KARIM Sajjad MEP
Strasbourg, 12th June 2013

ECR MEPs today welcomed new rules to improve transparency and crack down on exploitation through the financial reporting process for companies running mining and other extraction operations abroad. Read more

zile railways hearing
Strasbourg, June 11th 2013

 ”It is absurd to make the implementation of mutually compatible Electronic Road Toll Service systems compulsory for all EU Member States, if many of them, including Latvia, have not even implemented the so-called Eurovignette 1 fee for heavy goods vehicles until now,” Roberts Zile, Member of the European Parliament from the ECR, has stated. Read more

Timothy KIRKHOPE
Strasbourg, 10th June 2013

A crucial piece of security legislation was rescued from derailment today by a key vote in the European Parliament. Read more