Ban all harmful pesticides Tighten up checks to halt fake honey imports Promote health benefits of honey MEPs urge the EU and its member states to invest more in protecting bee health, fighting honey adulteration and supporting beekeepers. The EU needs a wide-ranging, long-term strategy to improve bee health and rebuild the bee population, says […]

  Intermediaries required to provide information on aggressive, international tax plans Information to be shared between member states MEPs deplore lack of transparency over tax havens blacklist   Intermediaries promoting aggressive, cross-border tax schemes must report those plans to authorities, after MEPs gave their backing to new proposals on Thursday. MEPs voted by 541 votes […]

The European Commission has today published the draft Withdrawal Agreement between the European Union and the United Kingdom. The draft Withdrawal Agreement translates into legal terms the Joint Report from the negotiators of the European Union and the United Kingdom Government on the progress achieved during phase 1 of the negotiations, published on 8 December 2017, and […]

Backed by a robust economic growth, employment in the EU continued to rise more strongly than expected in the third quarter of 2017, while unemployment figures declined further according to the latest Quarterly Review on Employment and Social Developments in Europe. Marianne Thyssen, Commissioner for Employment, Social Affairs, Skills and Labour Mobility, commented: “Growth is […]

Today the Commission proposes to give €104 million from the Solidarity Fund to four EU Member States that were hit by natural disasters in 2017. This is a concrete delivery on the Juncker Commission’s promise to offer more than condolences when an EU country is struck by a disaster. EU Solidarity Fund money can be […]

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