P.P.E. is the first group in the European Parliament

The commitments for the new assembly: economic and financial crisis, the Lisbon Treaty, climate change. The P.P.E., conservative guidance, it confirms the first group in the European Parliament. The parties of the center-right out of the election winners from 4-7 June in some of the larger EU countries, like France, Italy, Spain and Poland. The group of Socialists lost ground, but remains firmly in the lead before the Liberal, in turn heels by the Greens, who have gained several seats. The 736 members of Parliament should decide on the composition of the next European Commission and, if the Treaty of Lisbon will exceed the pitfall of the second Irish referendum later this year, even on new figures for the President and responsible for Foreign Affairs of the EU. MEPs will also negotiating an international agreement on climate change and will have to deal with a new regulation to prevent future financial crises. Those eligible to vote were approximately 388 million, but the turnout was less than 44%, less than five years ago. European Commission President Barroso thanked the voters who commented on the political future of the Union, and found that "Overall, these results mark an undeniable victory of parties and candidates who support the European project and hope that 'EU gives answers to everyday problems of citizens. " In the next two weeks old and new members will take possession of their office in Brussels and will begin to familiarize themselves with the institution. As of June 29, there will be two weeks of meetings of political groups, which will set them tasks and applications. On July 14 the first meeting institutional: the new assembly will meet in plenary session in Strasbourg. First, an important item on the agenda: election of new President of Parliament. The citizen will be at the center of the future European space of freedom, security and justice The European Commission today adopted two communications in which analyzes the action of recent years in the field of justice and home affairs and presented the future priorities: building a Europe of rights, justice and security for European citizens . The citizen will be the focus of the Future "program in Stockholm, the European Parliament will discuss and adopt the European Council by the end of the year and that will focus the action of the next five years on citizenship, justice, security, asylum and immigration. "In the coming years the European Union action should aim primarily to provide you with the best possible service in an area of freedom, security and justice," said Commission President José Manuel Barroso. "It is our goal to promote the rights of citizens, facilitate the everyday life and protect them, and we must take action at European level, effective and responsible. The Commission hopes for the note that this is the vision that we will discuss in the Council and Parliament in the adoption by the European Council of December 2009, the new program in Stockholm. " Vice-President Jacques Barrot, responsible for Justice, Freedom and Security, said: "Freedom, security and justice are the core values of the European model of society. In recent years have made great strides towards creating a space of freedom, security and justice. The priority now is to put the citizen at the heart of this project to demonstrate the specific value that makes the European Union in areas that touch so closely the daily lives of all. " The priorities identified by the Commission shall take account of recent developments in the area of freedom, security and justice. Progress and lessons from the last five years are reviewed extensively in the Commission on the evaluation of the Program, as the experience should be used to collect the important challenges to be met with.

Source: ec.europa.eu