Transparency: EU ombudsman to announce probe into secret law-making: The EU’s transparency watchdog is poised to launch a new wave of investigations into secret EU lawmaking in May. The new investigations would look at “key systemic problems about transparency in the EU,” Gadesman said. […]
Human Rights: €150,000 for a kidney: the lethal trade in illegal organs: The demand for organs far outstrips what is available, leading to illegal trafficking in organs all over the world. With Europeans travelling to other countries to receive one of these illegally harvested organs, it also forms a challenge for the EU. […]
External Relations: European Commission contributes EUR 295 million in additional resources to the Neighbourhood Investment Facility: the Neighbourhood Investment Facility brings additional investments in transport, energy and environment infrastructure, including climate change mitigation and adaptation, and to the development of social and private sectors in Eastern and Southern Partner Countries.’ […]
Better Regulation: European Commission’s ‘Better Regulation’ has killed 100,000, say unions: On 28 April, European trade unions will remember the 100,000 people who die from occupational cancers every year. The unions accuse the Commission of not protecting workers from chemicals which cause cancers, due to suspended work on the necessary legislation. […]
EAFSJ (Immigration): EU to target migrant smugglers: EU leaders on Thursday (23 April) declared war on migrant smugglers and promised to triple the monthly budget of the EU’s sea surveillance mission, Triton.’ […]
Sustainable development: ‘ Bangladesh: has the situation improved two years after the Rana Plaza disaster?: The Rana Plaza tragedy was the world’s deadliest industrial accident in three decades. What role has the EU played in helping to prevent similar disasters in the future?’. […]
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