phones, ticketing machines, banking services to be more accessible rules to apply to new infrastructure 80 million people in the EU are affected by a disability BRUSSELS, 15-Sep-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Key products and services, like phones, ticketing machines and banking … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Law, Society
Tagged draft law, European Parliament, people with disabilities
The European Parliament has asked for the launch of a comprehensive and coherent industrial policy framework to support Europe’s cultural and creative sector. The EBU welcomes this move which recognizes the major contribution culture can make to boost European competitiveness … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, European Union, Internet & Online, Media, Politics, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged EBU, European competitiveness, European Parliament, Nicola Frank
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, visited today the European Parliament in Brussels, where he was welcomed by Parliament President Martin Schulz. They had a meeting during which they discussed developments in Tunisia and EU-Tunisia relations. Essebsi called the visit is … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged Beji Caid Essebsi, Brussels, European Parliament, Martin Schulz, Tunisian President
BRUSSELS, 07-Sep-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A conference with national parliaments on the Future Financing of the European Union will take place in the European Parliament premises in Brussels on 7-8 September 2016. The Conference will be an important milestone in the … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Financial, Government, Media, Politics
Tagged Conference on the Future Financing of EU, European Parliament
Don’t miss your chance to do a traineeship at the Parliament BRUSSELS, 11-Apr-2016 — /EuropaWire/ — A traineeship at the European Parliament offers a unique opportunity to get hands-on experience in an international and multicultural environment. If you want to … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Education, European Union
Tagged European Parliament, Traineeship at the European Parliament, Traineeships
BRUSSELS, 1-10-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — The civil liberties committee will debate the current situation at the borders inside the Schengen area in the wake of the temporary reimposition of border controls by some member states with Commission representatives on Thursday … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 21-5-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Today (20 May 2015), members of the European Parliament adopted new rules to help fight money laundering and terrorist financing in the EU, one of the key actions in the European Security Agenda presented last … Read the full press release
Pianist Kimiko Ishizaka to perform for MEPs and the general public in the European Parliament as part of “Meet the new Authors”, an initiative sponsored by MEP Julia Reda in the context of the EU copyright evaluation report. BRUSSELS, 14-4-2015 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Art & Culture, Entertainment, European Union, Germany, Internet & Online, Law, Media, News
Tagged Alexander Bard, artists, Chopin, classical music, COPYRIGHT, copyright reform, Cory Doctorow, Creative Commons Zero license, creators, digital works, EU copyright evaluation report, European cultural treasures, European Parliament, European Union, Fréderic Chopin, German pianist, historical Pleyel piano, Jonathan Worth, Julia Reda, Kimiko Ishizaka, Lexi Alexander, licensing, Meet the new Authors, MEPs, multimedia archive of Chopin’s music, Pianist, Pianist Kimiko Ishizaka, Piano, Robert Douglass
BRUSSELS, 26-3-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — Following the release of the European Commission’s Green Paper on the Capital Markets Union, Philippe de Backer MEP and Chairman of the European IPO Task Force today announces the publication of the EU IPO Report: … Read the full press release
BRUSSELS, 19-12-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Internal Policies and EU Institutions “I warmly welcome today’s conclusion of the Association Agreement between the Republic of Georgia and the European Union. I would like to congratulate the people of Georgia on what is … Read the full press release
Strasbourg, France / Brussels, Belgium, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gabriele Zimmer, a German member of Die Linke party, has been re-elected as the chair of the European United Left / Nordic Green Left group in the European Parliament. She already held the … Read the full press release
Strasbourg, France / Brussels, Belgium, 26-6-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — On Friday the European Council will adopt the 2014 country-specific recommendations for each EU member state. MEPs regularly point out that the member state governments have been slow to act on these recommendations. … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, European Union, France, Government, Management
Paris, 17-4-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — The French Banking Federation (FBF) is pleased to note that the European Parliament was able to pass several important bills at the last plenary session of the current parliament, prior to European elections. These passages are a … Read the full press release
MEPs have today reaffirmed their support for an ambitious climate and energy policy and their commitment to renewable energy by supporting three binding 2030 targets for renewables, greenhouse gas reductions and energy efficiency. Brussels, Belgium, 14-1-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Members of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Government, Law, Politics
Tagged 2030 renewables target, climate policy, Energy Policy, European Parliament, European Wind Energy Association, EWEA, fossil fuel import savings, greenhouse gas target, MEPs, renewable energy, Stephane Bourgeois
The European Parliament should use its powers to reconsider EU-US data transfer deals and push for the creation of a European privacy cloud, EU-level protection for whistleblowers and a strong judicial authorisation of surveillance activities, data protection and intelligence experts … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Law, Politics, Security & Safety, Society
Tagged Carlos Coelho, Claude Moraes, EU citizens, EU-level protection for whistleblowers, European Parliament, European privacy cloud, Francesco Ragazzi, fundamental rights, Gus Hosein, Isabel Teixeira NADKARNI, Jan Philipp Albrecht, MEPs, Natalia DASILVA, no to European NSA, NSA inquiry, Passenger Name Record, Sergio Carrera, surveillance programmes, Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme, Viviane Reding, whistleblowers
One million citizens from every corner of Europe and beyond now follow the European Parliament on Facebook, making our page the biggest Facebook page of any of the European institutions. But how did it all begin and what is it … Read the full press release
Posted in European Union, Government, Internet & Online, Marketing, Politics, Technology
Tagged citizens, EP, EP's Facebook page, Europe, European Parliament, Facebook, Facebook fans, Facebook page
Brussels, Belgium, 18-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The 43 winners of the European Citizen’s Prize 2013 attended an official event in Brussels on Wednesday and Thursday at the European Parliament, where they met its President Martin Schulz. They had already received medals … Read the full press release
Posted in Awards, Belgium, European Union, Government, Politics
Tagged Alexander ALVARO, Annemarie Jorritsma, Anni PODIMATA, Brussels, cross-border cooperation, Enrique BARÒN CRESPO, EU citizens, EU integration, EU project, European Citizen's Prize 2013, European citizenship, European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, Isabelle DURANT, László SURJÁN, Maja OREL SCHWARZ, medals of honour, official event, Othmar KARAS, Peter Matjašič, President Martin Schulz, Sanne DE RYCK
11-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — I welcome the political agreement with Council on the Market Abuse Regulation that Parliament has endorsed today, which will establish tougher rules to better prevent, detect and punish market abuse. With this agreement, the European Parliament has made … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Commodities, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Law
Tagged Arlene McCarthy, commodity markets, commodity regulators, derivative markets, electronic trading platforms, electronic trading platforms abuse, European Parliament, financial regulators, LIBOR, Market Abuse Regulation, Michel Barnier, MIFID 2 proposals
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Medicines Agency (EMA) has published the ‘First annual report onEudraVigilance for the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission’, which covers the period from 1 January to 31 December 2012. It is the third time the … Read the full press release
“Out of touch, bureaucratic and harmful for medium-sized businesses”. The BDI criticizes the proposal by the European Parliament to introduce a women’s quota for small and medium-sized businesses. 17-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Holger Lösch, a member of the BDI General Directorate, … Read the full press release
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