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16.05.12
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A senior Conservative MEP today welcomed the announcement of a new and comprehensive programme of research into the mysterious collapse of honeybee numbers across Europe.
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11.05.12
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This week, Conservative MEPs have refused to approve the EU's accounts for 2010 as a mark of their continuing campaign against waste and mis-spending.
In a series of votes in Brussels, MEPs were asked to grant a discharge to elements of the EU budget including spending by the European Commission, the costly Committee of the Regions, the Parliament itself and Qangos such as EFSA.
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10.05.12
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The European Commission recently presented its proposal for the EU's 2013 budget. As predicted in newspaper reports, Commissioners are seeking an increase of almost seven per cent overall? The UK contributes 12.4 per cent of the EU's spending so the proposed budget would add £898 million, bringing Britain's annual bill to £14 billion or £666 per household.





MEPs will have much to discuss during the Strasbourg plenary session on 21-24 May, ranging from ways to reform the economy to measures to plug the gender pay gap. Parliament will vote on a proposed financial transaction tax on Wednesday as well as on ...
May 17 is the International day against homophobia, an area in which the European Parliament is very active. This year's theme is "fighting homophobia and transphobia in and through education". So where do EU countries stand? Which countries protect their gay, lesbian, bisexual and...
"Europe on the Ground", a Greek youth media project, was awarded first prize at the 2012 Charlemagne Youth Prize ceremony on 15 May in Aachen. Second prize went to Europe Meets School, an exchange programme for Erasmus students (Czech Republic) and the winner of the...