
European Parliament Happy November 9th! "Nothing collapsed on its own. The regime was overthrown", says Green MEP and former East German dissident Werner Schulz in an Europarl interview. Read this and more in our special dossier @ http://tinyurl.com/20yearssince

European Parliament Cocaine and cannabis consumption in Europe: Up or down? Find it out!
Origine: www.europarl.europa.eu
The use of a combination of drugs is the norm amongst people who misuse substances according to the latest report by the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA). ...

European Parliament Members last night secured an important victory in negotiations with the EU governments on the "Telecoms package": The agreement protects the right to internet access by stipulating that users can only be cut off after "a fair and impartial procedure" and by giving them the right to judicial review.
Origine: www.europarl.europa.eu
Industry (Press release) : A user's internet access may be restricted, if necessary and proportionate, only after a fair and impartial procedure including the user's right to be heard. MEPs and Council ...

European Parliament What changes for Europe with the Lisbon treaty? Watch the 90 seconds video or read a short summary in your language here: http://tiny.cc/LisbonTreaty
Origine: www.euronews.net
Lisbon EU treaty - Czechs complete Lisbon Treaty ratification. More powers for the EU in the world and simpler legislative procedures.

European Parliament All 27 Member States have now ratified the Lisbon Treaty. "This is great news", said EP President Jerzy Buzek today, shortly after the Czech President declared he had signed the Treaty this afternoon. Watch the EP President's statement @ http://tinyurl.com/BuzekonFB

Reacting to the Czech constitutional court's ruling that the Lisbon Treaty is in line with the country's constitution, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek said: "The final hurdle has now been cleared...

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20 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain: what do you remember of that seismic time? Were you, or your parents, involved in the events? What the European picnic, the Singing revolution or the Baltic chain tell you? Share your memories with us!
An exciting travel trough those days here: http://www.europa1989-2009.eu/

European Parliament Washington, Strasbourg, Brussels: the pressure is on, ahead of the UN climate conference in Copenhagen. But will EU leaders agree on what Europe is willing to pay for a global climate agreement? And will Obama deliver on his campaign pledges?
Origine: www.europarl.europa.eu
With just over a month to go to the start of the Copenhagen climate summit members of Parliament's environment and industry committees are in Washington to urge their US counterparts to act. ...

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This album is created with the photos and descriptions of your Erasmus experience that you sent to the Parliament!
We chose the best pictures, but we had to exclude some. Tag yourself and your friends and share your Erasmus with other Europeans!
For more info on 2 million Erasmus students see http://tinyurl.com/2millionErasmus

European Parliament You are among the 2 Million Europeans that have participated in an Erasmus? Send a picture and/or a sentence to web-editor-it@europarl.europa.eu, we will publish the best next week!

European Parliament For more on this month's Strasbourg plenary read "10 things we observed last week in Parliament" @ http://tinyurl.com/10thingsStrasbourg

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President Buzek participating at the European Development Days in Stockholm http://www.eudevdays.eu: "Democratisation is not only about elections, it is about empowering internal political actors at all levels of society - trade unions, economic associations, NGOs and legitimate democratic institutions such as parliame...nts. Democracy building and institution building are crucial for economic development benefiting each and every member of the society."Visualizza altro

European Parliament Play to change! Take your chance to win a trip a Copenhagen during the Climate Change summit in December by spreading videos and posts to explain to your friends how they can contribute to saving the planet! Ready to play? Register @ http://tiny.cc/Play4change and go!
Origine: www.youtube.com
Panda Shamer politely suggests: ride your bicycle

European Parliament ready to pick up a fight with Governments over European budget for 2010: requested 1,5 additional billion euro "to ensure that the crisis can be overcome". More public money needed to get Europe out of the crisis? Read the article and have your say!
Origine: www.europarl.europa.eu
MEPs demanded €1.5 billion in fresh money to finance the economic recovery plan and €300 million for a new dairy fund in a vote on Thursday. In general, they restored the Commission's preliminary draft budget after the Council's cuts.





































