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30 Mar 2012
Unless radical action is taken the EU risks missing its energy efficiency target, says Krawczyk "If EU policies follow current trends, the EU objective of a 20% improvement in energy efficiency will probably not be realised. Radical steps are needed to accelerate progress towards the target", said Jacek Krawczyk, EESC Vice-President, at the IV Energy Efficiency Forum held today in Warsaw.
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31 Jan 2012
Speech by president Staffan Nilsson at the conference "The European Union moving towards a European energy community" A new impetus is vitally needed to fill the many gaps between words and deeds at EU level. The EU needs an enhanced strategic vision to guarantee the provision of competitive, secure and sustainable energy in the long run. Setting up a European Energy Community is the best option to meet our common challenges whilst closing the governance gap in energy issues at EU level.
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31 Jan 2012
The European Union moving towards a European energy community On 31 January 2012 Anna Maria Darmanin delivered the opening speech of the EESC conference "The European Union moving towards a European energy community".
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1 Feb 2013
Economics and politics of airport expansion in Europe "Clearly, the presence of an airport in a region makes the region more prestigious, creates jobs and may have an impact on inward investment decisions. Yet the existence of many airports in overlapping catchment areas is evidence of shortcomings in resource allocation, leads to an increase in CO2 emissions, creates artificial demand and has a negative influence on the development of alternative modes of transport", says Jacek Krawczyk
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20 Feb 2012
How to create better airports? Jacek Krawczyk, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee, today called for further liberalisation of aviation and deplored the persistence of various forms of protectionism in this industry. Mr Krawczyk addressed a hearing organised by the European Economic and Social Committee to assess the European Commission's recent "Better Airports" package. The Committee is currently drawing up an opinion on the proposal.
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21 Oct 2011
For an efficient and sustainable transport system in Europe EESC President met Commissioner for Transport Siim Kallas
On Thursday 20 October Staffan Nilsson met the Vice-President of the European Commission in charge of Transport, Mr Siim Kallas. They discussed the current EESC work on the opinion on the White Paper "Roadmap to a Single European Transport Area" (TEN/454) which will be adopted at the October Plenary session in the presence of Mr Kallas.
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5 Jul 2012
ACTA was killed from the start, says Anna Maria Darmanin in an interview "ACTA was killed from the start, because of the activism on the web", said Anna Maria Darmanin in her interview with the technology journalist Jennifer Baker.
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22 Jun 2012
Getting everybody online Although netizens are clearly in the driving seat and ahead of politicians, there is still too few of them, said Anna Maria Darmanin, Vice-President of the European Economic and Social Committee in her intervention at the 2012 Digital Agenda Assembly today. Ms Darmanin spoke in a panel discussion on the impact of online activism and global netizens.
