http://www.neurope.eu European Parliament News - New Europe en-us Copyright The Media Company S.A. info@neurope.eu (New Europe) kgougakis@neurope.eu (Kostas Gougakis) Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:13:00 +0300 Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:13:00 +0300 New Europe New Europe 5 http://www.neurope.eu/images/logo.jpg http://www.neurope.eu 100 35 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97220.php Pro European Tories are mounting a counter attack after what they see as a right wing coup that handed control of a planned transnational party and think tank to a group of Euro-skeptics led by Daniel Hannan MEP and dashed Conservative Central Office hopes of having a safe pair of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97220.php Sun, 25 Oct 2009 18:10:00 +0200 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97032.php Europe looks set to face more flu-related deaths than necessary as the H1N1 virus looms large. Experiences in Australia and Mexico have already shown that intensive care units ICUs will be stretched to maximum and beyond as a result of so-called swine flu. Vital beds are being earmarked for pregnant women... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97032.php Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:58:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97027.php A majority of European Union countries on 12 October called for helping dairy farmers with an additional euro;300 million after an informal meeting of farm ministers and officials in Vienna. The representatives from 20 EU countries which represent 95% of the EUrsquo;s milk market said member states should contribute that... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/97027.php Sun, 18 Oct 2009 23:54:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96920.php LATVIAN Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins spoke with his British counterpart David Miliband recently in an attempt to defuse a growing diplomatic row centred on differing interpretations of wartime history. During a speech to the annual conference of Britains ruling Labour party on 3 October Miliband had said he felt sick... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96920.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:31:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96922.php CZECH President Vaclav Klaus discussed his countrys ratification of the European Unions reform treaty with Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt on 7 October the presidential office said. In Stockholm Reinfeldt later told reporters that Klaus had noted that the constitutional court process must be completed before he can conclude the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96922.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:31:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96954.php THE EU recently completed a 27-month programme aimed at helping Albania fight money laundering AENews reported. The cost of the project is €1.3 million which was provided by the European Commission. The Commission said that the project has strengthened the capacities of the Financial Intelligence Unit FIU of Albania to... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96954.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:31:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96863.php Elise Ford was appointed as Head of EU Oxfam back in May 2009 and has been busy talking to the EU Institutions ever since. Last week she took some time out to talk to Alia Papageorgiou on just how important the Development MDGs are the impact we could have at... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96863.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:23:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96861.php THE European Parliament will this week launch a new special committee on the financial economic and social crisis. Over the next 12 months the committee will ldquo;analyse and evaluate the financial economic and social crisisrdquo; and make recommendations for ldquo;measures or initiatives to be takenrdquo;. The new committee has an... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96861.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:21:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96857.php CZECH President Vaclav Klaus will sign the European Unionrsquo;s Lisbon Treaty most probably by the end of the year Czech premier Jan Fischer said on 7 October. ldquo;There is no reason for anxiety in Europe. In the Czechnbsp;Republic the question is not lsquo;Yesrsquo; or lsquo;Norsquo; it is when rdquo;nbsp;Fischer told... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96857.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:16:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96856.php Last week spending time on my beloved social networking site laughing with amusement at some peoples lost sheep on a game synonymous to town of agriculturehellip; and checking out one of my friendrsquo;s baby photos I received a call to arms from our European Commission Vice President herself Margot Wallstrom. I... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96856.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:08:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96850.php In December 2004 I took over the position of the European Parliament Mediator for International Parental child abduction succeeding Ms. Mary Banotti. Soon I recognised the considerable growth of bi-national marriages in the European Union when I became acquainted with my new mission. Actually I believe this is a wonderful... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96850.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 22:02:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96847.php Why is cross-border communication important? It is essential to make sure that the vanishing borders in the EU - which are not respected by criminals abducting a child or for instance by a runaway going from one country to another- are not taken into account when national systems are implemented.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96847.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:57:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96814.php Since the first peace years after the second war Italy has led in Europe for the restoration of democratic institutions. Helped by the electoral law which provides for proportional representation Italy was democratically governed most of the times by coalition governments which allowed the formation of a strong Administration and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96814.php Sun, 11 Oct 2009 21:11:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96643.php The Alliance of Liberals and Democrats ALDE and the Greens at the European Parliament have asked for a public debate in plenary session to discuss the freedom of press in Italy according to Article 7 of the Treaty which provides for liberty and democracy in Member States. In this context... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96643.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 23:27:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96739.php Latvias Foreign Minister Maris Riekstins met with European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek on 1 October to discuss current events on EU and global agenda. Riekstins and Buzek reviewed the institutional changes envisaged in the Lisbon Treaty in particular the establishment of the European External Action Service and related issues. Latvias... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96739.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:30:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96687.php The news that some of the big supermarkets have been in talks with the Government about introducing Genetically Modified GM ingredients to the nationrsquo;s shelves will be welcome to Scottish farmers. In fact GMs have been on the shelves of our food shops for years in various different shapes and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96687.