Professional accountants have reported a buoyant return to economic stability in Q2 2021, finds the latest edition of ACCA (the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants) and IMA® (Institute of Management Accountants)
The Socialists and Democrats are shocked to learn that the prime minister of Slovenia, Janez Janša, whose country is now chairing the EU rotating presidency, addressed an online gathering on Saturday, which was organised by the so-called National Council of Resistance of Iran (NCRI), also known as the People’s Mujahideen Organisation of Iran (PMOI or MEK). This anti-democratic, cult-like organisation, which was on the EU terrorist list until 2009, has a long history of human rights abuses documented by organisations such as Human Rights Watch.
In a €22 billion move to boost research and innovation investments, the EU Commission has awarded Europe’s Open Science Cloud (EOSC), alongside ten other special European programmes, ‘European Partnership’ status to tackle societal challenges like climate change, sustainability, and zero emissions on an epic scale.
Today, the European Parliament approved an S&D parliamentary report calling for the urgent reform of the European Union’s economic governance architecture. The procyclical policies accentuating economic fluctuations and the very narrow space for fiscal stimulus left by the current Stability and Growth Pact (SGP) have severely hampered the EU’s economic outlook in the past, despite the additional flexibility introduced by the previous Commission.
The S&D Group has backed a mandate to start negotiations with the Council on the 8th Environment Action Programme (EAP). The EU needs an ambitious programme for action up to 2030 that pushes forward a change towards a sustainable wellbeing economy and better protection for biodiversity. The EAP provides a framework for the EU's overall environmental policy development and will help to steer policy-making by identifying priorities and setting out a long-term vision and goals.
On 1 July 2021, EHPM hosted its online Workshop on the Novel Food Regulation in Practice: Pitfalls and Perspectives for Businesses and Consumers. The outstanding line-up of speakers thoroughly delved into the main elements and consequences of this regulation from the regulatory, FBOs' and consumers' perspectives.
BSEF categorically rejects the facile suggestion of the European Environmental Bureau (EEB) that all brominated flame retardants be listed as Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). The suggestion has no regulatory basis and lacks any credible science to support it.
