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EU-Russia Summit disregards demands of Russian people

ALDE - Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe

Yesterday's EU-Russia summit took place in the aftermath of highly contentious elections for the State Duma which have brought people out onto the streets of Moscow complaining of vote rigging and ballot stuffing. The European Parliament yesterday called for the elections to be re-run respecting the principles of freedom and fairness.

Guy Verhofstadt made the following statement:

IRT's statement on Russia's accession to the WTO

Kellen Europe

On the 16th of December 2011, the WTO Ministerial Conference will examine and,
hopefully, approve Russia’s application for accession to the World Trade
Organization (WTO). After ratification of the necessary documents, the 18-years
negotiation process will be finished, and Russia may become a full WTO member
by summer 2012. During this process Russia developed a new market economy
and reinforced its cooperation with foreign partners, among which EU Member
States traditionally have a prominent place.

EU promotion policy central to the food industry’s competitiveness

FoodDrinkEurope

(16 December 2011) FoodDrinkEurope welcomes the Council Conclusions on the Green Paper on the promotion of EU agricultural products, adopted today, which acknowledge that promotion is an important tool in ensuring the competitiveness of the food processing industry.

Protecting cyber space: Achieving effective cross border information exchange between the Computer Emergency Response Teams [CERTs]

ENISA

The Agency has published a study into legal and regulatory aspects of information sharing and cross-border collaboration of national/governmental CERTs in Europe. The report analyses what effects these aspects have on cross border information sharing between CERTs.

Water insecurity: time for action

RICS

RICS Research report – Water Scarcity and Land Use Planning

One person out of three cannot access the water they need for everyday life and in fewer than 15 years, one quarter of countries in the world will face water stress or scarcity. Water insecurity is one of the greatest challenges facing societies in the 21st century. In a new report published today, Friday 16 December, RICS recommends a series of solutions to tackle the issue at regional, city and building level. 

Labour market restrictions for Bulgarian and Romanian citizens should be lifted. Elena Basescu MEP, Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP and Traian Ungureanu MEP

EPP Group in the European Parliament

The European Parliament today approved, with a clear majority, a Resolution requesting the lifting of restrictions that prevent citizens from Romania and Bulgaria from working in several Member States of the European Union. The Resolution was initiated by Elena Basescu MEP, Marian-Jean Marinescu MEP and Traian Ungureanu MEP and was supported by most political groups in Parliament.

Parliament adopts Roadmap on Single European Transport Area

EuroCommerce

EuroCommerce welcomes the European Parliament’s adoption of the ‘Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area - Towards a competitive and resource efficient transport system’ perceived as an additional step towards a fully integrated transport system in the EU. Removing all barriers between the different modes of transport, reducing red-tape and completing a truly European internal market for transport is essential to the sector.

New Euro Treaty negotiations: Elmar Brok MEP to represent the European Parliament

EPP Group in the European Parliament

EPP Group Member Elmar Brok MEP has been nominated as representative of the European Parliament in the negotiations for the new Euro Treaty agreed upon by 26 EU Heads of State and Government last week. He will work towards preserving the Community method, combining stability and growth.

Mr Brok said: "This is not only about the Euro, but about the future of our citizens in a world which is dramatically changing."

The EU 2050 Energy Roadmap - More alignment with Energy Efficiency potential needed

EuroACE -The European Alliance of Companies for Energy Efficiency in Buildings

The European Commission adopted its 2050 Energy Roadmap today (15th December 2011) setting out its views about Europe’s energy future. The Roadmap is based on modelling work that creates scenarios of possible future energy mixes on the energy supply side. However, whilst Commissioner Oettinger has publicly stated that “The first tool of the EU energy strategy is and should remain energy efficiency”, the Roadmap does not take sufficient account of the potential impact of energy efficiency.

EU transparency EP pushes for better public access to EU documents, Council must give up smoke and mirrors

THE GREENS/EUROPEAN FREE ALLIANCE

The European Parliament today voted to revise EU rules governing access to public documents in the EU. The Greens welcomed the vote of the EP to push for more documents to be made available to the public, and called on the Council not to block this. After the vote, Dutch Green MEP Judith Sargentini said:

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