"After more than one year of delay, the main rating agencies, Fitch, Moody's,  Standard & Poor's and DBRS have finally been registered by the competent financial regulatory authorities, which paves the way for actual supervision by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA)" said Jean-Paul Gauzès MEP, EPP Group spokesperson on Economic and ;Monetary affairs, on Thursday 10 November.

Brussels (9 November 2011) - Management consultancy services contribute substantially to the European economy and the European Union wants to create a ‘borderless’ market for services - good reasons for stakeholders of management consulting services to create a European Service Standard.

"Today's unanimous endorsement by the Industry, Research and Energy Committee on the agreement reached with the Council Presidency on the Radio Spectrum Policy Programme is good news for the European economy. I am very glad that the committee has endorsed our ambitious approach that sets world leading targets.

Joseph Daul MEP, Chairman of the EPP Group in the European Parliament, has welcomed the appointment of Lucas Papademos as Prime Minister of Greece and the formation of the new interim government in Greece.

"This is good news for Greece and for Europe", said Chairman Daul. He hailed the decisive contribution of Nea Demokratia and its Leader Antonis Samaras to the formation of the government.

Participant au premier Forum mondial à l’occasion du 5ème anniversaire du protocole facultatif à la convention des Nations Unies contre la torture, ce 10 novembre 2011 à Genève, le Secrétaire général de la Francophonie, Abdou Diouf, a rappelé que l’application rigoureuse de la Convention des Nations Unies de 1987 contre la torture et autres peines ou traitements cruels, inhumains ou dégradants, et de son Protocole facultatif, adopté en 2002, constitue une garantie juridique solide et un pas essentiel da