The ALDE group has tabled today a parliamentary question to the Commission asking clarifications over the recent scandal associated to the escalating application of the Bulgarian law on the use of special intelligence that is not in line with the Bulgarian Constitution, the provisions of the Lisbon Treaty, the ECHR and the European Charter of Fundamental Rights.

Following today's decision by the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg on the case "M.S.S. vs. Belgium and Greece" (EU asylum policy and Dublin II), the Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber MEP (DE) said:

"The Commission must no longer close its eyes to the deficiencies in the implementation of EU asylum standards. For too long Commissioner Malmström has refused to act. The EU's common asylum standards have to be implemented in Greece and Belgium, too.

Fondation EurActiv integrated the activities of Brussels-based international association PoliTech Institute (European Centre of Political Technologies) and Blogactiv.eu, EurActiv’s blog platform, on 1 January 2011. Fondation EurActiv has been re-named ‘Fondation EurActiv PoliTech’ to reflect its Web 2.0 credentials. A new Social Media department now brings together PoliTech and Blogactiv.
 

Traian Ungureanu's Report 'An EU Strategy for the Black Sea' was approved yesterday with an overwhelming majority in the European Parliament's plenary. In the debate that preceded the vote, the Report was carried by a large majority of all political groups. The European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy expressed his commitment to follow Traian Ungureanu's recommendations and to develop an EU Strategy for the Black Sea Region.

"The United States is not the world's biggest economy. Nor is China, at least not this decade. The European Union is the world's biggest economy and Europe can regain its competitiveness with policies for openness and cross-border movement creating one European economy. Europe can be a leading force in the global economy", said Gunnar Hökmark MEP, Vice-Chairman of the EPP Group, as Parliament debated the EU's competition policy this morning.