The MEP Filiz Hyusmenova raised questions about disabled children in specialized institutions before the European Commission.
The mandate of an MEP comprises their right to ask questions and to receive responses by the Commission.

Article by Filiz Hyusmenova published by New Europe newspaper on March 5, 2008

Where does the EU Cohesion Policy come from and where does it lead to?

Cohesion as a goal, approach and
tool for a better standard of living

For every fiscal period, the European Union sets concrete priorities and envisages how, through what funds and instruments they will be implemented. Naturally, these priorities are subordinated to the major common goals defined in the EU Treaty, and it is important to coordinate European and national policies. In this way the European community is acting in a concerted way and it is clear what funds to use and how to use them so that they can contribute to the goals and priorities defined.

The MEP dedicated this event to the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue that officially started in Ljubljana on January 8 2008.

Committee on Regional Development

1/ALDE presenter of the report on Regional Impact of Earthquakes
- two committee statements
- submissions of proposed amendments.

2/ ALDE presenter of the report on Equality of Women and Men in the European Union – 2007
- committee statements
- submission of amendments;

On December 7, 2007, at 10 a.m. a Conference entitled “Different Regions – One standard” will start at Vitosha Park Hotel. The conference is aimed at presenting the goals of the European regional policy, the tools for its implementation, as well as the opportunities it provides for decreasing the differences between the European regions.

On December 1, 2007, at 10 a.m. an Entrepreneurship Training Seminar will start in Stara Zagora.
It is part of the second stage of the project “A Chance for Everyone,” which comprises a total of four seminars aimed at training young people. The project started as a pilot initiative in Silistra region, where twenty five trainings were organized. The tangible benefit for the participants lead to expanding the project to other regions in the country.

Today the European Parliament in Strasbourg unanimously approved the report by Nikolaos Vakalis (European People's Party, Greece) on the regional impact of earthquakes. A co-rapporteur on behalf of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe was the Bulgarian MEP Filiz Hyusmenova.

Victoria Pavlova, a 15-year old student from Varna Commercial High School met in Strasbourg with Bulgarian MEPs Filiz Hyusmenova, Metin Kazak and Prof. Vladko Panayotov. The girl, who has been treated for diabetes for four years now, discussed with them the joint opening of an information campaign on diabetes among young people in 2008.

Bulgarian MEPs and experts took part in the European Forum ‘For Better Opportunities for Women on the Labor Market and in the Politics,’ organized by the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe at the European Parliament in Brussels on November 7, 2007.

The MEP Filiz Hyusmenova raised several questions before the European Commission regarding the transliteration in Bulgarian language of the name of the European currency “Euro.” She symbolically deposited her questions to the European Parliament on the date Europe celebrates as the Day of Language Diversity, since this day is intended to not only encourage studying of foreign languages but also to support recognizing the significance of every language in the EU.