EP answers are a selection of answers to frequent questions and concerns of citizens who have addressed them to the European Parliament. Citizens from all over Europe write to the European Parliament to express their opinion on how the Parliament and the EU should (or should not) act. Many of these messages are treated by… Read More EP answers: a citizen-tailored service
Written by Clare Ferguson The Members’ Research Service of EPRS is on a mission: to provide Members of the European Parliament with systematic and automatic analysis on all substantial proposals for EU legislation at every stage of the legislative procedure. This strategy of routine programming of pro-active publications, deliberately takes the political cycle into account,… Read More Legislation in progress: analyse, analyse, analyse
Written by Giulio Sabbati and Eulalia Claros How much information can you write in one or two pages? Would you use a graph or a chart to make your message clearer? How many words do you need to express a single message? What about using a map instead of having a simple table? Can we… Read More Infographics – more information on one page
Written by Clare Ferguson The agenda for the European Parliament’s plenary sessions, held monthly in Strasbourg, crams debate and votes on both legislative and non-legislative reports, the Union’s budgetary procedure, statements by the European Commission and the Council, as well as question time – and all of this can be rearranged to accommodate matters of… Read More The Parliament’s Plenary Sessions: at a glance
Written by Sidonia Jędrzejewska (final edition) Final Edition – July 2015. As a consequence of the late agreement on the overall 2014-20 Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the various legal acts setting out the provisions for implementing the funds throughout that period were adopted much later than planned. As a result, the funds allocated for 2014,… Read More Revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (Article 19, MFF Regulation) [EU Legislation in Progress]
Written by Nera Kuljanic and Sara Cagol On 1 July the Science and Technology Options Assessment (STOA) Panel welcomed a wide audience to a workshop on ‘Health literacy in Europe’. The event featured the presence of Paul Rübig, STOA Chair, who opened and chaired the event, and MEP Karin Kadenbach, who had proposed the event… Read More Health literacy puts healthcare in your hands
Written by Cemal Karakas The European Central Bank’s (ECB) main objective is stable inflation in the Economic and Monetary Union (EMU). During the financial crisis, the ECB decided to face the economic slump by, amongst other actions, increasing and then decreasing interest rates and the money supply. In addition, it launched a quantitative easing (QE)… Read More The ECB and the financial crisis: Rigid theory vs a pragmatic approach
Written by David Eatock The ‘silver economy’ covers a host of different but interlinked strands; together these can improve the quality of life and inclusion in society and involvement in economic activity of the ageing population through developing innovative policies, products and services to meet their needs, bringing more growth and jobs. The concept has… Read More The silver economy: Opportunities from ageing
Written by Carmen-Cristina Cîrlig Small arms and light weapons (SALW) are the main tools used in today’s conflicts, be they inter-state wars, civil wars or the actions of organised crime, and the cause of the majority of deaths from armed violence in the world – of combatants, but also, and mainly, of civilians. As past efforts have mostly been… Read More Illicit small arms and light weapons: International and EU action
Written by Cemal Karakas Google holds around 90% of the market share for internet search services in most European Economic Area (EEA) countries, and several companies have complained to the European Commission about Google’s market dominance. The European Commission has thus formally launched two separate investigations, one on Google’s comparison shopping and the other on… Read More Google antitrust proceedings: Digital business and competition