NEWS
The week in Strasbourg will see Commission President José Manuel Barroso make his first "State of the European Union" speech. Also on the agenda is how to help Pakistan after the floods devastated the country. The controversy over the Roma deportations will also be discussed during talks between MEPs and the European Commission. There is also likely to be steps to limit the use of animals in scientific testing. All of these issues can be followed here on the Parliament's website.Source : © European Parliament
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It is just over a year since the June 2009 elections and in the first year a remarkable number of debates and votes have taken place. Here we look at some of the numbers that have dominated the first of the five year mandate.Source : © European Parliament
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The financial and economic crisis has shown that reckless behaviour of banks and other financial institutions can have serious and costly consequences for Europe's economy and its people. The European Parliament has thus made more efficient supervision of European financial markets a priority. Today (2 September), MEPs successfully concluded negotiations with the European Commission and EU governments on the future shape of financial supervision in Europe.Source : © European Parliament
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European commissioner accused of 'outrageous anti-Semitism' by Jewish group.
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Agreement with European Parliament paves the way for the creation of four European supervisory bodies.
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Growth in the EU and in the eurozone was 1% in the April-June period.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Global service sector surveys highlighted a growing divergence in economic recovery on Friday, with a pick-up in growth in China and Germany but slowdowns in Britain, Spain and the United States.
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LISBON (AFP) - A Portuguese court sentenced six out of seven defendants to jail terms of between five and 18 years for a string of sexual offences against children in a state-run care home.
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Seven people have been found guilty of sex crimes at a state-run care home in a child abuse case that has rocked Portugal.
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AP - Is the global economy out of the woods? Two years after near-meltdown, with the U.S. looking sluggish, equity markets groggy and Europeans fighting a debt crisis, experts gathered in Italy offered a generally gloomy outlook — especially for the United States and much of the industrialized world.
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AFP - European equities surged on Friday and the dollar jumped above 85 yen as financial markets welcomed a better-than-expected payrolls report in the United States.
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AP - Swedish investment bank Carnegie AB Friday said it will buy competitor HQ Bank AB, which had its banking license revoked by the financial watchdog last week.
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