Aid to the most deprived: EP and Council agree to €3.5 billion
The Fund for European Aid to the Most Deprived (FEAD) in 2014-2020 will be maintained at €3.5 billion, the same figure as in…
Human Rights
EP/Council deal on better social rights and conditions
Non-EU seasonal workers will get better working and living conditions, including a minimum wage and proper accommodation, under a draft law agreed by Parliament…
Non-seasonal worker’s rights
Non-EU seasonal workers will get better working and living conditions, including a minimum wage and proper accommodation, under a draft law agreed by Parliament…
Women on company boards: go for 40% of non-executive posts by 2020, urge MEPs
By Martha Devon EU-listed companies should aim to ensure, by 2020, that at least 40% of their non-executive board members are women, so…
S.W.I.F.T. & TFTP suspension or termination?
MEPs raised the possibility of suspending or even terminating the EU-US Terrorist Finance Tracking Programme (TFTP), during the discussion on Tuesday about the NSA’s…
NSA-snooping: Media freedom at stake
The impact of US National Security Agency and other surveillance programmes on EU citizens’ privacy and media freedom and the lack of democratic oversight…
MEPs call on Hungarian authorities to abide by EU values
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Civil Liberties Committee recommendations to Hungary and the European Commission on how to remedy any breaches of key EU…
Unrest in Turkey: MEPs call for reconciliation and warn against harsh measures
by Linda Sommerschütt MEPs are deeply concerned at the disproportionate and excessive use of force by Turkish police to break up peaceful and legitimate…
Investment Protection becomes “Human Right”
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Just when Greece is expecting to be handed the next lifeline of €30 billion from the European Union and International…
Public pensions must ensure decent living standards, MEPs say
by Linda Sommerschütt The economic crisis and the challenges of an ageing population have revealed the vulnerability of both funded and public pension…