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Illegal Roma police register in Sweden: a breach of fundamental rights of the highest order

The GUE/NGL Group condemns Swedish police for collecting information on thousands of Roma and calls on the Commission to make a statement on the matter at Parliament's next plenary session.

Swedish GUE/NGL MEP Mikael Gustafsson said: "Collecting data on people, many of whom have never committed any crimes, and many as young as two years old, is a clear breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Join acumen public affairs in a countdown to the 2014 institutional changeover

Brussels 23 September 2013 - Are you wondering what President Barroso’s plans are after his current mandate comes to an end? Do you know what the European Parliament is doing to drive up turnout during next year’s elections? Have you been hearing rumours about who else is in line for the top jobs in Brussels post-2014?
Whether you have your own views or not, or you simply want to check out what others are saying about next year’s institutional changeover– please join our “Changeover Countdown”.

AEGEE-EUROPE LAUNCHES THE “Y VOTE 2014” CAMPAIGN TO ENGAGE FIRST TIME VOTERS IN THE ELECTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF MAY 2014.

BRUXELLES, 22 September 2013. AEGEE-Europe will focus a big part of the activities of its 13000 members in a broad campaign to engage students, young citizens and all first time voters in the campaign for the European Parliament Elections of May 2014. This campaign is launched now with a convention called “Ignite the spark of youth” hosted by AEGEE-Valladolid, one of the local branches of AEGEE-Europe in Spain.

Postal Delivery: A key enabler for the growth of e-commerce

Commissioner Barnier congratulates PostEurop on its 20th Anniversary

Increasing road transport’s contribution to the development of Central Asian economies

High-level International Conference on the “Development of Road Transport and Transit Potential in Central Asia for the Period up to 2023” confirms road transport’s untapped potential to contribute to the economic development of the region and adopts an Action Plan to further develop trade and international road transport in Central Asian countries.

New Report: EU failing its own Treaty with incoherent actions towards developing countries

A new report released today shows that real impact of EU policies on the poor in developing countries contradicts EU’s Lisbon Treaty. Caritas Europa reiterates that all EU policies must be coherent in supporting the needs of developing countries.

DIGITALEUROPE WELCOMES THE INITIALLING OF THE EU-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

Brussels, 20 September 2013: DIGITALEUROPE welcomes the initialling of the trade agreement between Singapore and the EU. It is a welcome step towards the reduction and elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade.
John Higgins, Director General of DIGITALEUROPE commented; “We congratulate the European Commis

AB InBev Survey Uncovers Why Parents Don’t Talk to Children About Drinking

Results coincide with fourth annual Global Be(er) Responsible Day Company reports second-year progress towards Global Responsible Drinking Goals

 

GUE/NGL condemns fascist murder of Greek musician Pavlos Fyssas

GUE/NGL President Gabi Zimmer condemns the horrific murder of dissident Greek musician Pavlos Fyssas.

She said: "We are deeply shocked by this murder and condemn this act in the strongest possible terms. The fact that fascists with links to Golden Dawn are willing to carry out political murder highlights, in the starkest manner, the misanthropic objectives these violent offenders pursue with their open racism and hatred of dissidents and migrants."

‘The European Social Model – a key driver for competitiveness, the four EU Agencies’ contributions

Four EU agencies - Cedefop, ETF, Eurofound and EU-OSHA – and the EP Employment and Social Affairs Committee are joining forces on 25 September 2013 to examine and highlight how each one is contributing to a strengthened European Social Model – in its own unique way. Assessing how exactly the European Social Model can contribute to increased competitiveness, the Agencies will provide different perspectives in the context of the current crisis.

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