Moscovici quizzed on extra time for three EU countries to hit Eurozone targets
Commissioner Pierre Moscovici was asked to account for the European Commission’s decision to give France, Italy and Belgium more time to hit Eurozone budgetary targets by Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee MEPs on Tuesday. MEPs urged that budget...
Statement at the End of an IMF Mission to the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) staff team, led by Paul Ross, met with the authorities of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan from November 10-21, 2014 to discuss macroeconomic policies and a structural reform agenda that could form the basis of...
Mikhail Khodorkovsky asks MEPs to back Russia’s opposition
Mikhail Khodorkovsky calls on MEPs to support opposition forces in Russia
Employment and trade MEPs quiz TTIP experts
Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiators and experts were quizzed on safeguards for labour standards and public services, and how a TTIP deal could help to create high-quality jobs, at a joint public hearing held by the...
OECD's Gurria congratulates President Obama on taking action to address the unsustainable situation of undocumented immigrants
On the occasion of the OECD High Level Policy Forum on Migration taking place on December 1 and 2 2014, Secretary-General Angel Gurria congratulates President Obama on taking action to address the unsustainable situation of undocumented immigrants. “A...
Shifts in migration underline need for policy reform, says OECD
The increasing number of people moving within the European Union is driving the rise in migration registered in OECD countries, after several years of decline caused by the crisis. High skilled migration and humanitarian movements to OECD countries...
ACP, climate talks, national budgets and Syrian refugee crisis
MEPs have another busy week ahead of them
IMF Executive Board Completes First and Second Reviews Under the Extended Credit Facility Arrangement for Mali, Approves US$11.7 Million Disbursement
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) completed the first and second reviews of Mali’s performance under an economic program supported by a three-year Extended Credit Facility (ECF) arrangement. The Board’s decision enables the...
Africa can do it, says Louis Michel
"Africa is able not only to transform the lives of a billion citizens, but to improve those of millions of people throughout the world ! said Co-President of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (JPA) at the opening its 28th session in Strasbourg...
Budget 2015: European Commission makes new proposal to Parliament and Council
The European Commission has adopted a new draft EU budget for 2015 after negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council (the EU Member States) did not result in an agreement at the end of the budgetary conciliation period on 17 November...
