NewsThe European Parliament debated today the financial and economic situation in Cyprus following the EU rescue plan which has been badly handled and showed once again a lack of coherence and vision at EU level. ALDE President Guy Verhofstadt said: "The main lesson to be drawn from this crisis, that put Europe in the dock, is that the EU lacks sufficient integration in the... |
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EU Budget Discharge: financial controllers put pressure on European Commission. Markus Pieper MEP17-04-2013 / NewsThe European Parliament put the European Commission under pressure today in a vote on the discharge of the Commission budget which MEPs combined with 30 demands for more transparency on the use of EU funds and better controls on how the money is being spent. The European Commission must shoulder more responsibility for the use of EU funds in Member States, MEPs said. "The... |
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Hungarian Government is at least at risk of breaching EU fundamental values17-04-2013 / NewsAt the request of ALDE Group the European Parliament today debated the constitutional situation in Hungary following the adoption of a fourth amendment to the Hungarian Constitution. Since its entry into force on January 2012, the country's ruling party (Fidesz) - which represents two-thirds of the seats in the parliament - has restricted laws on the judicial system,... |
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- 21-05-2013 12:31 EU leaders must address growing euroscepticism caused by crisis
- 08-05-2013 11:23 EU Budget 2013: EU crucial policies are in danger without draft amending budget
- 25-04-2013 14:48 Parliament not responsible for postponing MFF negotiations
- 23-04-2013 15:51 EU seals historic deal in Western Balkans
- 23-04-2013 15:34 Barroso must force OLAF boss Kessler to resign. Inge Gräßle MEP
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