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Written Question to the Commission on the Tobin-case

Written Question to the Commission on the Tobin-case

2013. 03. 25.

Kinga GÁL MEP addressed a written question to the European Commission regarding the case of ths Irish citizen, Francis Ciaran Tobin. "It is unacceptable that legal loopholes should make it possible for the culprit to live out his days unpunished." - she states in the question.

Equal access to private cars for people with disabilities

Equal access to private cars for people with disabilities

2013. 03. 20.

A workshop was organised today in Brussels aimed at easing the transport of millions with disabilities in Europe. EPP Group MEPs Dieter-Lebrecht Koch, Ádám Kósa and Werner Kuhn and representatives of DG Justice of the European Commission as well as civil stakeholders and experts participated at the event. The opportunities the car industry may have in terms of production of accessible private cars and innovative solutions the industry is currently developing were discussed at the workshop.

The European External Action Service aims at more transparency and the strengthening of geographical balance

The European External Action Service aims at more transparency and the strengthening of geographical balance

2013. 03. 20.

Today the Committee on Budgetary Control in the European Parliament voted on the 2011 discharge reports among them the discharge of the European External Action Service. EPP Group shadow Rapporteur of the document is MEP Tamás Deutsch, Vice-President of the Budgetary Control Committee.

Ádám Kósa, the MEP who speaks the 24th language

Ádám Kósa, the MEP who speaks the 24th language

2013. 03. 14.

6 March: my colleague and I have an appointment on the 12th floor of the ASP in the office of Hungarian MEP Ádám Kósa. Ádám Kósa is special in that he was born deaf. His parents are deaf, as are his wife and two young boys.

Constitutional changes in Hungary – Press Release of the Hungarian EPP Group Delegation

Constitutional changes in Hungary – Press Release of the Hungarian EPP Group Delegation

2013. 03. 12.

The Hungarian EPP Group (Fidesz) Delegation made the following declaration in response to the statements of the left-wing and liberal groups of the European Parliament on the constitutional changes in Hungary.

Constitutional changes in Hungary: Left-wing and liberal groups of the EP need to stop playing irresponsible party politics

Constitutional changes in Hungary: Left-wing and liberal groups of the EP need to stop playing irresponsible party politics

2013. 03. 12.

Press Release of the Hungarian EPP Group Delegation - The Hungarian EPP Group (Fidesz) Delegation made the following declaration in response to the statements of the left-wing and liberal groups of the European Parliament on the constitutional changes in Hungary:

Roma women are the most vulnerable

Roma women are the most vulnerable

2013. 03. 12.

José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission welcomed members of the European Parliament's Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality at a working breakfast in Strasbourg. MEP Lívia Járóka spoke about the situation of marginalized women and the objectives of her upcoming report on the social inclusion of Roma women.

International Women’s Day: Seminar on the effects of economic crisis on women

International Women’s Day: Seminar on the effects of economic crisis on women

2013. 03. 08.

The European Office of the Oslo Region organizes a seminar to celebrate the International Women's Day in Brussels. At the event titled 'Equal suffrage and women’s opportunities in today’s Europe' MEP Lívia Járóka holds a keynote speech on the European economic crisis from a gender perspective as well as the prospects of the social inclusion of the most disadvantaged women.

Report on the Fundamental rights in Hungary – 4th Working Document

Report on the Fundamental rights in Hungary – 4th Working Document

2013. 03. 07.

The Committee for Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs of the European Parliament (LIBE) discussed on its last meeting the fourth working document preceeding the report on the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary. Kinga Gál MEP, first vice-chair of the committee pointed out that there were various misunderstandings and misleading information that need to be clarified.