On the initiative of the ALDE group leader, Guy Verhofstadt, Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee today will hold a hearing on the subject of "The fiscal crisis in the European Union - lessons from Greece. Economic surveillance, statistics, off-balance sheet operations and sovereign debt"

A delegation  from the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament will take part in tomorrow's demonstration in Brussels against the liberalization of postal services in Europe.

 The demonstration begins at 2pm on Place Luxembourg, and the march will proceed through the EU district returning at 4pm to Place Luxembourg. The third European Postal Services Directive was adopted in February 2008 by the European Parliament with the completion of the liberalization of the postal market set for 31 December 2010.

Hotel Rafael Atocha, Mendez Alvaro, 30 - 28045 Madrid

11am today 14-04-2010

Aiming to identify key areas for political pressure on the right to self-determination of the Saharaui people, and the human rights situation in Western Sahara, the GUE/NGL group in the European Parliament will today welcome Saharaui human rights activists, including Aminetu Haidar, to the group's study days in Madrid. 

“Bringing forward a specific left analysis of this crisis is our mission in Madrid,” said GUE/NGL President Lothar Bisky opening the group’s Study Days today in the Spanish capital. 

Brussels, 12 Brussels 2010

The leader of Fidesz and Vice President of the European People’s Party (EPP), Viktor Orbán, has scored a landslide result in the first round of parliamentary elections in Hungary. Fidesz received a whopping 53%, an unprecedented result in the history of democratic Hungary. EPP President Wilfried Martens personally congratulated Orbán last night for the result and after the second round in two weeks, he’s set to become EPP’s 14th EU Prime Minister.