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FEP September press release

FEP - European Federation of the Parquet Industry

The Board of Directors of the European Federation of the Parquet Industry met on 18 September 2013 and discussed amongst others both the parquet situation and recent economic indicators on the European market.

There was some positive news: the latest Economic Sentiment Indicator of the EC continued its upward trend, increasing sharply both in the euro area and in the EU. The indicator rose for the fourth successive month in both regions, marking a two-year high in the EU.

What do the German election results mean for the EU?

MERKEL TRIUMPHANT, NOW THE SEARCH STARTS FOR COALITION PARTNER

It comes as no surprise that Chancellor Angela Merkel and her Christian Democratic CDU (Christlich Demokratische Union) are the winners of the German federal elections. However, the margin of her victory was unexpected, with the CDU in the preliminary official results attaining 311 seats, only 5 seats short of a majority in parliament. A performance described as a “show of force” by Die Zeit and as a “triumph” by Der Spiegel.

Caritas Europa to world leaders: Show commitment to end the scandal of hunger

Caritas Europa

At this year’s General Assembly, the United Nations must call for sustainable and equitable world economies as the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) expire in 2015. The scandal of hunger must come to an end, with food security at all times.

Illegal Roma police register in Sweden: a breach of fundamental rights of the highest order

GUE/NGL Group in the EP

The GUE/NGL Group condemns Swedish police for collecting information on thousands of Roma and calls on the Commission to make a statement on the matter at Parliament's next plenary session.

Swedish GUE/NGL MEP Mikael Gustafsson said: "Collecting data on people, many of whom have never committed any crimes, and many as young as two years old, is a clear breach of the European Convention on Human Rights.

Join acumen public affairs in a countdown to the 2014 institutional changeover

Brussels 23 September 2013 - Are you wondering what President Barroso’s plans are after his current mandate comes to an end? Do you know what the European Parliament is doing to drive up turnout during next year’s elections? Have you been hearing rumours about who else is in line for the top jobs in Brussels post-2014?
Whether you have your own views or not, or you simply want to check out what others are saying about next year’s institutional changeover– please join our “Changeover Countdown”.

AEGEE-EUROPE LAUNCHES THE “Y VOTE 2014” CAMPAIGN TO ENGAGE FIRST TIME VOTERS IN THE ELECTIONS TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT OF MAY 2014.

AEGEE Europe

BRUXELLES, 22 September 2013. AEGEE-Europe will focus a big part of the activities of its 13000 members in a broad campaign to engage students, young citizens and all first time voters in the campaign for the European Parliament Elections of May 2014. This campaign is launched now with a convention called “Ignite the spark of youth” hosted by AEGEE-Valladolid, one of the local branches of AEGEE-Europe in Spain.

Postal Delivery: A key enabler for the growth of e-commerce

PostEurop

Commissioner Barnier congratulates PostEurop on its 20th Anniversary

Increasing road transport’s contribution to the development of Central Asian economies

IRU - International Road Transport Union

High-level International Conference on the “Development of Road Transport and Transit Potential in Central Asia for the Period up to 2023” confirms road transport’s untapped potential to contribute to the economic development of the region and adopts an Action Plan to further develop trade and international road transport in Central Asian countries.

New Report: EU failing its own Treaty with incoherent actions towards developing countries

Caritas Europa

A new report released today shows that real impact of EU policies on the poor in developing countries contradicts EU’s Lisbon Treaty. Caritas Europa reiterates that all EU policies must be coherent in supporting the needs of developing countries.

DIGITALEUROPE WELCOMES THE INITIALLING OF THE EU-SINGAPORE FREE TRADE AGREEMENT

DIGITAL EUROPE

Brussels, 20 September 2013: DIGITALEUROPE welcomes the initialling of the trade agreement between Singapore and the EU. It is a welcome step towards the reduction and elimination of both tariff and non-tariff barriers to trade.
John Higgins, Director General of DIGITALEUROPE commented; “We congratulate the European Commis

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