2013 was a busy year at EU level as the European Commission, Council and Parliament intensified their work with the aim to conclude agreements on key policies and new pieces of legislation before the end of the current legislative term in May 2014. This was the case, for example, of the EU public procurement rules, the EU Development Cooperation Instrument and the EU budget for the 2014-2019 period, for which agreements were reached end of 2013 or early 2014. These developments kept us busy throughout the year.
The Fair Trade movement also started preparing the ground for the new College of Commissioners and new European Parliament that will follow the elections to the European Parliament from 22 to 25 May 2014. In this context, we launched the “Vote for Fair Trade” (Vote4FT) campaign, which has by now been taken up in more than 20 EU Member States.
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