The single market’s shortcomings deserve the same level of attention as the Green Deal and the digital agenda, says Parliament, calling for the removal of unjustified barriers across the EU. In a report on tackling non-tariff and non-tax barriers in the Single Market, approved in plenary by 530 votes in favour, 130 against and 32 abstentions, MEPs underline that the full achievement of the objectives in the Green Deal and the European digital agendas mainly depends on the effective f...
In the EU, over 30 million people live with a debilitating and chronic rare disease such as sickle cell disease. Those living with rare diseases face multiple and complex challenges. Many of these patients experience significant health inequalities and are stigmatised. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated these inequalities, with 84 % of people living with a rare disease reporting a direct experience of disruption of care. Among those rare diseases is sickle cell disease (SCD), a rare...
The European Parliament approved this Thursday, with 536 votes in favor, 4 abstentions and only 5 votes against, the new partnership in the field of Metrology, of which Portuguese MEP Maria da Graça Carvalho (EPP) was rapporteur. The new public-public partnership, within the scope of the Horizon Europe Framework Programme, focuses on a wide range of measuring instruments, and is of great importance for all scientific, engineering and industrial activity in Europe. “Metrology is a discipline at...
Question for written answer E-004920/2021 to the Commission Rule 138 Milan Brglez (S&D), Jarosław Duda (PPE), Klemen Grošelj (Renew), Predrag Fred Matić (S&D), Sara Cerdas (S&D), Irena Joveva (Renew), Marc Angel (S&D), Atidzhe Alieva-Veli (Renew), Magdalena Adamowicz (PPE), Pernando Barrena Arza (The Left), Carles Puigdemont i Casamajó (NI), Clara Ponsatí Obiols (NI), Antoni Comín i Oliveres (NI), Elżbieta Kruk (ECR), Rovana Plumb (S&D), Olivier Chastel (Renew), Robert Hajšel (S&D), Alex A...
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the Metrology Partnership. Focusing on a wide range of measurement instruments, this public-public partnership is of enormous importance for all data qualification, verification and validation processes in the European Union. Metrology plays a critical role in making our world work. For example, it has been of key importance to the development and testing of ventilators and to the accuracy of common swab tests during the...
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the Metrology Partnership. Focusing on a wide range of measurement instruments, this public-public partnership is of enormous importance for all data qualification, verification and validation processes in the European Union. Metrology plays a critical role in making our world work. For example, it has been of key importance to the development and testing of ventilators and to the accuracy of common swab tests during the...
The European Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on the Metrology Partnership. Focusing on a wide range of measurement instruments, this public-public partnership is of enormous importance for all data qualification, verification and validation processes in the European Union. Metrology plays a critical role in making our world work. For example, it has been of key importance to the development and testing of ventilators and to the accuracy of common swab tests during the...
Letter to Mr David Maria Sassoli President of the European Parliament Brussels, 31st August 2021 SUBJECT: Partnership of the European Parliament in the #WeThe15 campaign Following the 2020 Summer Olympic Games, Tokyo currently hosts the 2020 Summer Paralympics that bring together more than 4500 athletes from 163 countries competing in 22 sports. The 539 events that will take place until 5th September will shine a light on astonishing amount of talent and hard work, excellence and de...
The European Parliament wants the new generation of industrial Horizon Europe partnerships to be more open and transparent, its industry and research committee ITRE will state today. “The calls for proposal and call for tenders must be open, transparent and inclusive throughout the whole implementation of the work plan of the partnerships,” Parliament rapporteur for the file, Maria da Graça Carvalho, told Science|Business. In the past, the partnerships funded by the EU budget and matc...
Semiconductor supply shortages have intensified the debate on the need to increase European production, in order to ensure greater self-sufficiency. While the European Commission has been working to give the industry a boost, some experts say it may be too little too late. The world is becoming increasingly digital – and everything digital runs on semiconductors. Many sectors, from automotive to healthcare, depend on these tiny chips, which are therefore essential for European industry. The m...
With a total budget of €95,5bn, Horizon Europe will be the world’s largest multi-country research and innovation programme. It comes at a critical moment of the European Union’s history. The great expectations we, Europeans, have established – addressing climate change, reinforcing our sovereignty, resilience and global competitiveness, anticipating and effectively dealing with health emergencies – would be impossible to accomplish without the transformative power of research and innovatio...
Question for written answer E-002676/2021 to the Commission Rule 138 Christian Ehler (PPE), Sabine Verheyen (PPE), Maria da Graça Carvalho (PPE), Ivan Štefanec (PPE), Iuliu Winkler (PPE), François-Xavier Bellamy (PPE), Peter Pollák (PPE), Franc Bogovič (PPE), Sven Schulze (PPE), Pernille Weiss (PPE), Tomasz Frankowski (PPE), Theodoros Zagorakis (PPE), Massimiliano Salini (PPE), Pilar del Castillo Vera (PPE), Henna Virkkunen (PPE), Ioan-Rareş Bogdan (PPE), Eva Kaili (S&D), Ibán García Del Bla...