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Abdelilah Hifdi receives IRU Order of Merit

IRU - International Road Transport Union

IRU awards Abdelilah Hifdi, Secretary General, AMTRI and President, FT CGEM, the IRU Order of Merit for his contribution to the development of the Moroccan road transport industry.

Victory for the Left in Europe - anti-austerity policies win in France and Greece

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Gabi Zimmer, president of the GUE/NGL Group on the elections in France and Greece:

"The results of the votes in France and Greece are a victory for the Left in Europe. We welcome the election of Francois Hollande as president of France and the huge success of the Greek left"

Experts on EU democracy: Direct democracy in Europe still has a long way to go!

European Citizens' Initiative

Meeting at the now-traditional Salzburg experts’ conference “European Citizens’ Initiative Summit”, participants took stock of the state of the new European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) right. Since April 1, this new right enables European citizens to propose European law if they manage to gather one million signatures for it. Nevertheless, it is still far from sure, whether or not the new initiative right can measure up to expectations because bureaucratic and financial hurdles might prove too high.

New Appointments for MSc EU Policy: Vesalius College Hires Professors from Top Schools

Vesalius College

Brussels, May 2012

Vesalius College is excited to announce the appointment of two new professors for the Master of Science in European Union Policy (MSc EU Policy).

IRU opens Permanent Delegation for Africa

IRU - International Road Transport Union

The IRU has established a Permanent Delegation and Regional Committee for Africa in Casablanca, Morocco, and appointed Adil Gaoui as the IRU's General Delegate for the continent. This historic development unites road transport associations from 20 African countries, which expressed a willingness to promote inter-African trade and international road transport by implementing the key UN multilateral facilitation Conventions.

Meeting of Environment Council (ENVI)

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Mon, 06/11/2012
The Environment Council works to promote a harmonious, balanced and sustainable development of the EU economic activities. More specifically the council works to ensure quality of the environment and a prudent and rational utilization of natural resources.
 
At the global level it is working to promote measures that contribute to solving the global environmental problems. The Council consists of the Member States’ ministers of Climate and Environment and they congregate appr. four times a year.

Meeting of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA)

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Thu, 06/07/2012 to Fri, 06/08/2012

The Ministers of the Council of Justice and Home Affairs, also known as the JHA Council, deals with the development and implementation of cooperation and common policies in the field of Justice and Home Affairs. This applies in particular to combating crime, judicial cooperation, police cooperation and cooperation on immigration, borders and asylum. The council typically meets once a month and the Member States are represented by their Ministers of Justice and Interior.

Meeting of Transport, Telecommunications and Energy Council

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Thu, 06/07/2012 to Fri, 06/08/2012

The Council (Transport, Telecommunications and Energy) works among other things to promote transportation by land, sea and air, to liberalize markets for IT and telecommunications as well as to promote reliable and climate friendly energy supplies at reasonable prices. The Council comprises of the Ministers responsible for either transportation, telecommunications or energy, depending on which items are on the agenda, and they typically meet every second month.

Meeting of Competitiveness Council (COMPET)

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Wed, 05/30/2012 to Thu, 05/31/2012
The EU ministers responsible for the single market, industry and research usually meet four times annually in the Competitiveness Council. The council is responsible for further developing the EU’s single market and ensuring the framework conditions for European industry and research. 2012 marks the 20 years anniversary of the launch of the Single Market and during the Danish Presidency the EU will negotiate a reform of the Single Market, which incorporates the latest digital development.
 

Meeting of General Affairs Council (GAC)

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Tue, 05/29/2012

In the General Affairs Council (GAC) the ministers coordinates the preparation of and follow-up on meetings in the European Council and covers dossiers of cross-cutting nature, thus affecting more than one EU policies - including negotiations on EU enlargement, preparation of the EU's multiannual financial frameworks and institutional and administrative matters. The council typically meets once a month and the Member States are represented by either their Minister of Foreign or European Affairs.

 

 

 

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