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Plenary sessions : Three resolutions on the situation in Thailand, the pre-election climate in Burma and religious freedom in Pakistan were adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Thursday.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : The completion of the single market, the sustainability of national debts and a grass-roots led EU cohesion policy are central to the success of the EU2020 strategy, insisted MEPs in a series of resolutions adopted on Thursday. The vote on Parliament's EU 2020 resolution has been postponed until June.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : MEPs on Wednesday voted to approve the 2008 budgetary management of the Council of Ministers, following improved cooperation with the Council. The Council's earlier refusal to participate in debates with the EP was one of the reasons why the Budgetary Control Committee had suggested postponing the decision to October.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : The European Parliament's calendar of plenary sessions for 2011 has been adopted. To view the calendar, click on the link below.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : The European Parliament has blocked the authorisation of "meat glue" thrombin as a food additive. The enzyme, derived from pigs or cattle, can be used to stick scraps of meat together to form single pieces. In a vote on Wednesday, MEPs declared that such reconstituted meat products carry an unacceptably high risk of misleading consumers.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : Country of origin labels should become compulsory for clothes sold in Europe so that consumers are not misled by labels suggesting they were made in an EU Member State, said the European Parliament on Tuesday when it approved an update of the EU clothes labelling scheme.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : Any reform of the Common Agricultural Policy must clarify its rules, says a draft resolution adopted by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Tuesday. MEPs want to make farmers' lives easier by cutting red tape in payment applications, simplifying rules on the electronic identification of animals and providing better information to farmers, for example with a helpdesk phone line in each EU Member State.Source : © European Parliament

Plenary sessions : More efforts should be made to promote non-formal education, combat youth unemployment and help young people with special needs, says a resolution adopted on Tuesday by the European Parliament. According to MEPs, youth mobility and volunteering need to be encouraged, and more attention should be given to sex education and promoting healthy lifestyles.Source : © European Parliament

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General : "European CNC Network - Train for Europe", a German project that brought together 24 vocational schools to build a small-gauge locomotive and wagons, won first prize at the Charlemagne Youth Prize 2010 award event on 11 May in Aachen. Second and third prizes went to "You are here", a book project (Ireland) and "BEST Engineering Competition BEC" (Bulgaria) respectively. The Charlemagne Youth Prize is for projects that foster a shared sense of European identity and integration.