ANEC, the European Consumer Voice in Standardisation, welcomes the article, “Fair’s fair”1, by Bill Newton Dunn MEP, in the new edition of The Parliament Magazine. We join Mr Newton Dunn in calling for fairground and amusement equipment to be covered by European legislation.

Eurofound launches the winter edition of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) quarterly, which provides an overview of restructuring activities in Europe in the fourth quarter of 2010:

Public sector restructuring initiatives on the rise

The ALDE group has tabled today a parliamentary question to the Commission asking clarifications over the recent scandal associated to the escalating application of the Bulgarian law on the use of special intelligence that is not in line with the Bulgarian Constitution, the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, the ECHR and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Following today's decision by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on the case "M.S.S. vs. Belgium and Greece" (EU asylum policy and Dublin II), the Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber MEP (DE) said:

"The Commission must no longer close its eyes to the deficiencies in the implementation of EU asylum standards. For too long Commissioner Malmström has refused to act. The EU's common asylum standards have to be implemented in Greece and Belgium, too.

Fondation EurActiv integrated the activities of Brussels-based international association PoliTech Institute (European Centre of Political Technologies) and Blogactiv.eu, EurActiv’s blog platform, on 1 January 2011. Fondation EurActiv has been re-named ‘Fondation EurActiv PoliTech’ to reflect its Web 2.0 credentials. A new Social Media department now brings together PoliTech and Blogactiv.