European Parliament

Prime Minister David Cameron Tries To Take A Harder Line with Europe

The European Parliament (EP) announced its approval of new targets for renewables and energy efficiency rates to be achieved by 2030

European Parliament Votes To Continue Requiring Ethanol

Europe Wrestles With Debt Crisis

On May 20, 2015, the European Parliament voted to reject a plan that would eliminate the requirement for import licenses of ethanol of agricultural origin.

European Parliament Proposes Tough Measures On Conflict Minerals

Prime Minister David Cameron Tries To Take A Harder Line with Europe

On May 20, 2015, by a narrow margin the left wing of the European Parliament successfully pushed through amendments to a proposed conflict minerals law that would, if enacted, be much more onerous and involve hundreds of thousands more European businesses in the process of tracking conflict minerals than the regulation proposed by the European Commission and supported by the Parliament’s International Trade Committee and industry.