At your service: the service package
“If we address the obstacles to cross-border trade and investment in services, we increase competition with more choice and better prices for customers while adding up to 1.7% to the GDP of the EU” says Jean-Luc Vanraes (BE/ALDE)” EU integration in...
Bart Somers inspires European Commission trainees
On Thursday 5 October our President Bart Somers welcomed almost 1,000 trainees of the European Commission. Bart Somers gave an inspirational speech in the European Parliament to around 1,000 new European Commission trainees, about his work as Mayor in Mechelen and the...
“You The Atlantic strategy and its action plan identify the main areas for development for the blue economy – the sustainable use of ocean resources for economic growth, improved lives and jobs while preserving the health of the marine and coastal ecosystem in...
Bart Somers’ intervention on Catalonia in the European Committee of the Regions
Debate on Catalonia Committee of the Regions Plenary – 10 October 2017 Intervention by Bart Somers (ALDE CoR President) Firstly, I want to condemn all acts of violence in the Catalan crisis. Violence can never be the answer. I am especially offended by the...
