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The regions of Europe at the forefront of green and intelligent technology

AER - Assembly of European Regions

Project partners of ECREIN+ gathered this Monday, December 13, 2010 to discuss the possibilities for potential or existing financial instruments to support the development of eco-innovative companies in the European territory. The objective of ECREIN + is to explore how regions can create and implement effective policies to support eco-innovation and green business in their territories. 12 partners are working together in ECREIN +, including regional authorities, chambers of commerce and the AER.

Residence Permit and Work: The European Parliament rejected a second Bolkestein

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Following the European Parliament vote on the application procedure for a single permit for residence and work for third country nationals, GUE/NGL MEP Patrick Le Hyaric (France) said: "I am pleased that the majority of MEPs have rejected a negative compromise with the European Council on this Directive. The plenary today said no to a bad compromise that was in the sole interest of the major companies and that would have put more workers from within the EU and outside of it in competition for work.

Protection, prevention and compensation for victims - Left backs EP human trafficking proposals

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Joining calls for better protection of victims, discouragement of demand for trafficked human beings and the establishment of an Anti-Trafficking Coordinator, GUE/NGL MEP Cornelia Ernst said Parliament's trafficking report had "great significance for the hundreds of thousands of victims of trafficking" and urged member states to support its proposals.

Promoting transparency and integrity while preserving the liquidity and depth of European wholesale energy markets

EFET - European Federation of Energy Traders

1. REMIT

The European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET)1 welcomes the draft proposal for a Regulation on Energy Market Integrity and Transparency (REMIT) of the European Commission. This proposal aims to put in place a new EU regime for regulatory supervision of physically traded power and gas. It is an important first step towards ensuring a comprehensive market integrity framework for wholesale transactions, regardless of where in Europe they take place.

LIBERAL DEMOCRAT LUNCH SUMMIT

The ELDR Party, together with the liberal group in the European Parliament (ALDE) and the European Democratic Party, are hosting a lunch summit on Thursday 16 December with the liberal prime ministers, deputy prime ministers and commission vice president.

The topics on the agenda are European economic governance and the EU budget.

ETNO to gather representatives from medical community, public sector and telecoms industry to discuss how to boost e-health uptake

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

ETNO 3rd Innovation Day
25 January 2011, Sofitel Europe Brussels
Interactive conference and exhibition

Brussels – e-Health and independent living solutions will be at the heart of ETNO’s third Innovation Day to take place in Brussels on 25 January with the participation of Neelie Kroes, European Commission Vice-President for the Digital Agenda and Gabriele Galateri, Telecom Italia Chairman, as keynote speakers.

Eurobonds and a European Stability Agency are the GPS that the eurozone ship desperately needs

PES - Party of European Socialists

Joint Press Statement by Poul Nyrup Rasmussen, President of the Party of European Socialists (PES) and Martin Schulz, President of the Socialists and Democrats Group (S&D) in the European Parliament.

The eurozone ship is adrift. Conservative prevarication in 2010 has left the European project perilously close to the rocks. It is time for action rather than more ambiguous double speak from the German Chancellor and the French President. Their mixed messages over the last 7 days on Eurobonds and Fiscal EU issues have created yet more divisions for market speculators to exploit.

L’aide européenne au développement

LA DOCUMENTATION FRANCAISE

Bien que l'Union européenne soit, dans le monde, le premier pourvoyeur d'aide publique au développement, son action en matière de coopération au développement reste peu visible.
Ce nouveau titre de la collection Réflexe Europe fait découvrir un volet important, mais encore méconnu, de l'action extérieure de l'Union.

Deal in Cancún can lead to further progress

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Bairbre de Brún MEP with the European United Left/Nordic Green Left Group in the European Parliament  has welcomed the progress made in Cancún, with the adoption of the Cancún Agreement, while warning that much work needs to be done if we are to see the necessary ambition and the necessary detail in the coming months.

Speaking as the deal was sealed at the UN Climate talks in Cancun, Ms de Brún said:

"Many who came here feared that we would once again come away without agreement and that the very process would lose force and credibility.

MEPs send letter in support of Khodorkovsky and Lebedev to Russian President Medvedev

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

A cross-party coalition of MEPs has used today's Human Rights Day (10 December) to send a letter to Russia's President Dimitry Medvedev, highlighting the ongoing persecution of Mikhail Khodorkovsky and Platon Lebedev.

ALDE MEP Graham Watson (Liberal Democrat MEP, UK), who is leading the initiative to raise the profile of the Khodorkovsky-Lebedev trial, said:
 
"The Human Rights Day is an important occasion to reposition human rights abuses at the forefront of the political agenda.

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