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Mimica Hearing: too vague answers demand follow-up. Andreas Schwab MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

"Neven Mimica has proven to be a serious person but he must catch up with the EP's claim for the enforcement of concrete EU laws. Before being confirmed as a European Commissioner he must respond more concretely to MEPs’ questions", said Andreas Schwab MEP, EPP Group Coordinator in the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, reacting to the performance at the European Parliament hearing of the Croatian Commissioner-Designate Neven Mimica.

The EPP Group has two key demands from a future European Commissioner for Consumer Protection.

EUROBAT publishes reports on Batteries for smart grids and rural electrification applications - 31 May

EUROBAT

Contact Name:
Raquel Ponte Costa
Contact Phone:
+32 2 761 16 53
Release Date:
31 May 2013

Energy storage technologies will play a vital role in the development of a decarbonised power system in Europe. They are also fundamental for the electrification of rural and remote areas.

AEGEE-Europe launches Y Vote 2014

AEGEE Europe

AEGEE-Europe has launched today a new initiative oriented on increasing youth participation in the upcoming European Parliament elections 2014. The press conference took place in the European Parliament, hosted by MEP Eider Gardiazábal Rubial (S&D).

PASCAL BAROLLIER, NEW GAVI ALLIANCE DIRECTOR OF MEDIA & COMMUNICATIONS

GAVI Alliance

Geneva, 4 June 2013 – The GAVI Alliance today announced the appointment of Pascal Barollier, 48, a French national, as the new Director of Media & Communications. He will be based at GAVI’s headquarters in Geneva and will report directly to the GAVI Alliance CEO, Dr Seth Berkley.

Spirit of compromise must prevail to prevent further regression of democracy

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

Commenting on the public demonstrations in Turkey and the violent response of the authorities, Green MEP and co-chair of the EU-Turkey joint parliamentary committee Hélène Flautre said:

Transparent and ethical lobbying high on the agenda, Europe-wide survey of policy-makers shows

Burson-Marsteller

Brussels – 3 June 2013 – Burson-Marsteller, a leading global public relations and communications consultancy, today released its fifth survey on effective lobbying in Europe, revealing interesting differences in the attitudes of politicians and senior officials from the EU institutions and 19 European countries on such topics as who are good or bad lobbyists, the need for more regulation of lobbying and the utility of social media as a channel of influence.

Slovenia becomes 29th member of The Brewers of Europe

The Brewers of Europe

Beer is brewed in every EU country and Slovenia is no exception, with a rich beer brewing heritage that today creates around 10 thousand jobs. With Slovenians consuming around 80 litres per capita, Slovenian breweries brew over 150 million litres of beer each year, approximately a quarter of which is exported.
 
The Association of Slovene Brewers was welcomed into the European umbrella association for brewers at a meeting of The Brewers of Europe´s General Assembly in Luxembourg.
 

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NEW GSMA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS WIDENING GAP BETWEEN EUROPEAN AND UNITED STATES MOBILE MARKETS

GSMA

29 May 2013, London: The GSMA today released a new report, “Mobile Wireless Performance in the EU and U.S.”, that examines the health of the European mobile market and reveals that Europe now lags far behind the United States in the deployment of next-generation mobile technologies and the advanced services made possible through mobile.

Europe needs manufacturing, manufacturing needs a better investment climate

Orgalime

“Europe needs manufacturing”, so said the President of the European Commission, Mr Barroso, at the Orgalime General Assembly last November. Now, Orgalime’s economists estimate that the engineering industries turnover value in the European Union (EU) reached some €1,840 billion in 2012. This represents some 28% of the total EU output. The number employed stood about 10.3 million people. Total trade (intra + extra trade) of the industry represented by Orgalime, reached €1,290 billion and the industry counts for a third of the exports of EU manufacturers.

“25 million children in the European Union at risk of poverty or social exclusion

Caritas Europa

On International Day of Children, Caritas Europa draws attention to the fact that 25 million children in the European Union are at risk of poverty or social exclusion. This amounts to one child in every four. To Caritas Europa, all children should be entitled same fundamental human rights, regardless of their origin or country of living.

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