This is the Europarltv|Discover Parliament|Flashback feed http://europarltv.europa.eu/rss-feeds.aspx Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:45:22 +0200 Accused of calling the shots in the financial markets, credit rating agencies have been in the sights of the EU institutions since the crisis began. EPTV takes a look back. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=6242040f-f6a2-47f6-ac89-a1aa01187de1 6242040f-f6a2-47f6-ac89-a1aa01187de1 Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:00:00 +0100 From 2016, new EU regulations will apply to new vehicles in the L category. A review of what changes and why. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=fd6ce26a-41a0-40c0-8874-a155008c595c fd6ce26a-41a0-40c0-8874-a155008c595c Mon, 19 Nov 2012 23:00:00 +0100 Victims of crime are to be treated with respect, sympathy – and equality – throughout the EU in future, with special care for the most vulnerable. EuroparlTV explains how. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=f6276463-6c0d-4b4d-901a-a10f00a27475 f6276463-6c0d-4b4d-901a-a10f00a27475 Tue, 09 Oct 2012 23:00:00 +0200 Better distribution of European cultural heritage by Europeans: a new law allows cultural institutions to place online any work they possess, even the 'orphan' ones. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=0156bfc0-2c55-4141-ab34-a0e401249fc4 0156bfc0-2c55-4141-ab34-a0e401249fc4 Wed, 05 Sep 2012 23:00:00 +0200 Ever tightening regulations have reduced the threat of chemical spill and improved emergency planning. We look back at the events that shaped them, such as the Seveso disaster. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=1d738988-6546-4d6e-a0ce-a0c40096629e 1d738988-6546-4d6e-a0ce-a0c40096629e Wed, 23 May 2012 17:27:25 +0200 MEPs have approved an agreement on the transfer of EU air passengers' personal data to the US authorities. What is its aim and how will it affect EU citizens? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=98862ce3-0217-42a6-b9e6-a05b008988d9 98862ce3-0217-42a6-b9e6-a05b008988d9 Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:42:01 +0100 The remains of old electrical and electronic appliances keep piling up. EU recycling efforts vary widely, but new laws are trying to confront the challenge. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=99376b41-9f42-4ba9-be6c-9ff60137ddf3 99376b41-9f42-4ba9-be6c-9ff60137ddf3 Thu, 26 Jan 2012 00:00:00 +0100 With new legislation, Europe is back in the fight against child pornography after falling behind following the rise of internet and video technologies. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=dae83c8b-3422-4dce-b69f-9fe3012cbc5c dae83c8b-3422-4dce-b69f-9fe3012cbc5c Tue, 20 Dec 2011 00:00:00 +0100 By putting an end to hidden costs and making it easier to return a purchase, the new Consumer Rights Directive makes shopping safer across the EU. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=562440c1-e889-4a8c-9bf3-9fc000a1ae00 562440c1-e889-4a8c-9bf3-9fc000a1ae00 Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:34:43 +0200 We take a look back at the long struggle to improve the information available to consumers when they are choosing what to eat. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a9b4f1e3-e885-4a8e-a306-9f87009b3837 a9b4f1e3-e885-4a8e-a306-9f87009b3837 Tue, 06 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Ten years on, the shadow of 9/11 still touches Europe: Just how did the terrorist attacks on the US influence EU policy-making and are the effects still felt today? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=c8af6232-f449-468b-86f6-9f5700a13f0d c8af6232-f449-468b-86f6-9f5700a13f0d Fri, 04 Mar 2011 15:08:43 +0100 Legislation passed in February aims to save lives by guaranteeing the authenticity of medicines and fighting the booming online trade in fake ones. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=dc5f2dd3-244c-448b-b009-9ea2009f6803 dc5f2dd3-244c-448b-b009-9ea2009f6803 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 A new law on crossborder healthcare outlines who can seek treatment and who foots the bill. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=704c2ff9-abdb-40f8-b338-9e8b00b74a4c 704c2ff9-abdb-40f8-b338-9e8b00b74a4c Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Self-regulation has been ditched for a new European watchdog and a passport for hedge fund managers. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=071b6ca6-9e6c-4686-a105-9e4700a49b7b 071b6ca6-9e6c-4686-a105-9e4700a49b7b Thu, 04 Nov 2010 00:00:00 +0100 In 2008 the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered global economic meltdown. Two years later MEPs voted a series of measures to avert future financial catastrophes. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=19a4621a-5869-4fa0-b579-9e24009a16cc 19a4621a-5869-4fa0-b579-9e24009a16cc Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 New EU legislation should save lives by making transplant organs more available across Europe. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=e2f5de10-45b6-4f05-a10c-e28b93226477 e2f5de10-45b6-4f05-a10c-e28b93226477 Tue, 23 Jun 2009 17:25:37 +0200 A directive was approved to put an end to illegal employment by placing the penalties on the employer rather than the employee. It was argued by shifting the burden away from the vulnerable to those in power the practice of illegal employment would be stopped. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=bd15188d-b5ba-4773-8c05-f8529da19c89 bd15188d-b5ba-4773-8c05-f8529da19c89 Wed, 20 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 When checking their phone bills after returning from a vacation, Europeans used to face unpleasant surprises. In order to put an end to excessive charges for so-called mobile roaming, the European Parliament adopted two rulings obliging operators to respect strict price caps. