Homeowners rocked by huge rises in their energy bills are increasingly being encouraged to turn to green solutions to save money and reduce their carbon footprint - but will these changes deliver the savings they claim or will consumers end up incorporating expensive ‘green’ upgrades that take a lifetime to pay off?
More competition in airline reservation systems - with protection for consumers Transport
MEPs adopted a first-reading legislative report on proposals to simplify and modernise the rules for the computerised reservation systems used by high-street and online travel agents to book airline tickets for their customers. MEPs believe this will mean more competition and therefore lower distribution costs, but they also want measures to ensure consumers get a fair deal - and can be presented with environment-friendlier travel options.
ESBG regrets the announcement by the European Central Bank and the European Commission that a default interchange fee for direct debit transactions will not be permissible “after a short transition period”.
Brussels. COPA-COGECA urges the French Presidency to focus resources on developing a non-legislative EU strategy for soil protection. It rejects on the other hand the new layers of red-tape that would be created by the proposed soil directive.
Standards promote the safety and interoperability of goods and services. In the area of the interoperability and functionality of space navigation and telecommunications equipment, it is vitally important. The upcoming meeting to launch Phase II of the CEN Working Group ‘Space’ is open to all interested participants.
Responding to the Commission and Council statements on the proposed "Social Package" in the European Parliament this morning, Gabi Zimmer (GUE/NGL Germany) asked the French presidency how 2008 would see a revival of social Europe when the French government had refused to include social issues on the agenda for its term of office. She also contested the Commission's claim that the Social Package was in line with the expectations of Europe's citizens.
Brussels, 04 September 2008 - Over 1000 representatives from governments of the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) and developing countries have come together in Accra, Ghana, 2-4 September, to discuss deve
The European rail sector welcomes the strong stand taken by the European Parliament today, when MEPs unanimously voted in favour of the “Cramer Report” on freight transport in Europe. By adopting this report the Parliament has sent a clear message to the European Commission that it must act to make freight transport clean, efficient and truly trans-European.
