A l'occasion de la présence de représentants maliens du Mouvement national de libération de l'Azawad (MNLA), ce mardi 22 mai au PE, à Strasbourg, Louis Michel, au nom du groupe ALDE, a déclaré: "la présence de représentants du MNLA au PE est peu opportune, alors que les Etats africains et la communauté internationale n'ont pas reconnu l'indépendance de l'Azawad et que tout faux pas qui risque de faire basculer le pays dans la catastrophe doit être évité."

"The imposition of so-called austerity measures is leading to the strangulation, suffocation and destruction of thousands of SMEs on a daily basis,"
said GUE/NGL MEP Inês Zuber during this morning's joint debate on SMEs and their access to the structural funds.

She said it was impossible to promote economic development in today's climate of austerity and the dramatic consequences of these policies and their aims

We are firm believers that there are no limits to the positive outcomes delivered by infrastructure-based competition. What better than to have parties compete to provide increasingly choosy and tech savvy customers with the best performing networks? In this day and age in Europe, it has been proven that continued investment by alternative providers is providing an evolving choice of innovative services - at speeds never before imagined. At the heart of this set of choices is competition among platforms and technologies.

POSITION PAPER ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN THE WATER INDUSTRY
Spring 2012

Aqua Europa (“AE”) is a federation of European trade associations for the supply chain of the water and wastewater industry. It represents more than 1 600 companies through its 11 member associations in eight European countries

The European energy efficiency industry called on the Presidents of the European Commission and the Council, Mr Barroso and Mr Van Rompuy, to use the “growth-summit” in May and the EU Council on 28-29 June to include energy efficiency as a corner stone of Europe’s growth strategy. Energy efficiency is the single most (cost-) effective lever able to address the economic, social and environmental challenges whilst also being an engine-for-growth.