Abdou Diouf, Secrétaire général de la Francophonie, a pris connaissance des résultats provisoires de l’élection présidentielle proclamés par la Commission électorale nationale indépendante (CENI) ce 9 décembre 2011.

European United Left / Nordic Green Left President Lothar Bisky today denounced the outcome of negotiations between EU leaders as a dangerous attempt to enforce extreme austerity by all means and defy democratic procedure.

"I deeply deplore that extreme austerity seems to be the only idea our state leaders have come up with in their struggle to solve the crisis. As much as I disagree with this approach, I insist that any measures must be transparently and democratically debated and decided on the basis of the Community method."

The Healthcare Industry is pleased to present today in the setting of the EUnetHTA Joint Action Conference in Gdansk, a jointly developed position paper on ‘The value of industry involvement in HTA’. The paper outlines the industry contribution to the HTA process, both in terms of inputting into the policy setting and methodology development, as well as the industry contribution in terms of specific assessments.

“Europe needs growth. And in my view ICT investment is the best way to achieve it and spread it relatively evenly. You get growth when you create the conditions for creating jobs. And you get smart growth when you target your actions and investments and increase your levels of productivity and innovation”
Neelie Kroes, VP & Digital Agenda Commissioner, European Commission, 18 May 2011

The European Parliament's Women's Rights Committee today gained equal footing with the Legal Affairs and Civil Liberties Committees for work on a Directive on protection for victims of crime; and the civil protection instrument of the European Protection Order.

The decision was taken today by Parliament's political group presidents. The two proposed pieces of legislation come under the "victims' package".