The election of the next president of the European Parliament could be done by acclamation. The only candidate for the position at the moment is Maltese Roberta Metsola of the European People’s Party (EPP). The vote on Tuesday, July 16, will be the first appointment of the opening session of the tenth legislative assembly. Barring […]
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This is how the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo revealed the horrors of dictatorship
Names: Azucena Villaflor de Vincenti, Mary Ponce de Bianco, Esther Ballestrino de Careaga and the Mothers of Plaza de Mayo. Situation: Argentina. From motivation: ”The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo led a peaceful resistance movement against the military dictatorship and oppression in Argentina in response to the enforced disappearance and torture of political opponents. The […]
The European Parliament has adopted reforms that include the introduction of hydrogen to the EU gas market
The European Parliament has adopted plans to facilitate the introduction of renewable and low-emission gases, including hydrogen, into the EU gas market. “The new directive and regulations on gas and hydrogen markets aim to decarbonize the EU’s energy sector and increase the production and integration of renewable gases and hydrogen,” reads the EP press release. […]
Michel suddenly changes his plans. “He faced increasing pressure.”
European Council President Charles Michel has decided that he will not participate in this year’s European Parliament elections. At the beginning of January, Charles Michel announced that he would stand as a candidate for the European Parliament elections and would therefore resign as head of the European Council. If Michel is elected to the European […]
Reform of the electricity market in the EU. There is an informal agreement
Negotiators from the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union have reached an informal agreement on electricity market reform. “To protect consumers from volatile prices, Members of the European Parliament have ensured that they have the right to access fixed price and dynamic price contracts and receive important information about the options they […]
Changing EU treaties. There is a decision of the European Parliament
The European Parliament has decided to approve the report of the Committee on Constitutional Affairs (AFCO) on the amendment of the EU Treaties. The European Parliament has voted on a proposal for far-reaching changes to the EU treaties (Treaty on Union and Treaty on the Functioning of the Union). This is one of the phases […]
Methane emissions. There is an agreement between the EU Council and the European Parliament
The EU Council and Parliament have reached a provisional agreement on a regulation on monitoring and limiting methane emissions in the energy sector, the Council announced. “The regulation introduces new requirements for the oil, gas and coal sector to measure, report and verify methane emissions, and introduces mitigation measures to prevent these emissions, including detecting […]
Associations pressuring the European Parliament: end packaging regulation
The proposed Packaging Regulation under discussion in the European Parliament, if approved in its current formulation, would cause strongly negative effects on national production chains and consumers, calls into question recycling where Italy is a leader and does not take into account more sustainable solutions , such as fully biodegradable bioplastics. This is stated by […]
European Parliament, the Letta-Di Maio couple is also a failure in Brussels
The Letta-Di Maio couple were protagonists, unfortunately for them in a negative sense, of the summer election campaign a year ago. Today they have reinvented themselves in Europe thanks to their precious political connections. Enrico Letta, by resigning as secretary of the Democratic Party, leaving command to Elly Schlein, obtained an exceptional mission from the […]
Read at a hearing in the European Parliament. But it’s a failure: only four people listen
Only four MEPs out of the 78 members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy were present this morning to hear the report from Enrico Letta, the former leader of the Democratic Party accused by the European Commission under the previous Spanish rotating presidency with the drafting of a dossier on the […]