Agenda - The Week Ahead 22 – 28 June 2015 (Europees Parlement - Bureau voor...
(Source: Europees Parlement - Bureau voor België) Plenary session and committee meetings, Brussels Plenary session (Wednesday) Juncker's Strategic Investment Plan.The European Strategic Investment...
View ArticleMore transparency for securities financing transactions: Council and...
(Source: Council of the European Union) On 17 June 2015, the Council presidency and the European Parliament reached an agreement on a regulation to improve the transparency of securities lending and...
View ArticleEU-U.S. trade deal seems distant dream after early optimism
BRUSSELS When U.S. trade chief Michael Froman opened talks in 2013 on an EU-U.S. free trade deal he said he was confident it could be reached on "one tank of gas." Two years later, negotiations have...
View ArticleEnormous challenges for Europe (German Federal government)
(Source: German Federal government) Migration policy, international terrorism, the Ukraine crisis and EU reforms - these will be the central issues on the agenda when the European Council meets on 25...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON RIGHT TO EDUCATION AND ON...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Holds Dialogue with Co-Facilitator of the Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Post-2015 Development Agenda 18 June 2015 The Human Rights Council this...
View ArticleMinister Murphy welcomes Council agreement on new EU data protection rules...
(Source: Department of Justice and Equality of Ireland) 15th June, 2015 EU data protection rules are to be updated for the digital age, strengthening citizens' control over the use of their personal...
View ArticleRail reform: A European Railway Area is on track (ALDE - Alliance of Liberals...
(Source: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) A preliminary deal to remove the 26 different EU national standards currently faced by rail operators and manufacturers in Europe was...
View ArticleStronger data protection rules for Europe (European Commission -...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Justice) Stronger data protection rules for Europe More than 90% of Europeans are concerned about mobile apps collecting their data without their...
View ArticleStronger data protection rules for Europe (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) Stronger data protection rules for Europe More than 90% of Europeans are concerned about mobile apps collecting their data without their consent. Today, an important step...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Where global solutions are shaped for you | News & Media | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON THE INDEPENDENCE OF JUDGES OF LAWYERS,...
View ArticleEU's Investment Plan and Data protection - this week in the European...
(Source: European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom) MEPs return to Brussels on 22nd June for a mixed week of Committee meetings and plenary on Wednesday 24th June. The plenary is...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES FREEDOM OF OPINION AND EXPRESSION AND FREEDOMS...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) 17 June 2015 The Human Rights Council this evening held a clustered interactive dialogue with the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of...
View ArticleEU agrees to privacy laws that could see tough new data regulations
European data privacy reform takes one step forward to a single digital union as talks head to trilogue stage ...
View ArticleEU copyright reform must balance rightholders’ and users’ interests, say MEPs...
(Source: European Parliament) : "Parliament recognises that copyright reform is necessary not just to improve the digital single market", rapporteur Julia Reda said after the vote.©BELGA_EASYPHOTOSTOCK...
View ArticleCommission proposal on new data protection rules to boost EU Digital Single...
(Source: European Commission) Today, Ministers in the Justice Council have sealed a general approach on the Commission proposal on the Data Protection Regulation. Modern, harmonised data protection...
View ArticleAnimal health law: Agriculture Committee backs informal deal with the Council...
(Source: European Parliament) An informal deal on the wording of draft EU law on transmissible animal diseases, negotiated by MEPs, the Latvian Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the European...
View ArticleAlbrecht on data protection reform: People will be better informed (European...
(Source: European Parliament) Jan Philipp Albrecht tells us why he thinks new data protection rules would be a huge boost to the EU Parliament and the Council are set to embark on informal talks to...
View ArticleEP negotiators welcome informal deal on technical aspects of rail reform...
(Source: European Parliament) An informal deal to remove the technical obstacles that differing national standards and procedures place in the way of rail operators and rolling stock manufacturers was...
View ArticleTrade agreements: how to ensure they comply with EU data protection rules...
(Source: European Parliament) Data forms an integral part of international trade as they are used to improve services and products, however it remains important that people's personal data are not...
View ArticleData protection: Parliament’s negotiators welcome Council negotiating brief...
(Source: European Parliament) Parliament looks forward to starting talks with ministers soon on reform to give the EU high common standards of data protection fit for the digital era, said its key...
View ArticleEP this week: investment plan, economic governance, data protection (European...
(Source: European Parliament) MEPs have another busy week ahead of them. Economic governance, the Juncker investment plan as well as Thursday's EU summit will be on the agenda of June's second plenary...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS AND...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Where global solutions are shaped for you | News & Media | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL DISCUSSES THE SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN BELARUS AND ERITREA The...
View ArticleRafael Catalá advocates general data protection reform at his meeting with EU...
(Source: Prime Minister's Office of Spain) Regarding the latter, the European commissioner praised the Spanish Law on Measures for Comprehensive Protection against Gender-based Violence, which she...
View ArticleALDE conditions for EU data protection reform (ALDE - Alliance of Liberals...
(Source: ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe) The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats in the European Parliament have today outlined their conditions for EU data protection reform,...
View ArticleData protection: first round of talks to start Wednesday (European Parliament)
(Source: European Parliament) Three-way talks between Parliament, the Council and the Commission with a view to striking a final deal on the new EU data protection regulation will start on Wednesday,...
View ArticleMEPs debate European Council: migration, security, Greece (European Parliament)
(Source: European Parliament) The best way to help Greece and tackling the migration crisis in the Mediterranean were hotly debated by MEPs during the plenary session on 24 June. The debate was held...
View ArticleSpurring economic recovery: Parliament approves Juncker Plan rules (European...
