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EUREAU is happy to launch the “Water : Yes, We Care!” campaign and would like to thanks the numerous MEPs from all over Europe and representing all political groups that have signed it (Adamos ADAMOU, Georgs ANDREJEVS, Liam AYLWARD, Pilar AYUSO, Maria BERGER, Johannes BLOKLAND, Hiltrud BREYER, Elmar BROK, Paulo CASACA, Daniel COHN-BENDIT, Chris DAVIES, Esther de LANGE, Gérard DEPREZ, Avril DOYLE, Edite ESTRELA, Elisabetta GARDINI, Bogdan GOLIK, Françoise GROSSETÊTE, Cristina GUTTIEREZ-CORTINEZ, Caroline JACKSON, Lily JACOBS, Dan JORGENSEN, Christa KLAAS, Raymond LANGENDRIES, Anne LAPPERROUZE,

Royal Mail, CENEX, PostEurop and FuelCellEurope Join Forces To Accelerate Development Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Postal Vans

Brussels, 23 March 2009
Royal Mail, the postal operating authority for the United Kingdom is working with CENEX, PostEurop, the association of European public postal operators, and FuelCellEurope, the European association of fuel cell developers to develop a universal design specification for hydrogen fuel cell postal vans. Once a draft design specification has been developed Royal Mail intends to share the design brief

ESICM WELCOMES THE REFLECTION PROCESS ON EU HEALTH INEQUALITIES

The European Society of Intensive Care Medicine (ESICM) welcomes the current ongoing consultation process that is designed to improve the understanding of mechanisms relating to health inequalities between and within EU member states, and is aimed at ultimately assessing methods of eradicating them.

ONLINE PUBLISHING DEBATE UNDERPINS NEED FOR ACAP

ACAP (Automated Content Access Protocol), the new tool devised by the worldwide publishing community to help make copyright work on the web, is gaining more and more traction with an industry that feels it risks losing control of its main asset – its content.

UITP URGES THE EUROPEAN SUMMIT TO PRIORITISE PUBLIC TRANSPORT IN THE EU RECOVERY PLAN AS REQUESTED BY THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

UITP calls the Heads of Sate and Government to specifically integrate public transport networks into the EU recovery plan during the meeting of the Spring European Council on 19-20 March. More and better public transport is part of the solution towards vibrant and competitive cities within a low-carbon future!

EPP LEADERS BACK BARROSO FOR A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION

The Heads of State and Government of the European People’s Party (EPP) today decided to back Jose Manuel Barroso for a second term as President of the European Commission.

The decision was taken unanimously during the EPP Summit held in Brussels prior to the European Council.

European Liberals call for competition ahead of G20

Liberal leaders today gathered together for the ELDR Prime Ministers Lunch Summit to discuss preparations for the G20 talks in London on 2nd April and called for a real free market instead of stifling the economy with protectionism and for better international coordination in order to ensure a faster economic recovery and to prevent further crises.

Investments in skills and infrastructures are the key way to recovery

“Europe has all the necessary means to overcome the present crisis, provided it keeps a coordinated, coherent and forward looking approach towards recovery” said Carl Cederschiöld, President of CEEP, at the Tripartite Social Summit for Growth and Employment on 19 March.

Europe must act immediately for the pig meat sector

The European pig meat sector has been in the throes of a crisis for the past one and a half years.
Copa and Cogeca are calling for the urgent re-introduction of export refunds for pig meat and
hope that this will be done on the occasion tomorrow’s meeting of the Single CMO Management
Committee.

ELDR Prime Ministers Lunch

In advance of the European Summit, the Prime Ministers of the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party (ELDR) will meet during a lunch hosted by Karel De Gucht, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Belgium, at 12:00 on Thursday 19th March 2009 in Palais d'Egmont, Petit Sablon 8, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium.

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