GUE/NGL President Lothar Bisky this morning opened a seminar on higher education participation hosted by GUE/NGL and European Universities Network Campus Europae.
The European Parliament civil liberties committee today voted to endorse a proposed EU-Australia agreement on the retention of passenger data (PNR). The Greens have hit out at the vote to endorse the agreement despite the fact that the deal fails to address fundamental rights concerns repeatedly raised by the European Parliament. After the vote, Green home affairs spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht said:
European agricultural productivity has increased by less than 1 per cent in the past year, yet world demand is growing by at least 3-4 per cent each year, and it is predicted to increase by 70% by 2050. Europe currently utilises over 30 million hectares – the size of Germany – outside its borders to meet its own needs, which some academics have called a ‘virtual land grab.’
RICS Valuation Conference - Accuracy and Reliability: Views from Europe, 27 October, Main Tower, Frankfurt
Leading experts from France, Germany, Russia, the United Kingdom and Spain will join together to discuss accuracy, transparency and reliability in property valuation at the RICS Valuation Conference in Frankfurt on 27 October.
Carl Cederschiöld, President of CEEP, presented this key message at the Tripartite Social Summit today in Brussels. The Summit was primarily devoted to discussions on enhancing trust and social dialogue to sustain recovery and structural change.
Today, to mark World Standards Day, the European Commission has organised a conference on “Competitiveness through standardisation”. ANEC recognises the contribution that European standards can make to business competitiveness but stresses that those standards supporting legislation and public policies need also to reflect the views of societal stakeholders.
"The EU must phase out development aid to emerging countries, such as China, to date worth €128m for the period 2007-2010", said Filip Kaczmarek MEP, EPP Group Co-coordinator in the Development Committee of the European Parliament, in reaction to today's presentation by European Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, of his Agenda for Change of EU Development Policy and a new policy for EU budget support.