Brussels, Tuesday, 18 June 2013. Following the launch of the EU-US negotiations yesterday by the EU and US leaders, the European digital technology industry expresses its full support for a deal which could substantially improve conditions for conducting business on both sides of the Atlantic.

Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms, co-chairs of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, and Greens/EFA MEP Nikos Chrysogelos today gave a press conference in Athens where they called for a different Europe and a different Greece. The press conference was moderated by Vula Tsetsi, Secretary-General of the Greens/EFA Group in the EP.

ISTANBUL, 07 & 08 June 2013 Upon the initiative of EPC Executive Board Member Mrs. Petra Huber a Memorandum of Understanding between the European Paralympic Committee and the European Fair Play Movement was signed during the Istanbul 2013 EFPM General Assembly.

1 in 5 MEPs (20%) think that the EU would be better off if the UK left according to the latest ComRes Europoll™ survey. Although 48% of MEPs strongly disagree that the EU would be better off, a significant minority are sanguine about the prospect of the UK leaving the EU.

The survey was conducted among a representative sample of 100 MEPs drawn from across the Parliament, spanning all major political groups and Member States.

CLEPA welcomes the two EC proposals, published yesterday, on automated emergency call for road accidents mandatory in cars from 2015, assuming the prompt availability of European satellite navigation services and related automotive components. The "eCall" system automatically dials 112 - Europe's single emergency number - in the event of a serious accident. It communicates the vehicle's location to emergency services, even if the driver is unconscious or unable to make a phone call. It is estimated that it could save up to 2500 lives a year.