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:29:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96680.php I am not very sure that in Washington the reasons for the bitterness and frustration in former Socialist countries at the news that the US has abandoned the installation of the anti- missile shield in the Czech Republic and in Poland have been fully understood particularly as the timing of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96680.php Sun, 04 Oct 2009 00:20:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96307.php The economic crisis energy and relations with Russia were just three themes the new President of the European Parliament Jerzy Buzek raised during his speech to MEPs in Strasbourg France. Buzek the first President of the European Parliament to come from behind the Iron curtain used his inaugural speech to... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/96307.php Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:22:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95783.php In May of this year when Greece announced its candidates for the European Elections one of them stood out and not only because he had long hair and was wearing a t-shirt. But because he was young. I donrsquo;tnbsp; mean to be ageist or stereotypical but this was a change... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95783.php Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:23:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95362.php Very few people have the confidence to say they can change the world. Over history and time some such leaders have been plucked from obscurity and happened to be the right person at the right time in the right place who was then pushed towards the limelight. President Baracknbsp; Obama for example... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95362.php Sun, 12 Jul 2009 22:56:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95319.php Continuing to dash hopes France remains opposed to Turkey becoming a full member of the European Union French President Nicolas Sarkozy said during a visit to Stockholm the first head of state to be hosted by Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt since Sweden on July 1 assumed the rotating presidency of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95319.php Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:14:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95313.php In Ancient Greece more specifically in the bustling trading capital Athens of the all powerful state of Athens around the fourth century BC there lived a man who changed the course of history. He founded the first educational institution of the western world came up with a phrase to describe a... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95313.php Sun, 05 Jul 2009 23:09:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95136.php A new political force has taken shape within the European Parliament as British Polish and Czech Eurosceptics announced that they had found enough support to form a separate parliamentary group. The move confirms a major split among the centre-right parties which dominated the June 4-7 European Parliament elections. But analysts... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95136.php Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:21:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95135.php Members of the European Parliamentrsquo;s Intergroup on gay and lesbian rights showed their support for a demonstration outside the Lithuanian permanent representation in Brussels to protest against new homophobic and oppressive law in Lithuania by showing up themselves. On June 16 the Lithuanian parliament adopted an amended Law on the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/95135.php Sun, 28 Jun 2009 23:20:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94767.php Leaders of the European Unionrsquo;s political parties and in the European Parliament gathered the night of June 7 in the parliament building in Brussels to discuss ndash; and spin ndash; the results of the EU elections in which the 736 members of the parliament were selected. With a record-low turnout... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94767.php Sun, 14 Jun 2009 23:57:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94592.php In a move that irritated European Union officials who said it violated the blocrsquo;s rules on releasing results of the elections for the European Parliament the Netherlands said the far-right Dutch Freedom Party PVV which participated for the first time emerged as the first winner in the EU-wide parliamentary elections.... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94592.php Sun, 07 Jun 2009 17:52:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94527.php Sweden wants the European Union to cut the subsidies it gives to farmers when it takes over the blocrsquo;s presidency in July the countryrsquo;s agriculture minister said setting the stage for a huge fight with some of its biggest countries who want to protect farmers at any cost a stance... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94527.php Sun, 31 May 2009 22:35:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94526.php Nearly four decades ago then US secretary of state Henry Kissinger asked Who speaks for Europe? as he lamented there was no one which whom he could speak there who could stand for all the countries in setting a uniform foreign policy. While there is a European Union now it... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94526.php Sun, 31 May 2009 22:32:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94571.php Tobacco companies have to find new inventive ways to market their products as it is simply becoming difficult to hook consumers on the highly addictive life-suckers with the negative mindsets and advertising regulations. The solution is being test-marketed in the USA as we speak. R.J. Reynolds owner of the brand once... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94571.php Sun, 31 May 2009 01:03:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94552.php All fair-minded people would surely agree that the British are revolting. The daily news shames an ever-longer list of Members of Parliament who have been caught fiddling with their expenses. Some have gone wild and got the taxpayer to buy and furnish several homes. Others have made claims for items... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94552.php Sun, 31 May 2009 00:03:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94210.php The European Commission has confirmed to an Irish Member of the European Parliament Jim Higgins that it has been forced to take Ireland to the European Court of Justice again following its failure to implement an earlier ruling relating to aquaculture practices in Ireland. EU Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas in... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94210.php Mon, 18 May 2009 15:06:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94145.php Every five years a small number of Europeans participate in the process that legitimises in part the European Union: voting for members of the European Parliament. Postulating that perhaps not many Europeans know how the different political parties stand on relevant subjects New Europe researched their websites to see what... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94145.php Mon, 11 May 2009 11:49:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94105.php An attempt to reach agreement over the working time directive - which limits workers to 48 hours including overtime - broke down in the European Parliament last week as MEPs and EU Ministers failed to agree on the terms. In December 2008 members voted 421 votes to 273 with 11... