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Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore speaks with EP Budget Committee Chair Lamassoure on MFF

25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The Tánaiste (Irish Deputy Prime Minister) and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade, Eamon Gilmore TD, met Mr Alain Lamassoure, Chair of the European Parliament’s Budgetary Committee, in Dublin today to discuss the future of the EU’s … Read the full press release

How new trade deals can boost jobs and growth in the EU – Irish Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation

25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ireland’s Presidency of the Council of the European Union can give a major boost at EU level to the kind of progress that the Government is already making in Ireland on job market reform and job … Read the full press release

Commissioner Malmström presents Action Plan on Visa Liberalisation with Georgia

Brussels, 25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Today in Tbilisi, Georgia, Commissioner Malmström will hand the Action Plan for Visa Liberalisation over to Georgia’s authorities. The presentation of the Action Plan represents a further step towards full visa liberalisation. It clearly sets out all … Read the full press release

Minister Sherlock: Science a core part of employment creation and retention

25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — At Trinity College Dublin today, Minister Sean Sherlock gave an opening address to the European Intersectoral Summit on Research and Innovation (EISRI) at Trinity College Dublin. Minister Sherlock , who chairs EU Research Ministers within the Competitiveness … Read the full press release

SPEECH – Ensuring the sustainability of EU pension systems

László ANDOR – European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Conference on “Emerging Challenges in the Impact of Taxes on Pensions” Brussels, 25-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, I would like to begin by thanking the Presidents of Pensions Europe, … Read the full press release

European defence industry: strategic independence before competiteveness

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European defence industry’s role in ensuring the EU’s strategic independence must come before competitiveness, said security and defence MEPs in their debate on Wednesday with Commissioner Michel Barnier. Mr Barnier called for a new impetus for … Read the full press release

Energy Council meeting in Brussels to discuss Internal Energy Market

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, will chair a one day meeting of the TTE Council (Energy) in Brussels tomorrow, during which EU Ministers for Energy will discuss a range of issues … Read the full press release

Media freedom: MEPs call for annual EU monitoring of member states’ media laws

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Investigative journalism should be supported in the EU and media independence protected from political and economic pressures, says the Civil Liberties Committee in a resolution on media freedom voted on Thursday. MEPs want annual EU-wide monitoring of … Read the full press release

Irish Energy Minister discusses today’s TTE Council in Brussels

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, is chairing today’s meeting of the TTE (Energy) Council in Brussels. He gave a doorstep interview as he arrived at the meeting.  The Irish Presidency’s approach to this … Read the full press release

Adjustment and growth in the euro area economies – Speech by Benoît Cœuré

Speech by Benoît Cœuré, Member of the Executive Board of the ECB, Nova School of Business and Economics and the Banco de Portugal, Lisbon, 22 February 2013 Portugal, Lisbon, 22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Introduction [1]   Dear Governor Costa, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is a great … Read the full press release

Environment: Commission refers Sweden back to Court over industrial permits, asks for fines

Brussels, 22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission is taking Sweden back to Court for its failure to license industrial installations that are operating without permits. Despite an earlier Court judgement on this matter, Sweden has still not licensed two major industrial … Read the full press release

Taxation: Commission refers France and Luxembourg to the Court of Justice over reduced VAT rates on ebooks

Brussels, 22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has decided to refer France and Luxembourg to the Court of Justice of the European Union for applying reduced rates of VAT to ebooks. EU law is very clear on which goods and services … Read the full press release

External policy: EU must raise its game or become irrelevant, say MEPs

22-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — If it is to avoid a further loss of global influence, the EU must use its existing foreign policy tools much more efficiently and it must devise a new security strategy, said MEPs on Thursday. They were … Read the full press release

Commissioner Oettinger welcomes political agreement on offshore legislation

Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Günther Oettinger, EU Commissioner for Energy said: “I welcome this major step enhancing the safety of offshore oil and gas production in the EU. Past accidents have shown the devastating consequences when things go badly wrong offshore. … Read the full press release

February infringements package: main decisions

Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — February infringements package: main decisions In its monthly package of infringement decisions, the European Commission is pursuing legal action against Member States for failing to comply properly with their obligations under EU law. These decisions covering many … Read the full press release

Speech: Fighting poverty and preserving democracy through social investment

László ANDOR – European Commissioner responsible for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion Council of Europe Conference on Poverty and Inequalities in Societies of Human Rights / Strasbourg Strasbourg, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Ladies and gentlemen, I am grateful to the Council of Europe … Read the full press release

Speech: Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: Opening free trade negotiations with the United States

Karel De Gucht – European Commissioner for Trade Committee on International Trade (INTA) of the European Parliament / Brussels Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The importance of the agreement The word historic is often abused, used for each and every occasion. However, today … Read the full press release

Connecticut Senator visits Airbus

Blagnac,  21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Richard Blumenthal, the United States Senator for the state of Connecticut, led a delegation of home-state aerospace manufacturers in a visit to Airbus, in Toulouse, France. Airbus is the largest export customer of the U.S. aerospace … Read the full press release

State aid: Commission temporarily approves rescue aid for Crédit Immobilier de France

Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Commission has granted temporary approval to France, under the EU state aid rules, to provide Crédit Immobilier de France (CIF) with a €18 billion state guarantee. This guarantee is necessary to cover CIF’s urgent liquidity needs and … Read the full press release

LeaderSHIP 2020 – Ensuring future of shipbuilding in Europe

Brussels, 21-2-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  Today the new LeaderSHIP 2020 strategy to increase the competitiveness of European maritime technology was presented by Vice President of the European Commission responsible for enterprise and industry policy Antonio Tajani, together with SEA Europe, the … Read the full press release