Monsieur le Président de la Commission, Au moment de l’approbation de la nouvelle Commission par le Parlement européen, et au nom de mes collègues de R&D, je tiens à vous féliciter chaleureusement pour le résultat obtenu au Parlement européen qui vous permet de relever le défi de relance de la construction européenne. Le personnel de […]
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Members of your family and friends visiting Brussels do not always speak French or Dutch. The Brussels Fire Brigade on the other hand that replies to calls made to the 112 (the European emergency call number) do not speak all European languages. In order to test a multilingual call taking system at the 112/100 call […]
Read moreR&D is proposing to President Barroso that the the proceeds of at least one month of the special crisis levy (5,07% of the basic salary of EU officials) that are currently entering as revenue in the general budget of the European Union, should be donated to humanitarian help and to build a future in Haiti.
Read moreFollowing the proposal introduced on Monday by the Head of Cabinet of M. Kallas with the support of the President Barroso, an agreement has been reached regarding the appeal against the Council’s regulation concerning the salary and pensions adjustements of the civil servants and other agents of the European Institutions. The fight goes on… The […]
Read moreThe Commission’s proposal, as discussed and modified by COREPER, was adopted by the Council by written procedure. The increase of the “pension contribution” was also adopted as an “A” point by the Environment Council on 22 December. Staff will receive the net adaptation of 1,45% at the beginning of January. The President’s deputy Head of Cabinet […]
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