Brexit Agreement: the last chance

On 19 December 2017, a petition for judicial review was lodged in a British Court by Members of the United Kingdom’s Parliament, to determine whether the notification referred in Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union (TEU) could be revoked unilaterally before the expiry of the two-year period. This Court referred this question to […]

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Lobbying in the Spanish Constitution

Today, 6 December 2018, it is the 40 anniversary of the approval by referendum of the Spanish Constitution. The founding text of Spanish democracy grants that a public administration which shall serve with objectivity the general interests and shall be governed by the principles of effectiveness and rule of law. Already in its Preamble, the […]

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A&A organizes a debate on Public Procurement at the European Parliament

Together with EUPAVE/European Concrete Paving Association, Alonso & Asociados organized on 19 April a lunch-debate on public tendering for roads at the European Parliament, whose host was MEP Ismaïl Ertug. Since 18 April 2016, there are new and applicable EU rules on Public Procurement and Concessions. The debate had presentations from Karl Downey (EUPAVE), Jaroslav […]

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A&A organizes a debate on the upgrading of roads

Together with EUPAVE/European Concrete Paving Association, Alonso & Asociados organized a conference-debate about the need to upgrade roads in Europe. From Cement&BetonCentrum, Wim Kramer presented two concrete-made solutions to achieve that aim. On behalf of the European Commission’s Executive Agency INEA, Cristobal Millan de la Lastra spoke about the EU funding for transport infrastructure projects. […]

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A&A organized a debate on smart roads at the European Parliament

Together with EUPAVE/European Concrete Paving Association, Alonso & Asociados organized a breakfast-debate on smart roads at the European Parliament, whose host was MEP Pablo Arias. The debate had presentations from academia –professors Anne Beeldens (KU Leuven) and Nele De Belie (Ghent University) as well as Keir Fitch (responsible for innovation at the European Commission’s Directorate-General […]

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A&A organized a debate about transport’s decarbonisation

Alonso & Asociados and EUPAVE/European Concrete Paving Association organized a debate about road transport’s decarbonisation thanks to a wider use of concrete pavements. MEP Philippe de Backer did the welcome speech. Researcher Charlotte Milachowski, from the Centre for Building Materials, Technische Universität München- Germany, delivered a presentation on the life cycle assessment for road construction […]

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