The European Parliament today gave its approval to a controversial free trade agreement with South Korea. The Greens have expressed concerns about the far-reaching nature of the agreement, including provisions under which Korean car emissions rules have been manipulated to allow European car makers ...
SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has welcomed today's vote in the European Parliament to improve the rights of bus and coach passengers.
The SNP MEP said that the new EU law would be particularly important for improving services for disabled users of bus and coach services.
The n...
The European Parliament today adopted a report on the revision of EU rules on the radioactive contamination of foodstuffs (1). MEPs voted for the legal base to be changed to make the EP a co-legislator on the proposal (2). The Greens welcomed the call to change the legal base, however regretted the ...
During recent years technological innovations resulted in manifold applications using rare
earths which lead to a steep increase in their demand. A relevant share of the increasing
demand is caused by so-called “green technologies”. The action in the fields of recycling should be started now without further delay as it will take
a mini…
