News in the category "European Community"
MEPs warn against expanding performance-based funding in the next EU long-term budget
Expanding performance-based EU funding without safeguards increases the risk of fraud, double funding, and errorsLimit the use of financing not linked to costs to smaller projects while keeping large and complex investments cost-basedDemocratic accountability must be preserved, with stronger...
EU-US trade legislation: MEPs to resume work on Turnberry proposals
Bernd Lange, chair of Parliament’s International Trade Committee and standing rapporteur for the US, has issued the following statement regarding the EU-US trade deal. Following a Wednesday afternoon meeting of the committee’s shadow rapporteurs (i.e. political group representatives...
EU survey: rising concerns push demand for more European action
A majority of European citizens is worried about security and safe issues, such as active conflicts (72%), terrorism (67%), natural disasters made worse by climate change (66%), cyber-attacks (66%) and uncontrolled migration (65%)89% of respondents say that EU member states should be more united...
MEPs want to boost EU competitiveness through better law-making
AI tools to monitor implementation of EU law and reduce compliance costsregular impact-assessment and cost-benefit analysis for all major initiativesmeaningful involvement of national parliaments in EU policy makingOn Wednesday, the Legal Affairs Committee adopted an own-initiative report...
Protect copyrighted work used by generative AI, say Legal Affairs MEPs
Rightsholders of protected content should be able to opt out of artificial intelligence (AI) training and automated data crawlingAI providers and deployers should be transparent about the protected content used to train their systemsRightsholders must be properly remunerated and the EU press...
MEPs hail EU-India partnership on trade, security and the rules-based global order
The outcome of the summit sends a powerful message in favour of the rules-based international order and free trade principles, say MEPs. Commenting on the outcome of the EU-India Summit and the conclusion of the free trade agreement between EU and India, plus the EU-India security and defence...
The EU should take the lead in countering the global backlash on women’s rights
Need to combat all forms of gender-based violence, online and offline, and strengthen accountability and justicePromote female participation and representation in the judiciaryDefend the mandate of the UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) and ensure funding for UN WomenAhead of the...
MEPs push to improve public access to documents across the EU institutions
Access to documents reaffirmed as a fundamental rightUneven transparency performance across EU institutionsClear recommendations to close gaps and strengthen oversightMEPs want citizens to have clearer, fairer and more proactive access to EU documents to strengthen transparency,...
MEPs to quiz candidates for the seat of the new European Customs Authority
Tomorrow, on Wednesday 28 January, Internal Market Committee MEPs will hold a Q&A session with cities competing to host the headquarters of the future European Customs Authority (EUCA). During the exchange, MEPs will ask the candidates to explain their infrastructure plans and to...
Anti-corruption directive: committee vote endorses trilogue deal
LIBE committee backs the first EU-wide criminal law framework against corruptionHarmonised offence definitions, sanctions and prevention obligations confirmedMember states to adopt national anti-corruption strategies and publish comparable dataReinforced cooperation with OLAF, EPPO, Europol...
