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Tymoshenko ruling illustrates selective justice by Ukraine. Elmar Brok MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

In reaction to today's ruling by the European Court of Human Rights in the case of Julia Tymoshenko vs. Ukraine, the Chairman of the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee, Elmar Brok MEP, said:

"The ruling by the European Court of Human Rights confirms the trial against Ms Tymoshenko was politically-motivated. Ms Tymoshenko must be freed immediately."

Europe’s brewers report significant ‘Beer Pledge’ progress on occasion of the 12th EU Alcohol and Health Forum Plenary meeting

The Brewers of Europe

BRUSSELS, 25 April 2013: Speaking at the European Alcohol and Health Forum (EAHF), The Brewers of Europe announced progress on implementation of the European Beer Pledge, including a new landmark partnership with the European Transport Safety Council.

Key decision for bees as European Commission pushes for proposed neonicotinoid suspension

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

Crucial proposals from the European Commission to suspend the use of neonicotinoid insecticides - due to their damaging impact on bee populations - were today upheld after a vote by EU member states. The outcome of the vote (1) in the Comitology Appeal Committee will enable the proposed suspension to be implemented. There was no majority for or against the proposal of the Commission, and according to the comitology procedure, the Commission can now push ahead with its partial ban by imposing it via an implementing act.

MAJORITY OF MEPS SAY EUROPEAN UNEMPLOYMENT SET TO WORSEN IN NEXT 12 MONTHS

ComRes

Most MEPs expect European unemployment to get worse over the next 12 months, according to the latest ComRes Europoll™ results. MEPs were generally downbeat across all of the economic indicators tested, with the majority expecting the indicators to stay the same or worsen. The only glimmer of light was for economic growth prospects where marginally more MEPs expect improvement than expect it to worsen.

But one-third of MEPs expect inflation to worse, and the same proportion expect interest rates to increase over the next 12 months, potentially setting recovery back even further,

Pioneers in the Fields of Learning Technology and Quality to Complement Innovative Papers and Projects at LINQ 2013

European Project "Open Discovery Space"

Essen, April 2013 – LINQ event hosts from the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany have published the final conference programme for LINQ 2013. The conference in Rome will be supported by a variety of prominent figures vital to the fields of technology-enhanced learning, open educational resources, and vocational education in Europe and worldwide. Furthermore, their presence will further the highlight of LINQ 2013: the launch of ICORE, the International Council for Open Research and Education (www.icore-online.org).

CHANGE AT TOP FOR TEPPFA

TEPPFA - The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association

The European Plastic Pipes and Fittings Association (TEPPFA) has a newly elected President and a new General Manager. Niels Rune Solgaard-Nielsen has succeeded Hans Telgen as President and Tony Calton takes over as General Manager from Pierre Favrot of the Brussels-based organization.

Statement CLEPA CEO Jean-Marc Gales on EP ENVI CO2 Vote

CLEPA

"We welcome the vote of the EP ENVI Committee on the revision of the 2020 targets for reducing CO2 emissions from passenger cars. I believe that the 95 g/km and 147 g/km targets are the best compromise between costs and CO2 emission reductions and that they will help keep the competitive advantage that the European automotive industry has in terms of CO2 emission reduction. The retention of super credits and ecoinnovation for low emission vehicles will also boost the development of breakthrough technologies." said Mr Jean Marc Gales, CLEPA CEO.

 

Passenger Name Records: rejection vote is a major setback for European security. Véronique Mathieu MEP and Axel Voss MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

Today, the Left wing of the European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee managed to secure the necessary majority to reject the use of EU air passenger name records (PNR) data in the investigations of serious crimes and terrorist offences. This rejection is extremely dangerous and a setback in the fight against terrorism, serious crime and security", said EPP Group Coordinator in the committee, Véronique Mathieu MEP.

INDUSTRY COMMITS TO MAINTAIN HARMONISATION OF MOBILE PHONE CHARGERS

DIGITAL EUROPE

Wednesday, 24 April 2013 – Brussels – During a meeting today in the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani, Vice-President of the European Commission responsible for Industry and Entrepreneurship welcomed industry’s recent declaration on the harmonisation of mobile phone chargers.

EU governments must speed up action to combat tax avoidance and evasion

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

The European Parliament's economic affairs committee today adopted a report on tax evasion, setting out its position ahead of next month's EU summit, which will deal with the issue. The Greens have consistently highlighted loopholes in EU legislation and deficiencies in EU tax policy, which facilitate tax avoidance (1), and welcomed the report adopted today, which underlines key measures to address this. After the vote, Green MEP Bas Eickhout (Netherlands) said:

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