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Ivan Sempere has been elected president of the European Confederation of Young Entrepreneurs, succeeding Martin Ohneberg, president of the association since 2008.

Parliament confirms patients' rights to seek treatment outside their home country. MEPs voted today to make it easier for EU citizens to obtain treatment in other member...

The Parliament's bit-by-bit approach to healthcare is understandable, but it has an obligation to turn to issues it is ignoring. It is difficult to define cross-border...

Conservative MEP goes under the knife. John Bowis (pictured), who has spent the last eight months drafting the European Parliament's response to a proposed law on patients'...

Committee supports proposal but Socialists withhold their support. A proposal aimed at making it easier for patients to get healthcare outside their home country was backed...

Environment committee postponement will push back legislative timetable by at least six months. A vote on a new food labelling law will be delayed until after the European...

Socialists say directive too sensitive to rush through , while centre-right MEPs fear proposal will unravel. Socialist MEPs are trying to slow down work on a draft law that...

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Patients will cross national borders for medical treatment in increasing numbers, but they still face substantial political, financial and technical obstacles, according to a...

The European Union needs to clarify the rules on cross-border healthcare provision in order to improve the lives of all patients, not just the rich. Patients in the European...

Technical and aspirational parts of the healthcare proposal will be difficult to deal with. There is a lot more to the proposal on cross-border healthcare than the parts...

Czech presidency does not expect agreement on a directive that is already subject to hundreds of amendments. MEPs will next week step up their discussion of a proposed EU...

EU executive believes switch to energy-efficient light bulbs could save as much electricity each year as Romania currently uses. The use of incandescent light bulbs,...

France suggests patients should gain prior authorisation before getting treatment abroad. Diplomats from EU member states are trying to water down a proposed law to...

A generational shift in the UK's Parliamentary contingent. Something of a generational shift is in the offing among British MEPs: many of the current crop are not seeking...

We must work to prevent suicide, ensure good mental wellbeing in young people and promote mental health in the workplace and in old age. In recent years we have seen the...

The European Parliament's first plenary session after the summer break, on 1-4 September, will be dominated by the Caucasian crisis. MEPs will be briefed by Bernard...

John Bowis, a UK centre-right (EPP-ED) MEP, will be responsible for steering a draft directive on cross-border healthcare through the European Parliament. The directive is...

Five years and still no proposal to ban illegal timber. The unabated consumption of and trade in timber is fuelling global deforestation and forest degradation  on a...

The European Commission will publish its long-delayed proposal for a cross-border healthcare directive in June, Androula Vassiliou, the health commissioner, told MEPs on...