The European Parliament is backing updated rules to tackle unemployment and high rates of poverty in the EU. The report, adopted in plenary on 4 April, proposes to increase funding for the European Social Fund in the EU’s budget for 2021-2027 with a primary focus on youth employment and children. Many people are concerned about […]
Natural gas: Parliament extends EU rules to pipelines from non-EU countries
To provide legal clarity for operators and competitive gas supply for all Europeans, MEPs approved new gas market rules to bring incoming pipelines under EU law. MEPs adopted an overhaul of EU gas market rules on Thursday with 465 votes to 95, and 68 abstentions to extend EU rules (including EU competition rules) to all […]
European Citizens’ Initiative: Commission registers ‘Respect for the rule of law’ initiative
The European Commission has decided to register a European Citizens’ Initiative entitled ‘Respect for the rule of law within the European Union’. The aim of the initiative is to create ‘an objective and impartial evaluation mechanism to verify the application of the European Union’s values by all the Member States’. More specifically, the organisers call […]
Brexit: visa-free access to the EU for UK nationals and to the UK for Europeans
UK nationals would be able to enter the EU visa-free for short periods after the country’s exit, provided EU nationals enjoy the same conditions when travelling to the UK. With 38 votes to 8 and 3 abstentions, Civil Liberties Committee MEPs backed on Wednesday a compromise with the Council on the proposal for a visa […]
Commission adopts €4 billion investment package for infrastructure projects across 10 Member States
Nowadays, the EU Cohesion Policy invests €4 billion of EU funds in 25 large infrastructure projects in 10 Member States. The investment package involves Bulgaria, Czechia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Malta, Poland, Portugal and Romania. The projects cover a wide range of areas: health, transport, research, environment and energy. With national co-financing, the total investment […]
Malta and Slovakia: MEPs warn of lack of judicial independence and corruption
MEPs deplore serious shortcomings in the rule of law in Malta and Slovakia, also warning of rising threats for journalists throughout the EU. Parliament passed on Thursday 28th of March, with 398 votes to 85 and 69 abstentions, a resolution summarising the conclusions of the working group set up within the Civil Liberties Committee to […]
MEPs agree on future regional and cohesion funding
Parliament adopted last Wednesday new funding rules to strengthen the EU’s economic, social and territorial cohesion, with 475 votes to 93 and 53 abstentions. The updated rules, which will apply from 2021 to 2027 to the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and the Cohesion Fund (CF), will cover all regions, with special focus on less […]
Este 26 de mayo todos a votar
Título: Este 26 de mayo todos a votar Autor: Parlamento Europeo, Oficina en España Duración: 01:28 Resumen: Noelia Franco (OT), Boris Izaguirre, Marta Sango (OT), Dani Rovira, Julia Gutiérrez Caba, Ruth Gabriel, James Rhodes, Francine Gálvez, Itziar Castro, Canco Rodríguez, Mariano Peña, Diana Navarro, Miguel Rellán, Cayetana Guillén Cuervo o Álex Monner explican que “no hay […]
From CO2 emissions to copyright: 5 numbers from Strasbourg
Título: From CO2 emissions to copyright: 5 numbers from Strasbourg Autor: Parlamento Europeo Duración: 00:58 Resumen: El Parlamento acordó los objetivos para reducir las emisiones de CO2 del transporte por carretera y adoptó normas de derechos de autor para garantizar que los derechos y las responsabilidades de la propiedad intelectual ahora se aplican al mundo en […]