PQ2017

Language discrimination case: sanction for speaking in Catalan with Spanish policemen at Barcelona airport

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 E-002184/2017 Subject: Language discrimination case: sanction for speaking in Catalan with Spanish policemen at Barcelona airport Xavier Casanovas, a university professor, has been fined EUR 601 for having spoken in Catalan to a Spanish police officer at the passport control at Barcelona airport.(1) Agents justify the

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PQ2017

Follow-up to Written Question E-000588/2017 on the right to oblivion for people who have suffered from a serious illness

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Follow-up to Written Question E-000588/2017 on the right to oblivion for people who have suffered from a serious illness Directive 95/46/EC and the General Data Protection Regulation do indeed ensure EU citizens’ right to oblivion. However, Written Question E-000588/2017 addresses not the

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The Dinka-Nuer conflict and the ensuing humanitarian crisis in South Sudan

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Javier Nart (ALDE) , Charles Goerens (ALDE) , Ilhan Kyuchyuk (ALDE) , Hilde Vautmans (ALDE) , Marielle de Sarnez (ALDE) , Maria Arena (S&D) , Alfred Sant (S&D) , Bronis Ropė (Verts/ALE) , Doru-Claudian Frunzulică (S&D) , Krzysztof Hetman (PPE) , Patricija Šulin (PPE) , Enrique

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Small companies’ R&D costs in the CCTB

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Small companies’ R&D costs in the CCTB The Proposal for a Council Directive on a CCTB published on 25th October 2016, in its Article 9(3), introduces a yearly super-reduction for R&D expenses, which amounts up to a 100% deducibility if the company

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PQ2017

Gender perspective in EFSI

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Gender perspective in EFSI EFSI projects are meant to stimulate entrepreneurship as well as new productive activities, that would not otherwise materialize, and as such to bring us towards new horizons after the crisis, the EFSI framework does not include a gender

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