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European Federalists despise renationalisation of border control

Union of European Federalists

On the occasion of a joint europewide meeting of the Young European Federalists and the Union of European Federalists in Leuven starting today the Schengen initiative of France and Germay was taken up with lack of sympathy.

JEF President Pauline Gessant and UEF President Andrew Duff say:

„Migration within and from outside the Union is not an isolated national issue - it affects all European Citizens and thus a joint management should be ensured within the framework of common institutions and mechanisms.“

Treaty to give new impetus to ICT sector development - European telcos propose constructive input to global ICT treaty

ETNO - European Telecommunications Network Operators' Association

Geneva, 20 April 2012 European operators meeting at a joint ITU and ETNO event have agreed that upcoming revisions to the treaty that governs international telecommunications should act as a positive catalyst for the future development of ICT, to benefit all countries.

Left MEPs back Argentina's energy move

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Speaking ahead of a European Parliament vote on "legal certainty for investments outside the EU", GUE/NGL President Gabi Zimmer called for "respect for the decision of the Government of Argentina to renationalise part of REPSOL-YPF".

"People must be able to exercise their fundamental right to energy. The use of scarce resources must be relocated to serve the peoples' needs in order to fight against poverty and for respect for the environment."

Greater gender equality better for the environment

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

Reminding the house that climate change hits women particularly hard as they are the first victims of natural disasters and conflicts over resources, GUE/NGL MEP Kartika Liotard said "ironically, they belong to a category of people who are least responsible for it."

Employment Policies are essential to supporting growth

Ceemet - European Tech & Industry employers

– CEEMET COMMENT ON THE EMPLOYMENT PACKAGE 
CEEMET welcomes the employment package as it acknowledges the necessity to promote enabling conditions for job creation. The European Commission rightly highlights the need for labour market reforms to adapt to longer-term structural transformations affecting Europe's relative competitiveness in the global economy.

EU Initiative to Revolutionize Education - New eLearning Project Launches in Athens

European Project "Open Discovery Space"

Athens, 23 April 2012 – 51 organisations from 23 countries gather in Athens on April 23 for the kick off of Open Discovery Space – an innovative new European Commission funded project (CIP PSP call 5, Objective 2.4 eLearning) that aims to create a socially-powered, multilingual open learning infrastructure to boost the adoption of eLearning Resources.

Europe's biodiversity must be our generation's priority

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

The report “Our life insurance, our natural capital: a Biodiversity Strategy to 2020", drafted by Dutch Liberal Democrat MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands), defines concrete steps towards protecting biodiversity in the European Union and globally. The final report will be voted tomorrow in the European Parliament.

New EU Employment Package focuses on the right labour market challenges to be tackled but lacks recognition of the essential role to be played by private employment services

World Employment Confederation–Europe

Job creation, better and faster matching of supply with demand, reduction of undeclared work and managing transitions are key contributions of the industry to EU 2020 Strategy 

Brussels, 19 April 2012: Eurociett believes the EU Employment Package takes some bold steps in progressing on much needed labour market reforms in order to avoid a jobless recovery.   However it does not go far enough in recognising the essential role private employment services  have to play in reaching the EU2020 strategy targets.

EuroCommerce welcomes the Commission’s new plans for a “job-rich recovery”

EuroCommerce

EuroCommerce today welcomed the Commission’s new proposal¹ for a job-rich recovery in Europe. In particular, EuroCommerce applauded the Commission’s efforts to improve the implementation of flexicurity principles, tackle undeclared labour, address the mismatch in skills, and mobilise funds for job creation. The communication also addresses the underlying importance of promoting entrepreneurship, a fundamental aspect for the commerce sector.

EU Ministers must stop the flood of CO2 emissions allowances

WindEurope

The carbon price must be urgently boosted to fix the EU's Emissions Trading System and fight climate change. EU environment ministers discussed raising the carbon price in the ETS at their informal meeting in Horsens, Denmark today.

The carbon market is currently overflowing with spare emissions allowances due to the economic crisis, which has sent the carbon price down. The most effective way of pushing the price back up would be by avoiding too many allowances coming onto the market in the coming years.

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