Backing today's demonstration of railway workers outside the European Parliament, GUE/NGL MEPs vowed to fight further fragmentation and liberalization of the railway sector and harmful draft proposals currently going through Parliament.

"The GUE/NGL Group fully supports the demands of the railway workers. We underline: No constraints on the right to strike! No further asset stripping of railway services!" MEP Sabine Wils said at the demonstration.

e-G8 Forum

Brussels – ETNO welcomes the inclusion of the future of the Internet on the Agenda of the G8 Heads of State in Deauville on 26-27 May, confirming the key role Internet is playing in daily lives and businesses and the need to give a global answer to the challenges that the whole industry along the digital value chain is facing. ETNO is taking part in the two-day eG8 Forum on 24-25 May hosted by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, to gather views from industry stakeholders on the future of the Internet.

Your Excellencies,

We write to thank you and the French Presidency of the G-8 for making the Digital Economy a high priority this week. The importance of your deliberations cannot be overestimated.

Paris, 19 May 2011

AquaFed, the International Federation of Private Water Operators, is the victim of an aggressive
campaign, led by the Council of Canadians, which aims at excluding it from contributing to the work of
the international community by misrepresenting it.

EU GREEN WEEK 24-27 May

Brussels – Through its participation in the GREEN WEEK exhibition, ETNO will highlight the key role of broadband-enabled solutions and more energy-efficient broadband equipment in helping businesses and citizens to save energy and resources, in line with the theme of this year GREEN WEEK  ‘Resource Efficiency: Using Less, Living Better’.