Szymański - European Commission published a new document about shale gas

Speaking in the European Parliament this afternoon on the outcome of Monday's EU summit, Martin Callanan MEP, Chairman of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, said that the best way to create jobs in the EU is for Eurocrats and MEPs to get out of the way and allow employers and businesses to grow.

The EU's trade waiver for Pakistan - initially proposed to assist Pakistan following the devastating 2010 floods - is finally near realisation after all opponents dropped their opposition at the WTO today. Robert Sturdy MEP, vice-president of the European Parliament's trade committee, has been a strong advocate of the waiver proposal and has called for the EU to implement the waiver as soon as possible after next month's formal approval by the WTO ministers.

Civic democrats in the European Parliament strongly support the position of Prime Minister Peter Necas towards the pact on fiscal union. It is such a significant shift in EU political integration that it must be decided and approved by citizens, preferably together with the decision to enter or not enter the eurozone.

The Committee on Internal Market and Consumer Protection of the European Parliament today discussed the draft report on the revision of the system of European standardisation, submitted by Italian MEP Lara Comi.