EPP Group MEPs Iñigo Méndez de Vigo and Luís de Grandes will host an event on Tuesday to support the Ending Hunger campaign launched by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) with the aim of calling on world governments to give real priority to policies to fight against hunger.

The archives of Leo Tindemans, former Prime Minister of Belgium, former Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament and current Honorary President of the EPP Party, will be available online from 8 November. The expanded archives are the result of a long inventory process covering his political career of almost 50 years.

"For European Christian democracy, these archives are priceless", said Joseph Daul, Chairman of the EPP Group.

A new study published by the Jülich Research Centre (Germany) contradicts fears that, in times of budgetary constraints, incentive schemes for the energy efficiency of buildings would be too costly and that the deep renovation of Europe’s building stock could therefore not be supported. The report found out that for every Euro that the state owned KfW spent in support of energy efficient construction and refurbishment in Germany in 2010, revenues of public authorities at all levels increased by as much as four to five Euros.

Joint Statement of the European Sectoral Professions
In the context of Modernisation of the Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications

CEEP closed today its 14th Annual Local Enterprises Conference with a declaration highlighting the key role of local public services providers in Europe.
The 16,000 local enterprises representatives gathered in CEEP called on European policy makers to take into account their added-value and specificities. Local enterprises need indeed a well balanced and effective legal environment. This can be achieved through:
1. A de minimis regulation within the state aid rules effectively addressing the needs of local operators;