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94105.php Sun, 03 May 2009 23:45:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94103.php European Union officials have urged Slovenia and Croatia to quickly resolve their border dispute warning that the row could also slow down the EU membership bids of other Balkan nations as well but Slovenia isnrsquo;t budging so far. ldquo;A lot of politicians in Europe tend to put the whole of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94103.php Sun, 03 May 2009 23:37:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94101.php Progress has been made on womenrsquo;s rights in Turkey in recent years but much remains to be done according to the speakers at a public hearing held by the European Parliament Womenrsquo;s Rights and Gender Equality Committee. Constitutional and legislative measures can only achieve so much: societyrsquo;s attitudes need to... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94101.php Sun, 03 May 2009 23:27:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94098.php Elmar Brok a Member of the European Parliament from Germany stopped by the New Europe NETV booth at the European Peoplersquo;s Party convention in Warsaw Poland last week to discuss the partyrsquo;s agenda. Long an active voice in the party he had a lot of opinions on its role before... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94098.php Sun, 03 May 2009 23:15:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94097.php Mario Mauro from Italy a Vice President of the European Parliament and a contender to become President in the next Parliamentary term stopped by the New Europe NETV booth at the European Peoplersquo;s Party convention in Warsaw Poland last week to talk about the partyrsquo;s role in Europe and trying... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94097.php Sun, 03 May 2009 23:10:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94040.php Mr. President how do you think the EPP Congress in Warsaw next week will affect the campaign for the upcoming European elections? nbsp;-Our Congress is an important moment for our political family. Over 3000 delegates activists journalists and guests will be there. All of our Prime Ministers Commissioners party leaders and... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94040.php Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:19:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94044.php Itrsquo;s election time and candidates to a seat in the European Parliament are disposing of all means to gear up their support base. Following the successful example of Barack Obamas bid for the White House widely credited for its effective use of internet resources many current and prospective Members of... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94044.php Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:36:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94033.php Nineteen ALDE MEPs yes ALDE led by Sophie in lsquo;t Veld MEP ALDE The Netherlands followed by 12 of her colleagues called with a letter on President Jose Barroso to condemn the UN initiative for Resolution 10/22 on ldquo;Combating Defamation of Religions rdquo; because it disallows offending religious beliefs. Xenophobia syndrome... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94033.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:41:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94078.php Eight months after the Russian skirmish in Georgia produced a fear that Ukraine might be next the parliament of the Ukrainian province of Crimea has voted against allowing planned US naval manoeuvres in the Black Sea the Interfax news agency reported. The Crimean parliament voted in favour of a motion... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94078.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:02:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94025.php The European Union is sponsoring television programmes designed to promote North African societies as modern open and emancipated officials in Brussels said. The EuroMed-News project co-financed by the European Commission using 2.16 million Euro USD 2.85 million of European taxpayersrsquo; money also aims to increase awareness among the local populations... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94025.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:01:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94073.php European Parliament members in Strasbourg agreed to make dominant electricity and naturalgas companies improve access to transmission networks for competitors ending 19 months of contentious negotiations with a compromise to open markets. The European Parliament approved legislation finally gave the green light to further liberalisation of EU electricity and gas markets... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94073.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:40:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94018.php The Odessa-Brody oil pipeline in Ukraine should begin operating in its intended direction as soon as possible said Bohdan Sokolovskiy a top energy adviser to Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko for international questions of energy security Georgiarsquo;s The Financial reported. In August Yushchenko signed a measure to ensure the 419-mile Odessa-Brody pipeline... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94018.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:31:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94014.php Less than half of Europersquo;s citizens are interested in Junersquo;s European Parliament elections and only a third of them currently plan to take part in the ballot according to a survey from the Eurobarometer which polled some 27 000 citizens from the 27-member bloc between January and February and found... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94014.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:05:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94012.php There have been cynical mutterings about the claimed five million Euro swimming pool that the European Parliament is supposedly building and some are describing this as an example of financial fecundity. Of course examination of the supposed cost would expose this untruth for what it is. Five million is clearly... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94012.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 20:00:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94008.php There are more than 160 million buildings in the European Union and they account for 40 percent of Europersquo;s energy use and the room for savings is extensive so Members of the European Parliament on the Energy Committee recently backed proposals that should see all buildings constructed after 2018 having... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94008.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:23:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94007.php Bosnian Serb leader Milorad Dodik has said Bosnia will not change its constitution in order to gain membership of the European Union. ldquo;If it turns out that changing the constitution is a condition for the membership in the EU that means that the Europeans do not want Bosnia in the... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94007.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:22:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94059.php Maybe itrsquo;s a losing battle in an era of free downloads and intellectual property battles but the European Parliament has voted to extend music copyright from 50 to 70 years less than the 95 years proposed by the Commission and what critics called a compromise that was a blow to... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/94059.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 19:17:00 +0300 http://www.neurope.eu/articles/93998.php Martin Schulz a Member of the European Parliament from Germany and chairman of PES the European Socialist Party took some time to answer New Europersquo;s questions on how the body tries to find a consensus on difficult issues what coalitions are in danger of toppling and what lies ahead with... info@neurope.eu (New Europe) Parliament http://www.neurope.eu/articles/93998.php Mon, 20 Apr 2009 18:13:00 +0300