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Employment Guidelines: decisive actions necessary to foster employment. Csaba Őry MEP

Employment Guidelines: decisive actions necessary to foster employment. Csaba Őry MEP

2010. 07. 15.

The Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament today adopted the Őry Report on the 2010 Employment Guidelines for the Member States by an overwhelming majority. "In order to overcome the economic crisis and increase employment levels in Europe, coherent and decisive action should be taken by the Member States", said Csaba Őry MEP. The Rapporteur, who is also the EPP Group Coordinator of the EMPL Committee, considers it a big success as there were 294 amendments tabled by other Members to his Report, which shows an enormous interest from all sides.

External Action Service given go-ahead

External Action Service given go-ahead

2010. 07. 08.

The European Parliament adopted today the first report on the establishment of the European External Action Service based on inter-institutional agreement. The debate between the Parliament, the Committee, the Council and Ms Catherine Ashton, the High Representative for Foreign Affairs on the formation of the new diplomatic corps of the European Union has been an issue since the Treaty of Lisbon came into force. To get the European External Action Service up and running this year is in Hungary`s interests in the opinion of MEPs Mrs Kinga Gál and Mr György Schöpflin (Fidesz).

Combating poverty not only by words, but by action

Combating poverty not only by words, but by action

2010. 06. 24.

Press release of Lívia Járóka - The Belgian Information Office of the European Parliament as well as the Hungarian and Belgian Anti-Poverty Network organized a charity cooking in Brussels on the occasion of the European Year of Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion. As one of the hosts of the event, Lívia Járóka Hungarian MEP (European People's Party Group) spoke of the necessity of applying realistic statistical indicators and developing those lagging behind micro-regions that are invisible to current EU data collection.

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