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EU citizens could pay less for e-books after plans to allow member states to reduce VAT on e-publications were backed in committee on Wednesday. An EU Commission proposal to enable member states to charge a reduced rate of VAT on e-books, which would bring them into line with VAT levied on printed matter, was backed...

Poland became a member of the European Union on May 1, 2004. A year earlier in the referendum nationwide 77.45 percent Poles have opted for joining the EU. May 9 – for the 13th time as members of the Union – we will celebrate Europe Day. What has changed over the years and what benefit...

At today’s Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), PiS MPs from Poland voted against the resolution on Turkey. The resolution calls for, among other things, the abolition of the state of emergency and the restoration of democratic institutions. Members of the Congregation also appealed to the Turkish authorities to release imprisoned human rights...

96 people – among them the President of the Republic of Poland and his wife, ministers of the Presidential Chancellery, generals of the Polish Army, deputies, senators, and also the Tu-154M crew – died on April 10, 2010 in the Smolensk catastrophe. Today marks the seventh anniversary of this tragic event. The delegation went to...

On Saturday, April 1st in Wroclaw Vice-President of the Sejm Commission for the EU Agnieszka Pomaska ​​participated in the meeting of the Polish-German expert group „Kwiryci”. The panel on European values ​​was also attended by dominican O. Maria Zięba, opposition from Wroclaw and chairman of the Jewish community Aleksander Gleichgewicht, German writer and East German...

The Conference of Presidents endorsed a motion for a resolution drawn up by the leaders of four political groups and the Constitutional Affairs Committee, in which they set out their conditions for a final approval by the European Parliament of any withdrawal agreement with the United Kingdom. The draft resolution will be debated and voted...

Parliament’s President Antonio Tajani, political group leaders and other leading MEPs will meet with Italy’s highest public officials, starting with President Sergio Mattarella on Friday, and take part in the celebration of the 60th anniversary of the Treaty of Rome on Saturday. On Friday morning, the EP President, Vice-Presidents, Quaestors and political group leaders (who...

The Treaty of Rome, signed sixty years ago, paved the way for economic integration and lasting peace on our continent and led to today’s European Union of more than 500 million citizens. In recent weeks MEPs have been reflecting on the progress achieved and the way forward, but they are also keen to hear from...

Eight out of 10 Europeans used internet at least once a week last year, according to Eurostat. But although the internet has become a part of everyday life, it is still not being fully used to boost democracy. On 16 March MEPs adopted a report stressing that new information technologies offer great opportunities to involve...

While women in the EU are on average better educated than men, they are still paid less for doing the same work. They are also underrepresented in managerial positions: only one third of managers in EU are women and they earn on average one quarter less than men. For this year’s International Women’s Day Parliament...