Candidate for boss of EU bank supervisor quizzed by MEPs
Danièle Nouy, the ECB’s nominee for the new post of EU bank supervisor, was vetted by MEPs on Wednesday at a hearing in which…
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European Parliament greenlights EU’s long-term budget
After months of complex negotiations, Parliament gave its blessing to the EU’s long-term budget for 2014-2020 on Tuesday. All the conditions set out…
Budgets Committee approves EU’s 2014-2020 budget
by Ralph T. Niemeyer Parliament’s Budgets Committee today approved the EU’s long-term budget (Multi-annual Financial Framework – MFF) for 2014-2020 and the deal struck…
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…
UN must act, MEPs demand
Deterrent measures against Syria must not be excluded, say MEPs External relations The use of chemical weapons in Syria is a war…
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…
New cohesion policy: MEPs approve €325 billion investment tool for EU regions
New rules for investing €325 billion in regional development projects across the EU in 2014-2020 were approved by the Regional Development Committee on Wednesday….
No more tar and nicotine info on packs
A draft law to make smoking less attractive to the young by banning the use of “characterised” flavours such as strawberry or menthol in…