by EPHA | May 19, 2014 | Uncategorized
Last week, more than 150 NGOs from the US and EU sent a letter to Commissioner De Gucht and US Ambassador Michael Froman explaining their deep concerns about proposals for “regulatory cooperation”. A similar letter was sent on 19 May 2014 by a group of... by EPHA | May 12, 2014 | Uncategorized
On 12 May 2014 an Action Plan was adopted in the Plenary of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC). This Action Plan aims to deliver a set of solutions to restore EU citizens’ lost confidence in the European institutions. The Plan includes three main... by EPHA | May 9, 2014 | Uncategorized
On 14 May 2014 the European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, opened an investigation on her own initiative into the composition and transparency of the Commission’s expert groups. In EPHA we welcome this as it echoes a historical demand from civil society... by EPHA | Apr 23, 2014 | Uncategorized
<doc6998|left> On 2 April 2014 in Brussels, EU Food Sense, the European Parliament’s Cross-Party Sustainable Food Steering Group, with the help of the food waste campaign ‘Feeding the 5000’, organised the European Parliament’s Sustainable Food...
by EPHA | Apr 10, 2014 | Uncategorized
The Fundamental Rights Agency (FRA) hosts the 7th Fundamental Rights Platform (FRP) meeting on 10-11 April in Vienna. EPHA, as FRP member organisation, stresses the importance of civil society involvement in Fundamental Rights discussions and takes this opportunity to...