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With Gas on the Highway towards 2050

GIE - Gas Infrastructure Europe

Opening the GIE Annual Conference 2018 today in Bucharest, Jean-Marc Leroy, President of Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE), talked about the role of Gas and Gas Infrastructures achieving Europe’s Energy Climate Goals.

Over 380 delegates met at the sixteenth GIE Annual Conference, gathering the industry, policymakers, regulators, financial investors, academics and other stakeholders.

Commission must not take pressure off Polish government on rule of law

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
During a debate in the European Parliament, the S&D Group urged the European Commission not to take pressure off the Polish government over its reforms of the country’s judiciary.
 
S&D Group president Udo Bullmann said:
 

Public Country-by-Country-reporting: last chance for Council to act on tax transparency

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Ahead of a decisive technical meeting, S&D Euro MPs are calling on the EU Council to unblock the negotiations on corporate tax transparency. They demand that member states start discussions with the European Parliament, which adopted a strong position on public Country-by-Country Reporting (pCBCR) by big multinationals in July 2017.
 

Closer EU-NATO cooperation is imperative for European citizens’ security

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
Strengthening EU-NATO cooperation is imperative for the security of European citizens in light of Europe’s deteriorated security environment. A stronger EU security and defence also means a stronger NATO. Neither organisation alone has the full range of tools to tackle new security challenges which are increasingly more hybrid and less conventional - these are the main conclusions of the report on EU-NATO relations adopted today in Strasbourg. 
 

European tyre industry in the front line to enable Heavy Duty Vehicles CO2 calculations, reporting and standards

ETRMA - The European Tyre & Rubber Manufacturers' Association

Brussels, 13th June 2018 – The European Parliament, by approving the Monitoring and Reporting of CO2 Emissions from Heavy Duty Vehicles, added yesterday one additional block to the complex legislative framework on heavy duty vehicles (HDVs).

This is composed of the so-called Vehicle Energy Consumption Calculation Tool (VECTO) Regulation (2017/2400, published in December 2017), the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation and the HDVs CO2 Standards recently published by the European Commission as part of the third Mobility Package.

EPSU

Swiss Finance Council

First anniversary of the EU’s signature of the Istanbul Convention: Member states must ratify it without further delay

S&D - Socialists and Democrats
On the first anniversary of the accession of the EU to the Istanbul Convention, the S&Ds are calling on member states to ratify it as soon as possible and to speed up the negotiations to allow the EU to ratify it as well. The Istanbul Convention is the most comprehensive international treaty and the first legally binding instrument on preventing and combating violence against women, including physical, psychological, and domestic violence.
 

WindEurope CEO welcomes momentum on renewables target, calls for ambitious delivery measures

WindEurope
 
Europe’s energy ministers met yesterday in Luxembourg to find common ground on the Renewable Energy Directive, a key part of the Clean Energy Package. It’s clear now that there is political momentum behind more European ambition for renewable energy.
 

PES congratulates historic agreement between Athens and Skopje

PES - Party of European Socialists
The PES warmly welcomes the agreement reached by prime ministers Alexis Tsipras and Zoran Zaev and the governments in Athens and Skopje in the long-running dispute over the name of the former Yugoslav republic.

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