MEPS call for stricter rules on medical devices in wake of PIP breast implant scandal
25/04/2012
MEPs of Parliament's environment committee today adopted a resolution asking the European Commission for the forthcoming revision of the current legislation on medical devices to avoid future cases like the defective silicone gel...
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Europe's biodiversity must be our generation's priority
19/04/2012
The report “Our life insurance, our natural capital: a Biodiversity Strategy to 2020", drafted by Dutch Liberal Democrat MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands), defines concrete steps towards protecting biodiversity in the...
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Emergency services are a vital part of EU Health Systems
27/03/2012
Today ALDE MEPs Antonyia Parvanova (NMSP, Bulgaria), Norica Nicolai (PNL, Romania) and Cristian Silviu BUŞOI (PNL, Romania) are hosting a conference in the European Parliament on the issue of emergency health services and their...
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Europe's biodiversity is in danger without more determined action
21/03/2012
The European Union needs to halt biodiversity loss by 2020, says the report voted today in the European Parliament's Environment Committee. The report "Our life insurance, our natural capital: a Biodiversity Strategy to...
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MEPs to back plans for low carbon economy
14/03/2012
The European Parliament is expected on Thursday (March 15) to endorse the Commission's low carbon 'Roadmap' by a large majority.
The document provides a policy framework for the European Union to achieve an 80-95% reduction in...
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MEP Corinne Lepage calls on the Council to improve its efforts to find a political agreement on GMOs
12/03/2012
ALDE MEP Corinne Lepage (CAP21, France), European Parliament rapporteur on the Commission proposal to the right to prohibit the cultivation of GMOs in Member States territory, regretted the inability of the Council of Environment...
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MEPS call for strengthening laws on infant foods
29/02/2012
The European Parliament's Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee (ENVI) adopted today a report which mainly calls for more safety and quality of infant formulae and baby food products in the EU.
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Energy efficiency must be the foundation of Europe’s energy future
27/02/2012
Tomorrow, the European Parliament’s Industry, Research and Energy Committee will vote on proposals to help the EU achieve its ambition of reducing energy consumption by 20% in 2020. Current forecasts predict that the EU is only...
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MEPS call for building a low-carbon economy
31/01/2012
The European Parliament´s Environment Committee adopted today a report aiming at a cost-efficient way to make the European economy more climate-friendly and less energy-consuming.
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Biodiversity loss costs EU 450 billion euros per year
24/01/2012
In addition to the financial crisis, there is a silent crisis of biodiversity loss costing the EU 450 billion euros each year. ALDE MEP Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy (D66, Netherlands)), Special Rapporteur on Biodiversity of the European...
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