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| PARLIAMENT APPROVES EU-WIDE CIVIL LAW PROTECTION FOR VICTIMS | Victims of stalking, harassment or gender-based violence who are granted protection in one member state will get equivalent protection if they move or travel to another, without having to go through time-consuming formalities, thanks to a new law passed by Parliament on Wednesday. These civil law rules complement the European Protection Order, which already provides similar protection under criminal law.
| | Published in 22-05-2013 by europarl.europa.eu |
| PARLIAMENT BACKS EU BANKING SUPERVISORY SYSTEM PLANS | [Draft laws setting up a single EU bank supervisory system were approved in a plenary vote on Wednesday. The European Central Bank will supervise the Eurozone's largest banks directly and have a say in supervising other banks. However, Parliament will give its final seal of approval only later, to allow time for parallel talks with the ECB on detailed accountability arrangements.
| | Published in 22-05-2013 by europarl.europa.eu |
| MEPS APPROVE TOUGHER SAFETY RULES FOR OFFSHORE DRILLING | [MEPs approved on 21 May stricter safety standards for offshore oil and gas operations. The aim is to reduce the risk of major accidents and limit the consequences if such accidents do take place. The new rules will set minimum European standards for offshore oil and gas safety, regulating licensing, emergency plans and the decommissioning of platforms. Ivo Belet, a Belgian member of the EPP group, was responsible for steering the legislatoin through Parliament.
| | Published in 21-05-2013 by europarl.europa.eu |
| MEPS CALL ON GOVERNMENTS TO ACT ON TAX EVASION AND ENERGY ISSUES | [Concrete actions and not words are urgently needed to fight tax evasion and upgrade the EU's energy infrastructure, representatives from the EP's political groups said during a debate on Tuesday 21 May. They spoke out ahead of Wednesday's European Council, however many group leaders were sceptical about how committed EU leaders were to tackling taxation and energy issues.
| | Published in 21-05-2013 by europarl.europa.eu |
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| SYRIA: A CASE OF HUMPTY DUMPTY… | [The borders of the various Arab states in southwest Asia are less than a century old. The modern Arab states of the region and their borders are all the result of the Sykes-Picot Agreement of May 1916 anticipating the breakup of the Ottoman Empire after World War I. ]Borders at that time were drawn with little regard for ethnic identities and/or religious sensibilities. Maybe it's time for that egregious error to be corrected. The civil war in Syria should prompt consideration o such a possibility before a decision to tilt the current playing field in Syria is made and imple | | Published in 16-05-2013 by Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker |
| DECIPHERING IRAN’S NUCLEAR INTENTIONS | Iran is a hard place to decipher; it is a nation of many contradictions and even in the best of times, its culture is exotically foreign and mysterious to the Western observer. | | Published in 30-09-2012 by Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker |
| MADELEINE ALBRIGHT: STILL CLUELESS ABOUT SOME WOMEN’S LEGAL RIGHTS | It seems to me that Ms. Albright is still clueless about what motivates women and how they relate to those that would abridge their legal rights. And I’m not talking about abortion rights—I’m talking about the right to be regarded as equal in value to one’s male counterparts. | | Published in 05-09-2012 by Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker |
| SHAME ON SENATOR FRANK R. LAUTENBERG! | Lautenberg claims that the Romney campaign is using Israel as a partisan issue in the presidential campaign by suggesting that the Obama administration has allowed daylight to appear in the US-Israel relationship, which Lautenberg denies is the case | | Published in 17-08-2012 by Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker |
| WHY IS THE POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK? DANIELLE PLETKA’S MISGUIDED ATTACK ON THE MEK ADVOCATES | Approximately two weeks ago, Danielle Pletka of the American Enterprise Institute published an article on the AEI website entitled "Lobbying for terrorists, more on the MEK", in which she takes to task several high profile advocates for the MEK based on her reading of the Washington Post article by Joby Warrick and Julie Tate, "High-priced advocacy raises questions for supporters of Iranian exile group". Pletka should know better than to attack the high profile advocates of the MEK. She herselflayed the same role for the disgraced Iraqi Shiite conman Ahmad Chalabi, advocating passionately o | | Published in 21-07-2012 by Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker |
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| DOES NOT AN IRANIAN PATRIOT’S BLOOD RUN RED? STANDING UP FOR THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF ASHRAF & LIBERTY | Text of speech given at a rally for the maintenance of the human rights of the residents of Ashraf & Liberty, members of the PMOI held at Dag Hammarskjold Park opposite the United Nations on the morning of 9 July 2012, in which UN Secretary- General Ban Ki-moon and US Secretary of State are called to task for not properly pressing Iraqi Prime Minister al-Maliki to fulfill Iraq's obligations to the residents of Camps Ashraf and Liberty. | | Published in 19-07-2012 by Rabbi Dr. Daniel M. Zucker |
| UKRAINE: TIMOSHENKO VERDICT SHOCKING. MICHAEL GAHLER MEP | [EPP Group Member of the European Parliament Michael Gahler has strongly condemned today's verdict against Yulia Timoshenko:"The verdict against Yulia Timoshenko is shocking. There is no justification for this ruling. Her indictment is politically motivated and the legal process was characterised by human rights abuses. Ms Timoshenko must be set free immediately.
| | Published in 11-10-2011 by EPP Group |
| REFORM OF THE CAP | Agricultural spending accounts for 41% of the European Union's annual budget and has been at the heart of EU policy since the very start of the European co-operation project. As the European Parliament, European Commission and member states get ready to haggle over the EU's long-term budget, we look into the role of the Common Agricultural Policy in the so-called Multiannual Financial Framework for 2013-2020.
| | Published in 30-06-2011 by europarl.europa.eu |
| BUZEK ON THE OUTCOME OF THE ELECTIONS IN MOLDOVA | [Elections are only one of the crucial steps that build a viable democratic process. At this point in time politicians of all parties gaining a parliamentary seat will have to unite their efforts and take full responsibility for the post-electoral process in order for everything to run smoothly."
"I trust that Moldova will stay on the path of democratic reforms for the benefit of its citizens and to get closer to the European Union."
| | Published in 29-11-2010 by Europarl.President.Press@europarl.europa.eu |
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