Background - Galileo lift off: EU satellite navigation is becoming a reality
On 20 October the first two operational Galileo satellites will be launched from European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana.Source : © European Union, 2011 - EP
View ArticleBackground - Ten facts about the EU budget
The EU budget is often misunderstood, and perhaps even more often misrepresented. Here are ten basic facts to bear in mind when you read (or write) about it.Source : © European Union, 2011 - EP
View ArticleBackground - Ratification of Parliament's 18 additional MEPs completed
With the vote of Belgium's Joint Community Commission (CoCom), the process of ratifying the protocol allowing 18 additional Members to join the European Parliament has been successfully completed. The...
View ArticleBackground - PRESS KIT EUROPEAN COUNCIL 8-9 DECEMBER
With the Eurozone crisis looming larger than ever, the European Parliament will be looking ahead to the coming months with apprehension, but also a determination to play an active role in efforts to...
View ArticleBackground - The European Parliament 2009-2011: key legislation approved by MEPs
The European Parliament's current President, Jerzy Buzek, is soon to hand over the reins to his successor, who will be chosen by the full body of MEPs at the Strasbourg plenary session in January 2012....
View ArticleBackground - Second half of legislative term: changes at the top
All elected offices in the European Parliament, i.e. President, Vice-President, Quaestor, and Committee Chair and Vice-Chair are renewed every two and half years, so once in the 5-year legislative...
View ArticleBackground - ACTA before the European Parliament
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) will be discussed in public in the European Parliament Committee for International Trade for the first time on 29 February. It is this committee which...
View ArticleBackground - Conference on the EU Financial Framework 2014-2020
The EU's future financing debate will be pursued on Thursday 22 March, at a conference of representatives of the European Parliament, the European Commission, the Danish Presidency, EU Member States...
View ArticleBackground - Transfer of air passengers' data to the US - What's at stake?
A new agreement on the transfer of EU air passengers' personal data to the US Department of Homeland Security will be voted by the European Parliament on Thursday 19 April. The deal sets the legal...
View ArticleBackground - Q & A on the citizens' initiative
From 1 April onwards, EU citizens will be able to ask the European Union to introduce new legislation - provided the organisers can muster one million signatures. This new tool, known as the European...
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