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Protection of financial interests of the EU and its citizens necessitates an integrated programme. Tamás Deutsch MEP

2010. 09. 29.

Tamás Deutsch MEP held a Hearing in the Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament yesterday where he called for a broad legislative programme to protect the European Union's and it's citizens' financial interests. There are two legislative dossiers on the protection of the EU's financial interests which have been blocked by the Council, the first for six years, the second for nine years. The Hearing's aim was to find a way to move on with these dossiers, as both of them are serving the basic interests of the Community, stepping up against fraud, money laundering and corruption and making investigation more simple and quick.

Roma: combating racism and eliminating discrimination alone is not enough for social inclusion. Lívia Járóka MEP

2010. 09. 28.

Lívia Járóka MEP presented the working document of her Report on the EU strategy on the social inclusion of the Roma today to the European Parliament. The document points out that the social exclusion of European Roma is not exclusively defined by discrimination, but also by the interaction of several historic and economic factors and that a strategy aiming to remedy this exclusion must define its target audience by economic attributes instead of ethnicity.

New Visegrad Plus Initiative – EPP Group MEPs hold talks with Central European EPP Foreign Ministers. Jacek Saryusz-Wolski MEP a

2010. 09. 14.

The participants of the first informal meeting (12 September) in the European Parliament, with six EU Foreign Ministers from Central Europe, agreed on overall cooperation including most specifically the Eastern Partnership, energy security, the Western Balkans and the European External Action Service. They agreed to mutually support the Central European candidates to obtain key posts and important responsibilities in the EEAS and to act jointly in view of ensuring the respect of the principle of geographical representativity in the new diplomatic service.

Fostering employment is essential for the recovery. Csaba Őry MEP

2010. 09. 08.

Today the Strasbourg plenary session of the European Parliament adopted the Őry Report on the 2010 Employment Guidelines for the Member States by an overwhelming majority. "In order to overcome the economic crisis and increase employment levels in Europe, coherent and decisive action should be taken by the Member States," said Csaba Őry MEP. "With this Report the Parliament did its utmost to provide a coherent and effective text. Now it's high time for the Belgian Presidency to take on board our suggestions - as many as possible before the final vote on the Employment Guidelines in October", added the Rapporteur, who is also the EPP Group Coordinator in the Employment Committee.