Tech & Research

European parliament aiming for 'strong, effective customs policy' that can serve both companies and consumers, says Constance Le Grip.

The European institutions are calling for the highest possible standards of nuclear safety across the EU, writes Dominique Ristori.

Experts unite to call for improved access to renal replacement therapy in Europe at the EKHA spring forum 2014.

The European parliament has backed a proposal to remove customs duties paid by Ukrainian exporters for their goods to enter the EU market. Gerald Callaghan reports

Nuclear safety standards must be harmonised across Europe to promote their implementation in 'wider EU neighbourhood', says Vladko Panayotov.

African Leaders & United Nations Secretary-General Highlight Importance of Health for Development.

The EU and member states 'must increase investment' in disease prevention to achieve the UN goal for reducing premature mortality, argues Petru Luhan.

CONCORD welcomes the European Parliament’s vote, by overwhelming majority, to make 2015 the official European Year for Development.

Today's decision by the European parliament gives the green light to a European agreement to create an intra-European EU emissions tradingsScheme (ETS) until 2016

DIGITALEUROPE is concerned that a telecoms single market proposal adopted on Thursday by the European Parliament is overly specific about how networks should function.

The European parliament has voted in favour of the single digital market package to guarantee an "open and free internet" for Europe's citizens.

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.

The European parliament’s Eurosceptic EFD group has said it will not expand its membership to include an expected influx of far right French MEPs.

Parliament's main rapporteur on the 2012 budget discharge Markus Pieper has said that decisions regarding the beneficiaries of EU funding should not be left up to "member state auditors".

But any new nuclear safety provisions should be proportionate and not increase the burden on regulators and license holders, explains Evžen Tošenovský.

European citizens' growing reliance on food banks is 'unacceptable', and the EU must ensure our populations are able to enjoy a healthy and affordable diet, argues Edward McMillan-Scott.

The European parliament has failed to fulfil its 'oversight role' on the potential dangers of nuclear power, warns Michèle Rivasi.

The ‘historical burden’ of underdeveloped infrastructure must be eradicated to further both the single market and the cause of European integration, argues Oldřich Vlasák.

Linking Europe’s regions and networks through an efficient cross-border transport system can be the backbone of the single market, writes Ismail Ertug.

The post-2015 development agenda must build upon the millennium development goals and fully support the human rights of persons with disabilities, writes Catherine Bearder.

National concerns must not interfere with securing the highest possible levels of nuclear safety, says António Fernando Correia De Campos.

The establishment of EU level requirements on nuclear safety can build upon the bloc’s already high safety standards, writes Romana Jordan.