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=0306a2e1-809b-49e1-9ca6-5cbfd5185a99 0306a2e1-809b-49e1-9ca6-5cbfd5185a99 Mon, 18 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 The REACH regulation, adopted in December 2006 after a seven-year struggle involving governments and Parliamentarians, the chemical industry and environmentalist activists, aims at more safety when daily-use objects contain chemicals. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=23c9e06d-1b99-4f7b-8af7-1a36f55fd0a6 23c9e06d-1b99-4f7b-8af7-1a36f55fd0a6 Tue, 13 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0200 Another alarm call concerning climate change makes the climate package even more necessary and urgent as ever. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=814cc427-c6bd-4333-b2c4-43b989363e95 814cc427-c6bd-4333-b2c4-43b989363e95 Mon, 31 Aug 2009 13:55:55 +0200 The EU budget has left some Member States feeling short-changed in the past. However, over the last 5 years the budget costs the average EU citizen a fraction of a euro per day. It is no longer merely cash for cows, but goes towards infrastructure, energy and security. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=2038f2a5-b87d-4852-a524-e3d6a25c0c44 2038f2a5-b87d-4852-a524-e3d6a25c0c44 Fri, 29 May 2009 12:18:40 +0200 Although the last major reform of the CAP was in 2004, this Parliamentary term has not been short of action in the field of agriculture: GMOs, the Health Check, voluntary modulation and climate change challenges, amongst others. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a6851634-13e1-44dd-a519-281952e40f79 a6851634-13e1-44dd-a519-281952e40f79 Thu, 28 May 2009 17:26:07 +0200 Faced with an economic crisis, Europe has taken measures to protect. Anti-discrimination laws were extended from office to home covering goods and services, and funds were provided to help people go from welfare to work. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=cc08f6a2-3170-4e16-ad3e-053c36b2764b cc08f6a2-3170-4e16-ad3e-053c36b2764b Fri, 05 Jun 2009 14:00:05 +0200 From the London Tube attacks to the Madrid train bombings and not even counting numerous spoilt attacks, Europe has been prey to terrorist attacks in recent years. How does it face up to them and fight? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=0bf5d18b-324c-42f3-874b-cb7ffc724210 0bf5d18b-324c-42f3-874b-cb7ffc724210 Fri, 29 May 2009 12:46:42 +0200 There are too few fish, and too many boats trawling EU seas. This has led to a dramatic drop in fish stocks. Member States came together to vote on fishing quotas in order to reverse this trend. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=764c5e1d-3cac-4ad7-b788-ddcd6efd97d1 764c5e1d-3cac-4ad7-b788-ddcd6efd97d1 Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:00:16 +0200 What started as common economic project was put to the test during the recent financial market meltdown. The EU's reponse to the crisis in this sector has been to rein in credit rating agencies, hedge funds and banks. EuroparlTV casts an eye over the response. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=4aee59c3-65af-4b4b-8304-9745e7f468ab 4aee59c3-65af-4b4b-8304-9745e7f468ab Wed, 03 Jun 2009 00:00:00 +0200 After lengthy negotiations, the Parliament succeeded in turning the much maligned 'Bolkestein Directive' into a well-balanced Directive on Services in the Internal Market. In the current context of economic and financial crisis, could this directive be instrumental in creating jobs? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=ee1341d2-8051-49db-94fc-745a8580eb59 ee1341d2-8051-49db-94fc-745a8580eb59 Wed, 20 May 2009 10:07:59 +0200 Be it by plane, by train, ship or on the road, people travel much more in today's Europe than they used to and goods are being transported more and further. Since this trend is set to continue, the European Parliament set the course for more secure and efficient transport. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=8b558de6-c069-41d9-9413-67f0bd6f6145 8b558de6-c069-41d9-9413-67f0bd6f6145 Tue, 05 May 2009 00:00:00 +0200 The European Parliament was faced with the dual and conflicting problems of protecting citizens' health and sustaining its crop yield to provide enough food to feed its 497 million inhabitants. A directive covering active substances found in pesticides solved this conundrum. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=a75d9a83-e6ee-4d00-86cb-505ca16ce30f a75d9a83-e6ee-4d00-86cb-505ca16ce30f Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:11:07 +0100 President Barroso assigned portfolios to the Member States' candidates, but to get to work the European Commissioners-designate needed the approval of the European Parliament. We examine the hearings procedure, unique in European democracy, and get the low-down on exactly what happened before the Barroso II Commission could take up office in February 2010. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=0b5fde11-649c-4833-91d9-0e3bb404685c 0b5fde11-649c-4833-91d9-0e3bb404685c Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:33:51 +0100 In December 2009 the hopes of the world were pinned on the Copenhagen climate conference. However, the conclusions were somewhat disappointing. EuroparlTV looks back at what went wrong, and where to go from here. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=f034239b-10a1-4d6e-b880-ce2ff87e122a f034239b-10a1-4d6e-b880-ce2ff87e122a Wed, 16 Dec 2009 10:20:01 +0100 It is hailed as enhancing internet users’ rights and customers’ benefits. But will the controversial EU telecoms package that pitted the Parliament against the Member States pave Europe’s entry to the digital age? http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=6521e7ed-3e10-44d0-a222-8994c02735f4 6521e7ed-3e10-44d0-a222-8994c02735f4 Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:59:42 +0100 Early 2009 Barroso's re-election to the head of the European Commission seemed certain, but six months later it was clear it would be no picnic. EuroparlTV charts his course to victory. http://europarltv.europa.eu/en/player.aspx?pid=626c046c-7768-4557-bf10-bcb80a483fe9 626c046c-7768-4557-bf10-bcb80a483fe9