Keyword: European Parliament

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Full EP Rejects Commission’s GM Opt-out Plan

02.11.2015 - As expected, the plenary session of the European Parliament (EP) has voted, by a margin of 577 to 75, to reject the European Commission’s plans to allow member states to opt out of...

Strategy & Management

The Heat Is On

28.10.2015 - The European chemical industry has warned that doubts about proposed changes to the European Union’s carbon emissions trading system (ETS) could hold back investment in...

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Environment MEPs Specify CO2 Targets

28.09.2015 - The European Parliament’s delegation to the COP 21 climate talks scheduled to be held in Paris from Nov. 30 to Dec.11 must call for a 40% cut in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, a...

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EU Details New Proposal for TTIP

18.09.2015 - Cecilia Malmström, the EU’s competition commissioner since the beginning of this year, has provided long awaited details of a plan to revamp the Investor-to-State Dispute...

Strategy & Management

How to Run a Circular Economy in Europe

03.09.2015 - Since the industrial revolution in Europe the amount of waste in the region has been constantly increasing. This is because its economies have been based on a “take-make-consume...

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EP Committee Retables TTIP Vote

02.07.2015 - The European Parliament’s (EP) International Trade Committee has set the stage for a plenary vote on the EP’s draft recommendation for the controversial Transatlantic Trade and...

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EU Parliament Shelves Vote on TTIP Resolution for Now

11.06.2015 - On the eve of a scheduled June 9 European Parliament plenary vote on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), parliament resident Martin Schulz pulled the plug...

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US Senate Vote Could Endanger TTIP Passage Prospects

18.05.2015 - By a vote of 52 to 45 (a majority of 60 was needed), the US Senate has declined to pass the Trade Promotion Authority bill that would have given President Barack Obama the power to...