EU and Eurozone heads of state are set to meet this weekend with expectations high that the summit will deliver a comprehensive set of solutions to the ongoing Eurozone crisis. Ahead of the summit, the Greens outlined their priorities for the comprehensive package of solutions that urgently needs to be agreed (1). Commenting in advance of the summit Greens economic affairs spokesperson Sven Giegold said:

Caritas Europa has released a report on the European Consensus on humanitarian aid and humanitarian principles and calls on the EU to maintain the principles in the core of humanitarian actions  

Geneva – Southport, England’s classic resort was today awarded the IRU City Trophy 2011 by an international jury* for its long term business friendly and customer oriented policies, which have led to almost doubling the number of visiting tourist coaches (from 2883 to 5252) between 2000-2010.

The members of the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), of Eurelectric and of Eurogas call for continued recognition that EU energy markets need appropriate treatment under the new EU financial regulatory proposals. Traded wholesale markets in electricity and gas are an essential feature of an open and liberalised European energy sector and it is crucial these markets are not undermined.

Today, EuropaBio and nine of its partners  launch a “Biorefinery Feasibility Study” at the European Forum for Industrial Biotechnology and the Biobased Economy (EFIB), in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Conducted by Dalberg Global Development Advisors, the study provides a blueprint for establishing integrated, demonstration scale biorefineries in the EU and recommends co-investments from public and private stakeholders to overcome the gap from research to market.