Brussels, European Parliament: The decision to reject the two petitions signed by Trade Union Confederation of Romania (CSDR) and the Romanian Federation of Journalists (FRJ) Mediasind, on the inclusion of the Romanian press among the “Vulnerabilities” chapter of National Defense Strategy will be appealed to the Conference of Presidents (composed of the heads of seven political groups in the EP).

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The Romanian MEP Ciprian Claudiu Tanasescu (PRM), non-attached until recently to an European political group, joined the PSD delegation in the European Parliament. Tanasescu adhered to the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European Parliament (S&D), of which the PSD + PC delegation is part of.

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European Parliament passed a resolution calling for the deadline for closing the uncompetitive coal mines from European Union (such as the ones from Valea Jiului) to be postponed until 2018. The term originally proposed by the European Commission (1 October 2014) is considered to be unachievable. Thus, a majority of MEPs felt that the closure of uncompetitive coal mines will have a strong social impact because of mass layoffs of workers in the field, so that more time is needed for their integration into the labor market.

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European Institute for Participatory Democracy – Qvorum released today the study Romanian MEPs: How do they represent us in Europe? that analyzes the Romanian delegation’s activity in the European legislative between July 2009 – October 2010.

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(Romanian) Luni, 8 noiembrie 2010, Universitatea din Bucureşti acordă titlul de Doctor Honoris Causa Preşedintelui Comisiei Europene, José Manuel Durão Barroso, primindu-l printre membrii de onoare ai corpului său academic.

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(Romanian) Marți, 9 noiembrie 2010, ora 10.45, în Aula Magna a Palatului Facultății de Drept, Universitatea din București organizează ceremonia de acordare a titlului de Doctor Honoris Causa, Președintelui Camerei Deputaților a Republicii Italiene, Gianfranco Fini.

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European Youth Olympic winners go on study visit at the European Parliament in Brussels.

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Doru Frantescu, Qvorum’s director, presented in Brussels the measures which European civil society proposes to EU institutions to increase transparency of their activity.

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The project “Knowledge is power! Be strong!” has been nominated at the Public Participation Awards.

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Parliament approved the package of financial supervision which provides the creation of an European Systemic Risk Committee and three independent control bodies: The European Banking Authority, the European Authority of Insurance and Occupational Pensions and the European Authority of Values and Real Estate Markets.

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