Gabi Zimmer on the Millennium Development Goals summit:

Speaking from New York today at the UN Millennium Development Goals summit, GUE/NGL MEP Gabi Zimmer welcomed the French proposal to use revenue from the taxation of international financial transactions for the realisation of development objectives.

"That was always the aim of the so-called Tobin Tax that we have been demanding for a long time. We welcome such proposals and so should all leaders of the developed countries".

Berlin, 21 September 2010

 The United Arab Emirates (UAE), the
International Union of Railways (UIC) and the association of the
European Rail Industry (UNIFE) signed today a Memorandum of
Understanding (MoU) to foster collaboration and exchange of
information in the railway field.

Public transport needs stable financing, cities require a new urban mobility culture and
efforts must be made to limit traffic congestion; these were the main messages to
emerge from the academic session organised on car-free Sunday during the
celebration of the 125th anniversary of the International Association of Public
Transport (UITP).

Brussels, 21 September 2010

Medication safety is a key element of any strategy to improve care delivered to patients. European cooperation in this field has proved to be useful.
The EUNetPaS project, co-financed by the EU Public Health Programme 2007, delivered excellent results with support at European, national and local levels as well as commitment of multi-professional teams. Medication safety was one of its four areas of work;