(Source: European Parliament) The €315-billion "Juncker" investment plan, announced by the European Commission last November to encourage the financing of viable investments in Europe, was backed by...
View ArticleIs the Council Selling Our Personal Data to Private Companies? (La Quadrature...
(Source: La Quadrature du Net) Paris, 24 June 2015 - Ongoing for many months, a new stage of trialogue negotiations on the future EU regulation regarding the protection of personal data is starting...
View ArticleRemarks by Commissioner Jourová after the launch of the Data protection...
(Source: European Commission - Directorate-General for Justice) Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we send a strong message to tomorrow's European Council meeting on the Digital Single Market: We are on track...
View ArticleRemarks by Commissioner Jourová after the launch of the Data protection...
(Source: European Commission) Ladies and Gentlemen, Today we send a strong message to tomorrow's European Council meeting on the Digital Single Market: We are on track to adopt the data protection...
View ArticleETUC declaration on 'Better Regulation' (ETUC - European Trade Union...
(Source: ETUC - European Trade Union Confederation) ETUC declaration on 'Better Regulation' Adopted at the ETUC Executive Committee on 17-18 June 2015 published the 19/05/2015 by the European...
View ArticleMEPs close deal with Council on seal products (European Parliament)
(Source: European Parliament) Trading in seal products from hunts hitherto conducted to protect fishing stocks will be banned in the EU in future but the exemption for the trade in products derived...
View ArticleNovel Foods: food safety MEPs back deal with Council (European Parliament)
(Source: European Parliament) Scoops of superfood - healthy seeds and powders (white and black chia, flax, hemp, pomegranate fruit powder, wheatgrass, hemp and whey protein, maca root) on canvas....
View ArticleBetter Regulation: kick-off meeting on Interinstitutional Agreement (European...
(Source: European Parliament) European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, European Parliament President Martin Schulz, Latvia Prime Minister, Laimdota Straujuma and Luxembourg Prime Minister...
View ArticleJustice Minister participates in the EU Justice and Home Affairs Council, in...
(Source: Government of the Republic of Cyprus) Europol's Director congratulated the Authorities of Cyprus for the huge quantity of ammonium nitrate detected recently in Larnaka. Europol's Director was...
View ArticleCommission welcomes agreement to end roaming charges and to guarantee an open...
(Source: European Commission) Huge telephone bills ruining your holiday budget, an Internet connection not delivering on its promises: these experiences will be soon old memories. Almost two years...
View ArticleEU-China Summit joint statement: The way forward after forty years of...
(Source: Delegation of the European Union to China) EU-China Summit joint statement: The way forward after forty years of EU-China cooperation (29/06/2015) 1. Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European...
View ArticleRoaming charges and open Internet: questions and answers (European Commission)
(Source: European Commission) Roaming charges and open Internet: questions and answers What is this agreement about? The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached an agreement on key...
View ArticleCheaper mobile calls and open internet: MEPs and ministers strike informal...
(Source: European Parliament) An informal deal to ban surcharges ("roaming fees") for making mobile phone calls, sending text messages or using the internet while abroad in another EU country from 15...
View ArticleEmissions from medium combustion plants: Member states confirm agreement with...
(Source: Council of the European Union) The Committee of Permanent Representatives (Coreper) of the Council confirmed the agreement with the European Parliament on a new directive to limit the...
View ArticleThe European Parliament must defend Net Neutrality against pressure from the...
(Source: La Quadrature du Net) Paris, 29 June 2015 - Council of the European Union is looking to remove all reference to Net Neutrality in the regulation of telecommunications. While the Council has...
View ArticleEU Parliament must defend Net Neutrality against pressure from Member States...
(Source: La Quadrature du Net) Paris, 29 June 2015 - The Council of the European Union is looking to remove all reference to Net Neutrality in the regulation of telecommunications. While the Council...
View ArticleCEPOL: Council and Parliament agree on updated rules (Council of the European...
(Source: Council of the European Union) On 29 June the Permanent Representatives Committee (Coreper) approved, on behalf of the Council, a compromise reached with the European Parliament on a...
View ArticleChina-EU Summit joint statement (Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's...
(Source: Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the People's Republic of China) 1. Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, Mr. Donald Tusk, President of the European Council,...
View ArticleDelivering for parents: Commission withdraws stalled maternity leave proposal...
(Source: European Commission) As foreseen in its 2015 Work Programme, the Commission today reviewed progress on the draft Maternity leave Directive, which has been stuck in the legislative process...
View ArticleEPP MEPs and national parliament MPs join forces for Juncker Plan (EPP Group)
(Source: EPP Group) 17.06.2015 The EPP Group´s transportation experts talk straight on the EU's need for a smarter, and better harmonised transport policy. transport 02.06.2015 The European...
View ArticleMarlene Mizzi welcomes agreement the end of roaming charges and guarantee net...
“I am really happy that after a marathon of negotiations and lengthy meetings, the European Parliament and Council had finally found an agreement to put an end to roaming charges by June 2017.” As part...
View ArticleParliament vote crucial to re-legitimise Commission mandate on TTIP (PES -...
(Source: PES - Party of European Socialists) PES President Sergei Stanishev called today for the European Parliament to approve the position negotiated by Socialist and Democrat MEP Bernd Lange in next...
View ArticleGreece, TTIP and Copyright - this week in the European Parliament (European...
(Source: European Parliament Information Office in the United Kingdom) MEPs return to Strasbourg for a plenary sitting from Monday 6th to Thursday 9th July. The plenary is when Members of the European...
View ArticleHUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON TRANSNATIONAL...
(Source: UNOG - United Nations Office at Geneva) Where global solutions are shaped for you | News & Media | HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL HOLDS CLUSTERED INTERACTIVE DIALOGUE ON TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS...
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