The Parliament Magazine

Catherine Stihler hopes the European parliament can learn something from the recent victory of US president-elect Barack Obama

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There can’t be many MEPs who have been trailed by the East German secret police. But, as Martin Banks reports, that is the claim to fame of German Green MEP Gisela Kallenbach

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The EU should encourage Turkey to end the “illegal” occupation of Cyprus, advises Andreas Mavroyiannis

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The European parliament needs to move fast to decide on standard measures for fingerprinting of children for passports, argues Carlos Coelho

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If we get energy policy right, centuries of population change could be turned on their head almost overnight, writes Scottish MEP Alyn Smith

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Self-monitoring diabetes can reduce the risk of complications and the burden on health systems, says Dagmar Kownatka

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Last year diabetes deaths made up six per cent of total world mortality – a figure Thomas Ulmer says can be improved with stronger policies and healthier lifestyles

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Despite its huge impact on the developing world, until recently pneumococcal disease has been under-recognised and under-funded, writes Des Turner

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The EU needs to fund more research into TB if the millennium development goal of eradicating the illness by 2015 is to be reached, says Stefan Kaufmann

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The EU can do a great deal to enhance research on poverty-related diseases, but providing support for local projects is just as important, Solomon Nwaka tells Matt Williams

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The European antibiotic awareness day message of rational antibiotic use must reach every EU citizen, urges John Bowis

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Antibiotic resistance is rising across the EU, but the message is still not getting through, warns Zsuzsanna Jakab

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Direct cooperation between local authorities in Europe and Africa is the best way to speed up progress towards the millennium development goals, says Roland Bouiti-Viaudio

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Twinning agreements between local authorities in both north and south offer new possibilities for improving development aid, suggests Louis Michel

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