EU Political Intelligence

European Parliament debates and votes on key legislative work for the completion of Banking Union

Parliament has adopted a report on the single market for electronic communications and a compromise text on electronic identification & trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market.

On April 2 2014, the European Parliament plenary discussed the recent compromise reached with the Council (on March 4) on greenhouse gas emission trading as regards aviation.

On March 19th, the European Commission organised a Conference on the new EU Rules for procurement and concessions.

On Monday 3 March the European parliament's committee on foreign affairs held an extraordinary meeting with Boris Tarasyuk.

On November 7th 2013, the ENVI- and ITRE-committees held a joint meeting on the 2030 framework for climate and energy. Please find below a summary of the discussion.

On January 22, the ENVI Committee heard an exchange of views with Commission representatives on an Oral question by Satu Hassi (Greens/EFA, FI) about the overdue implementation of Article 7a of the Fuel Quality Directive. Please find below a summary of the discussion.

On February 13 2014, the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL) held a discussion on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer. Please find details below

On January 22st the IMCO committee held an exchange of views with the Greek Minister of Development on the priorities of the Greek Presidency, especially in the field of consumer protection. The details are found below

The Committee on Development and the Committee on Foreign Affairs organised a joint exchange of views with Mr Thabo Mbeki, former South Africa President and Chair of the high-level panel on illicit financial flows from Africa. A summary of the exchange of views can be found beneath

On February 12, Policy Department A of the European Parliament organised a workshop for the ENVI Committee on "Towards a European Cancer Information System”. Below is a summary of the discussion

On February 17 2014, a Public Hearing on the European Citizens' Initiative "Right2Water" was held in the European Parliament, organised by the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI), in association with the Committee on Development (DEVE), the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) and the Committee on Petitions (PETI). European Commission Vice-President and Commissioner for inter-institutional relations and administration, Maroš Šefčovič, was also in attendance. Please find below a summary of the debate.