EU-US Trade Agreement: “We’re on an equal footing”, says MEP Moreira
“We are not on the defensive side of this agreement, we are not a ‘demandeur’. We are on an equal footing with the United States.”
The European Union is the World’s largest donor of development assistance. In 2011 for instance, the EU spent 53 billion euros to support developing countries. In order to make poverty reduction strategies more efficient, the EU launched a new platform for blending private and public funds for external cooperation in December 2012.
Leading EU affairs journalist Grégoire Lory, provides a Story on how this new platform will change the nature of external cooperation in the future.
Featuring statement by: Alexandre Polack, European Commission Spokesperson for External Action and Development and Thijs Berman MEP (S&D).
“We are not on the defensive side of this agreement, we are not a ‘demandeur’. We are on an equal footing with the United States.”
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, European Commission Spokeswoman, discusses EC President Barroso’s meeting with John Kerry.
Paolo Alberti, spokesperson for the S&D Group in the EU Parliament, discusses Enlargement of the European Union.
Paolo Alberti, S&D Group, discusses the situation in Hungary regarding the new Constitutional reform.
Delia Vlase, EPP Group Spokesperson, on the EPP delegation visit to Croatia and the Croatian European Elections.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen on the European Commission’s legislative proposal to modernise EU Trade Defence Instruments.
Delia Vlase, EPP Group, discusses the high level EPP conference on “The modernisation of the Belarusian Society”.
European Commission Spokeswoman on the Commission – Russian Government executive-to-executive meeting.
Pia Ahrenkilde Hansen, Spokeswoman of the European Commission, on the European Neighbourhood Package.