Equal access to private cars for people with disabilities. Dieter-Lebrecht...
A workshop was organised today in Brussels aimed at easing the transport of millions with disabilities in Europe. EPP Group MEPs Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Ádám Kósa and Werner Kuhn and representatives of...
View ArticlePensions: European supervision and incentives needed. Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP
EU Member States are responsible for pensions, but European supervision is necessary. This is the main conclusion of a Report by Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP. The Report was adopted today by the Employment...
View ArticleEU-Turkey relations: 2013 is a crucial year. Ria Oomen-Ruijten MEP
2013 will prove to be a crucial year for EU-Turkey relations in which we need to maintain and further develop our constructive relationship in an atmosphere of common understanding and mutual respect....
View ArticleStatement by the Conference of Presidents on the Cypriot banking sector.
Following the Open Conference of Presidents meeting in the European Parliament on 20 March 2013 on the outcome of the Spring European Council where the issue of the Cypriot banking sector was raised,...
View ArticleSchengen: Carlos Coelho MEP calls on European Commission to evaluate costs.
Carlos Coelho MEP has called on the European Commissioner for Home Affairs to evaluate the mechanisms already in place before investing in new Schengen projects financed with European taxpayers' money.
View ArticleOLAF: Director-General Kessler has to go. Inge Gräßle MEP
The EPP Group Spokeswoman in the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament, Inge Gräßle, has called for the resignation of the Director-General of the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF),...
View ArticleEuropean solution to avoid Cypriot bankruptcy. Joseph Daul MEP and Corien...
The EPP Group considers that the agreement reached by the Eurogroup and the Cypriot authorities on the key elements for a future macroeconomic adjustment programme for Cyprus is better than last week's...
View ArticleAviation emissions trading: Parliament approves stop-the-clock proposal....
The European Parliament approved a proposal to suspend the inclusion of third-country flights (the 'stop-the-clock' proposal) from the EU Emissions Trading Scheme today. Parliament had reached an...
View ArticleEU Budget: this is not enough, this can only be a first step. Giovanni La Via...
EPP Group reacts to Commission's draft amending budget presented today
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