Video viEUws.eu: European Parliament Agenda: TTIP, conflict minerals & improving business environment for SMEs

Met dank overgenomen van viEUws - The EU Policy Broadcaster, gepubliceerd op zondag 12 april 2015.

Jennifer Baker is joined by Marjory van den Broeke of the European Parliament’s press office to discuss the priorities on the Parliament agenda for this week:

  • European Parliament Committees will continue to work on the Parliament’s position on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP)
  • MEPs pledge to clarify mobile devices mineral components’ origins in order to address the issue of conflict minerals by putting in place a traceability procedure
  • Cross-border payment claims system: proposals are being discussed to raise the threshold for making a claim to €10,000 to improve business environment for SMEs