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Food industry calls for a stronger Europe, and a strong Single Market, to boost its competitiveness

FoodDrinkEurope

FoodDrinkEurope today launched its Competitiveness Report 2011, calling on policymakers in the EU to adopt a stronger stance on safeguarding its biggest asset -the Internal Market- in order to restore economic confidence in the Union and demonstrate the benefits of EU membership more concretely to its citizens.

FoodDrinkEurope position on additional, discriminatory taxation on food & drinks

FoodDrinkEurope

Europe’s food and drink industry caters for increasingly evolving consumer demands by offering a wide range of nutritious, safe and enjoyable products in the context of a balanced diet and healthy lifestyle. The industry is also a highly significant contributor to national economies as a driver of growth and employment, generating 8% of EU GDP. 

Working on smartphone revolution: soon to be accessible to all?

EDF - European Disability Forum

6 December 2011 /// The European Disability Forum, AGE Platform Europe and Vodafone has announced the winners of the inaugural Vodafone Foundation Smart Accessibility Awards at a ceremony attended by the European Commissioner for Digital Agenda Neelie Kroes and Vodafone Group Chief Executive Vittorio Colao. Working on the martphone revolution

Franco-German meeting - Déja-vu, as Merkozy deal again fails to provide answers on core issues facing Eurozone

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

Commenting on the outcome of the meeting between German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Sarkozy today, Green co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit said:

CARS 21 High Level Group: Meeting consumer expectations is key, says FIA

FIA EUROPEAN BUREAU

Brussels, 01 December 2011

Consumers should be at the core of discussions on the future competitiveness and sustainable growth of the European automotive industry. But the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA) – a consumer body representing 104 Touring and Motoring Clubs as well as 36 million members from its Brussels office -  believes the current CARS 21 process must do more to meet consumer expectations. The High Level Group was meeting today to adopt an interim report.

ABS for Motorcycles: FIA welcomes IMCO support for earlier 2016 introduction

FIA EUROPEAN BUREAU

ABS for Motorcycles: FIA welcomes IMCO support for earlier 2016 introduction

Brussels, 6 December 2011

Decades long wait for EU patent finally over

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

After nearly 40 years of stalemate, the European Union is on the brink of approving a unitary patent regime that aims to simplify costs, cut red-tape and enhance competitiveness for EU businesses.

Due to linguistic dispute over the decision to focus on translation into only three community languages (EN, FR, DE), Italy and Spain are not participating so the measures are being introduced by the 'enhanced cooperation' procedure involving the other 25 Member States.

Accountants have key role to play in fight against climate change, says ACCA

ACCA

Profession needs to evolve and adapt experience and expertise to climate change mitigation processes

Accountants have the technical skills and expertise to make a real difference to climate change mitigation activities, according to businesses and climate change experts in a new report from ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) as COP17, the latest stage in international efforts to limit human impacts on the environment, gets under way in Durban, South Africa.

EACA launches call for entries for the Care Awards 2012: Members of the European Parliament to judge Social Marketing Campaigns

EACA - European Association of Communications Agencies

Brussels 5 December 2011: The European Association of Communications Agencies has launched the call for entries for the EACA Care Awards 2012. These Awards for European Social Marketing Campaigns recognise excellence in promoting care for people, resources and the environment. They are part of the EACA’s overall commitment to promote Corporate Social Responsibility and are linked to the ACT Responsible online gallery and the ACT Responsible World Tour.

The CAP towards 2020: A call for climate friendly and resource efficient agriculture in Europe

YARA

While welcoming the European Commission’s ambition to make European agriculture more sustainable, Yara International considers the legislative proposals for the CAP-reform falling short of putting resource-efficiency onto the agenda. 

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