Photo by D. Laird (BRUSSELS) – Food companies are alleged to be selling lower quality food products in some EU countries. The European Parliament’s internal market committee looked into the…
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MEPs at a public hearing Wednesday discussed the EU risk assessment of the herbicide glyphosate, demanding that pesticides be checked for endocrine disrupting…
Solar panels (BRUSSELS) – MEPs in committee gave their backing Wednesday to a revision of the EU Energy Performance of Buildings Directive aiming to ensure that all new buildings in…
Photo by Brian Robert Marshall (STRASBOURG) – The European Parliament blocked an EU Commission proposal Wednesday which would have exempted some chemicals in pesticides from being identified as endocrine disruptors.EU…
Phone (STRASBOURG) – Long-distance intra-EU calls should cost the same as calling within the same country, according to a draft law approved by a European Parliament committee on Monday.MEPs on…
Photo © European Union 2017 – source EP (STRASBOURG) – There was not enough progress on withdrawal terms, particularly on citizen’s rights, to start talks on…
Introducing minimum income schemes in all EU Member States is one of the most effective ways to lift people out of poverty,…
source EP (STRASBOURG) – The European Parliament should be reduced from 751 to 700 MEPs, an EP committee urged Monday, with…
Fotolia (STRASBOURG) – A financial scheme for local wireless access points in the EU, free of charge and offered without discrimination, is on its…
Fishing boat (BRUSSELS) – A European Parliament committee gave its backing Wednesday to plans to tackle overfishing and offer more security to local fishermen by introducing multi-annual fishing quotas in…
