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WiFi4EU proposal and its targeted beneficiaries

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject:WiFi4EU proposal and its targeted beneficiaries In his State of the Union address 2016, Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced the Commission’s proposal to equip every European village and city with free wireless Internet access by 2020. To this end, the Commission proposed an

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The EU’s Regional Competitiveness Index and island regions

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: The EU’s Regional Competitiveness Index and island regions European Parliament’s resolution on the special situation of islands (04/02/16) recalls that certain handicaps are more difficult to cope with for islands, in proportion to their small size and remoteness from the continental coasts.

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PQ2016

The EU’s Regional Competitiveness Index and Island Regions

European Parliament’s resolution on the special situation of islands (04/02/16) recalls that certain handicaps are more difficult to cope with for islands, in proportion to their small size and remoteness from the continental coasts. These impede islands’ access to the single market and are reflected in the Regional Competitiveness Index (RCI 2010, 2013) according to

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The Start-up and Scale-up Initiative

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: The Start-up and Scale-up Initiative The Commission’s Communication “Europe’s next leaders: the Start-up and Scale-up Initiative” published on 22 November 2016 states that to connect start-ups with business partners, the Commission will launch next year a number of “pilot measures on matchmaking,

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ECA’s assessment of EU banking supervisory system

Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: ECA’s assessment of EU banking supervisory system The ECB should observe a clear separation between its monetary policy and supervision functions, overseen by a Supervisory Board. According to the European Court of Auditors report on the EU Banking Supervisory system: 1) Within

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