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SANT ON THE IMPACT OF THE RUSSIAN EMBARGO ON AGRICULTURAL IMPORTS

The European Commission said that it has adopted a series of measures against market disturbance following the Russian embargo on agricultural imports from EU member states. Dacian Ciolas, current Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, was answering a question on the subject in the European Parliament poised by Maltese Europarliamentarian Alfred Sant. Alfred Sant asked

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STATE AID TO SMEs IN WARTORN ZONES LIKE UKRAINE AND LIBYA

The European Commision said that, following extensive consultations with Member States and stakeholders, in July 2014 it adopted a series of instruments to ensure a simpler, more flexible and generous state aid framework which provides support to SMEs in zones close to civil strife or war. The European Commision was answering a question posed by

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LITTLE PROGRESS HAS BEEN REGISTERED TO COMBAT EBOLA’

Alfred Sant said today little progress has been registered on the efforts by the EU to combat the Ebola epidemy. The Maltese MEP was commenting in Brussels following a reply by the European Commission to a question submitted in Mid August on the spread of Ebola. The Labour Head of Delegation in the S&D had

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Commission plans regarding the politicisation of administrator appointments within the Commission

13 October 2014 E-007844-14 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Commission plans regarding the politicisation of administrator appointments within the Commission Question(s) Having regard to complaints that are being made about the increasing politicisation of administrator appointments within the Commission, does the Commission have any plans to introduce

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Complaints about nominations and appointments of Commission officials

13 October 2014 E-007843-14 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Complaints about nominations and appointments of Commission officials Question(s) 1. How many complaints has the Commission received regarding nominations and appointments of Commission officials since 2004? 2. How have these complaints been dealt with, and how many of

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Stress test or similar review of the European Stability Mechanism

13 October 2014 P-007839-14 Question for written answer to the Commission Rule 130 Alfred Sant (S&D) Subject: Stress test or similar review of the European Stability Mechanism Questions 1. Have any stress tests or similar reviews been conducted of the European Stability Mechanism? 2. If so, could their results be made public? 3. If not,

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LOGĦBA KWAZI LESTA

Sal-aħħar ta’ din il-ġimgħa, l-logħba parlamentari li biha qed tiġi konfermata l-Kummissjoni Ewropea l-ġdida mmexxija minn Jean Claude Juncker kienet riesqa lejn tmiemha. Veru li kien baqa’ xi “trufijiet” x’jiġu maħlula, bħal fil-kaz tal-Kummissarju mis-Slovenja, imma l-aqwa skolli kienu ngħelbu. Personalment dejjem qiest li l-aqwa deċizjoni ttieħdet mill-bidu, bil-vot favur Juncker fil-Parlament Ewropew wara li