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Politicians launch their European election campaigns

April 25th, 2014 | by Pieter CRANENBROEK

After the mandate of the European Parliament officially ended last week, politicians have shifted their focus this week to their

January 28th, 2014 | by Mireia REIXACH

Raimon Obiols is a Spanish MEP for the Group of the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the European

GDP: GDP estimates are commonly used to measure the economic performance of a whole country or region, but can also measure the relative contribution of an industry sector.
Fiscal: A term referring to the use of government’s spending and taxation to influence the economy.
Committees (Proportional Representation): A voting system. The number of seats that a political party receive is proportional to the number of votes that the party receives in a given geographic area (circumscription).
Committees (Plenary Session): When the Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) vote on legislation and adopt positions on political issues. Plenary sessions take place 12 times per year in Strasbourg. Here you can learn more about the past and upcoming sessions.
Committees (Parliamentary Committees): The European Parliament has 20 permanent Committees, where MEPs do most of the preparatory work for the voting sessions. The Committees cover a wide range of issues such as economic affairs, fisheries or gender equality.
MEP: Member of the European Parliament. The MEPs are your representatives at the EU level. They adopt EU legislations and the budget. You elect them for a period of 5 years. The next election is in May 2014.
UNITEE: UNITEE represents entrepreneurs and business professionals with a migrant background, most of them of Turkish descent, and whom we refer to as ‘New Europeans’. http://www.unitee.eu/