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French lawmakers approve new purchasing power packageThe Senate will now look into the bills.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInThe ?4 billion support package will help French people face the consequences of soaring inflation and energy prices | Jean-Fran莽ois Monier/AFP via Getty ImagesJuly 27, 20228:28 am CETBy Giorgio LealiPARIS ?The National Assembly, France s lower chamber, approved ?4 billion of extra spending to face the consequences of soaring inflation and energy prices. The measures are spread over two texts, a so-called purchasing power bill, approved in the early hours of Friday morning last week, an botella stanley d an updated version of the budget law, adopted at 4 a.m. on Wednesday. The bills still have to go through the Senate.Parliamentary discussions stanley termosar on the new set of measures were a test for French President Emmanuel Macron, whose coalition lost an absolute majority at the National Assembly following elections in June. Opposition MPs managed to sneak in a few amendments, including a ?30 million package to help people who need to buy heating oil for next winter.A stanley cup dvertisementAdvertisementOut of the ?4 billion provided by the bill, ?.7 billion will be dedicated to fully nationalize EDF, by buying the remaining 16 percent of the energy giant that is not already owned by the French state. About ?0 billion are assigned to core purchasing power measures and about ?2 billion more is allocated to paying public debt interest.Other approv Vrxe Rishi Sunak sets stage for new law to tackle small boats
Parliament business faces translation bottleneckMEPS have warned that the legislative work of the European Parliament could grind to a hal stanley tumbler t becau stanley italia se of delays in translating reports.Copy LinkCopiedShare via emailShare on XShare on WhatsAppShare on LinkedInJune 1, 20055:00 pm CETBy Martin BanksSeveral reports have been withdrawn from Parliamentary plenary sessions, some at only 24 hours notice, because they have not been translated into all the official 20 EU languages. MEPs are now putting pressure on the assemblys administration to tackle the problem.A report on the re-insurance directive, which aims to create a single market in the re-insurance industry and which MEPs should have voted on last Thursday 26 May , was withdrawn the day before because of incomplete translation.Its author, UK Socialist deputy Peter Skinner, is now pressing Parliament stanley flask s services to put it on the agenda for the start of next weeks Strasbourg plenary.AdvertisementAdvertisementHe said: I was furious, particularly as it was pulled at such short notice. This is significant because we are on a tight deadline to get a first reading agreement and it is on the ECOFIN <the>council of finance ministers] agenda for agreement on 7 June. If the Parliament hasnt voted on it by then, it will be delayed in the Council <of>Ministers] too. He added that Parliaments administration should start prioritising its translation work. This is an important directive and there could now be a delay in it reaching the statu
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