On Friday 26 February, Bucharest, Romania, will host the fourth event in the ECR Group's conference on the future of Europe: "Europe's Future - A New Hope".
23 February 2021
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On Friday 26 February, Bucharest, Romania, will host the fourth event in the ECR Group's conference on the future of Europe: "Europe's Future - A New Hope".
23 February 2021
ECR Shadow rapporteur in the Committee on Fisheries Ruža Tomašić has praised the adoption of the provisional inter-institutional agreement on the European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund (EMFAF) in the committee on Fisheries as a success, particularly for the small-scale inshore fishing sector.
22 February 2021
Europe's Future; How to increase the capacity of COVID19 vaccine production; European Maritime, Fisheries and Aquaculture Fund; Transparency and authorisation mechanism for exports of COVID-19 vaccines; An Open, Sustainable and Assertive Trade Policy; Proposals for the Digital Services Act (DSA) and the Digital Markets Act (DMA); From lab to life: transforming childhood, adolescent and rare cancer care.
19 February 2021
The ECR Group in the European Parliament has labelled the action-orientated approach presented in the European Commission’s new trade strategy as a fresh start.
19 February 2021
The ECR Group's Conference on the Future of Europe tour reaches Zagreb, Croatia
16 February 2021
The ECR Group congratulates the Spanish VOX Party for the overwhelming electoral results in the regional Catalan elections.
15 February 2021
Continuation of the ECR Group’s European Tour: Europe’s Future: A New Hope. Third stop: Zagreb, Croatia.
12 February 2021
The ECR Group in the European Parliament expresses its continued concerns over the EU’s COVID-19 Vaccination Strategy. During today’s plenary debate with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, several ECR MEPs demanded greater transparency from the Commission regarding the terms of the contracts it negotiated with the pharmaceutical sector and to explain why the vaccine rollout has been unacceptably slow across Europe.
10 February 2021
The ECR Group in the European Parliament has raised its concerns regarding the approach being taken to the Conference of Europe as the group calls for a less federalist agenda. It is important to discuss the Future of Europe, and how Europe can deal with current and future challenges.
10 February 2021
A new study on EU climate policy co-commissioned by the ECR Group finds that it is practically impossible to generate sufficient energy with wind and solar energy as there is not enough available land to cover all electricity demand. The study, titled ’Road to EU Climate Neutrality by 2050’ advises the EU to embark on a “Nuclear Renaissance” programme in trying to achieve its climate objectives.
5 February 2021
The state of play of the EU’s COVID-19 Vaccination; New Circular Economy Action Plan; Implementation of the Anti-Trafficking Directive; European Skills Agenda; Visit of the VPC/HR to Russia in the light of the recent crackdown on protestors and the opposition; Democratic scrutiny of social media and protection of fundamental rights
5 February 2021
Today, the Committee on Fisheries voted in favour of the new Control Regulation.
5 February 2021
On behalf of the European Conservatives and Reformists Group (ECR) in the European Parliament, ECR Co-Chairmen Ryszard Legutko and Raffaele Fitto call for the European Parliament to hold the Commission to account over the management of its vaccination strategy. Specifically, the ECR Group demands greater transparency from the Commission regarding the contracts negotiated, its export authorisation scheme, and its public communication strategy. The opaqueness of the Commission’s decision-making on these issues, which fundamentally affect all European citizens, must urgently be addressed.
2 February 2021
ECR Group’s European Tour: Europe’s Future: A New Hope | Sofia; Europe’s Beating Cancer Plan
29 January 2021
Today, the Council and the European Parliament reached an agreement on the future of the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT). The changes will cut bureaucracy around grant applications, and give the EIT’s eight Knowledge and Innovation Communities (KICs) more leeway in how they spend their funds.
28 January 2021
The ECR Group in the European Parliament launched the European tour on the Future of the European Union in December 2020. The tour takes the form of a series of live broadcasts from 15 European capitals, in which citizens of our Member States are consulted.
27 January 2021
In a joint meeting of the Committee on Agriculture and the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety, ECR Shadow Rapporteur for the Committee on Agriculture Mazaly Aguilar called for a more diversified approach of the Farm to Fork Strategy.
25 January 2021
Continuation of the ECR Group’s European Tour: Europe’s Future: A New Hope; The Farm to Fork Strategy; A closer partnership with Africa; A new EU-US agenda for global change.
22 January 2021
The second revision of the Regulation on the Fund for the European Aid to the most deprived (FEAD) regarding the specific measures for addressing the COVID-19 crisis, will allow Member States to use additional resources and request up to 100% co-financing rate.
21 January 2021
Today, MEPs held a debate on how to achieve an effective policy legacy for the European Year of Cultural Heritage, which will be followed by votes on Tuesday and Wednesday. The own initiative report lead by the ECR coordinator for the Committee on Culture and Education and the Latvian ex-minister of Culture, Dace Melbārde, is calling for a more integrated approach to cultural heritage. This involves the equal treatment of tangible, intangible, natural and digital heritage equally.
18 January 2021
The European Conservatives and Reformists Group strongly condemns the arbitrary arrest of leading Russian opposition figure and anti-corruption activist Alexei Navalny, upon his return to Moscow on 17 January. As a result, the ECR Group has filed an immediate resolution in the European Parliament calling for swift action to be taken against those directly responsible.
18 January 2021
EU global strategy on COVID-19 vaccinations; The inauguration of the new President of the United States and the current political state of play; The crackdown on the democratic opposition in Hong Kong; Strengthening the single market: the future of free movement of services; The EU’s position on and the state of play of; Human Rights and Democracy in the World– annual report 2019; Achieving an effective policy legacy for the European Year of Cultural Heritage; Fund for European Aid for the Most Deprived (FEAD): Specific measures to address the COVID-19 crisis; How do we increase the number of fish in our waters? The measures to promote stock recovery above the maximum sustainable yield (MSY), including fish recovery areas and marine protected areas
15 January 2021
Establishing a Recovery and Resilience Facility; The EU’s Vaccine Strategy and Concerns about Slow-Moving Vaccine Deployment; EU-UK deal.
11 January 2021
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