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 […]
Coming up in Brussels: work-life balance, European Social Fund and more
Título: Coming up in Brussels: work-life balance, European Social Fund and more Autor: Parlamento Europeo Duración: 00:54 Resumen: El Parlamento da la bienvenida al Primer Ministro sueco para un debate sobre el futuro de Europa. Los miembros discuten sobre la financiación del Fondo Social Europeo Plus para ayudar a los jóvenes, el equilibrio entre la vida […]
New projections on the composition of the next European Parliament
The Parliament has published the third round of projections for the distribution of seats for the next legislature, based on a representative sample of national surveys. This third installment of composition projections of the Chamber is drawn up from national surveys carried out until March 26. The data come from a selection of surveys […]
Commission welcomes adoption of new rules on single–use plastics to reduce marine litter
The European Parliament today agreed on the ambitious measures proposed by the Commission to tackle marine litter coming from the 10 single-use plastic products most often found on European beaches, as well as abandoned fishing gear and oxo-degradable plastics. The rules on Single-Use Plastics items and fishing gear, addressing the ten most found items on EU beaches place […]
Venezuela EU increases emergency assistance by €50 million!
As the social and economic crisis in Venezuela continues to worsen, the European Commission is allocating a further €50 million in emergency assistance to help Venezuelans most in need. Today’s announcement is also part of the EU’s commitment to mobilise further assistance as stated in the Montevideo Declaration of the International Contact Group. Total EU assistance […]
€250 million available to support healthy eating habits for European schoolchildren
Millions of children across the EU will receive milk, fruit and vegetables under the EU’s School Scheme in 2019/2020. This programme reached over 20 million children across the EU during the school year 2017/2018. The national budget allocations for the EU school fruit, vegetable and milk schemes for the 2019/2020 school year was adopted today. €145 million […]