Brussels agenda - Weekly preview of the Greens/EFA group - 7-11 January 2013
Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the legislative report on the EU data protection regulation and a press conference on tobacco lobbying, EU Commission ethics and transparency and the Dalli...
View ArticleBrussels Agenda - Weekly preview of the Greens/EFA group - 28 January - 1...
Greens/EFA priorities for the week include EU banking supervision rules, Modernising the railway market - new EU rules, Campaign against violence towards women - One Billion Rising, Data protection in...
View ArticleBrussels Agenda - Weekly preview of the Greens/EFA group - 18 - 22 February 2013
Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the future EU budget, horsemeat scandal and EU meat labelling rules, Emissions trading, Strengthening EU economic governance, offshore oil and gas drilling...
View ArticleBrussels Agenda - Weekly preview of the Greens/EFA group - 25 - 28 March 2013
Greens/EFA priorities for the week include aviation and the emissions trading scheme, ship recycling and EU rules, EU climate and energy policy to 2030, the World Social Forum, Document freedom day,...
View ArticleStrasbourg Flash - Weekly preview of the Greens/EFA group - 1-5 July 2013
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include - Export credit agencies, EU budget 2014-2020, Hungary, Reforming the EU's anti-fraud body, Reforming the structure of the banking sector,...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round-up - Debriefing of the plenary week Strasbourg 7-11 October...
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included EU food rules, tobacco rules and lobbying, shale gas and environmental assessment, flight times and safety, Syrian refugee crisis, right-wing...
View ArticleVictory in EP on the reform of collective rights management organisations
On 26 November, the Gallo report on Collective Rights Management was unanimously adopted by the Legal Affairs committee. This new directive is an important victory in the EU Parliament. It is a key...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round-up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 10-13 March 2014
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included the Plastic bags and the environment; Remembering Fukushima; EU seed legislation; EU financial supervision; Money laundering; Genetic resources...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round-up - Debriefing of the Brussels plenary session 2-3 April 2014
Greens/EFA priorities for the Brussels plenary session included Car engine noise; EU nuclear safety rules; Europe's Magnitsky law; Emissions from aviation; Net neutrality; Clinical trials for...
View ArticleEU General Data Protection Regulation - The outcome of the negotiations and...
The new Data Protection Regulation aims at establishing a single level playing field on the ba-sis of high data protection standards, fit for the digital age. As part of the EU’s Digital Single Market...
View ArticleA few EU governments are blocking blind people’s access to knowledge - Blog...
Among everything I’ve experienced in politics so far, the squabble over the Marrakesh treaty stands out as a particular letdown. A few European governments – including Germany and the UK – are...
View ArticleGreens/EFA Round up - Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary week 12-15...
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Car emissions scandal; Work-life balance; Rule of law in Poland; Situation in Turkey; State of the Union; Social dumping in the EU; Asylum -...
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