We are happy with the EU proposal as the quickest and best way forward to achieving this.

Is this based on medical research or connected to the original EU proposal in 2009 to increase the minimum maternity entitlement to 18 weeks?

The suggestion that the EU proposals target any particular country is plain wrong.

This gives the EU proposal some flexibility to respond to unforeseen outbreaks.

There is justification for an EU proposal to make that a crime everywhere.

The EU proposal was good; it went in the right direction, and we should have liked to improve it.

The idea now to include air traffic in emissions trading is specifically an EU proposal.

The EU proposal for penalties is particularly threatening to local and regional authorities.

Regarding the EU 2020 proposals, we do not see any need to change them.

I have to dissociate myself from the idea of drawing up common EU proposals to eliminate unemployment.