Tag: Buzek

The European Parliament made today (31 March) a small step forward in a corruption case involving at least four MEPs by admitting that it is within the remit of the EU's anti-fraud office to investigate the matter. But it stood firm in its insistence that any such investigation would require a mandate from a national judicial authority.

Freezing the European Union's budget as demanded by some countries would be "very dangerous" as the EU needs greater investments to overcome the economic crisis, said European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek in an exclusive interview with EurActiv.

European Parliament negotiators failed to overcome opposition from the UK and the Netherlands to the 2011 budget yesterday night (15 November), calling into question funding for ambitious projects such as the EU diplomatic service and the ITER nuclear reactor.

Europe is at a crossroads: to boost growth and emerge from the economic crisis, it needs to forge an energy community with or without treaty change, said European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek at a meeting with national parliamentarians in Brussels. 

European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek called on the Russian authorities to cease a "heavy-handed" crackdown on peaceful protests following the arrest of some 100 anti-Kremlin protesters on Sunday, including Oleg Orlov, head of the 'Memorial' human rights centre and winner of the 2009 Sakharov Prize.  

Speaking yesterday (4 November) at the opening ceremony of the College of Europe's Bruges campus, European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek identified the creation of a European Energy Community as the next big vision for Europe.

The next five years will see great economic, environmental and institutional challenges, but the new president of the European Parliament, Polish MEP Jerzy Buzek, is ready to deal with the unexpected and eager to shape the EU agenda "in the best interests of the Union's citizens," he told EurActiv.