Anti-fraud Commissioner faces tough questions, MEPs adopt report on banning fluorinated gases and Martin Schulz says it's time for a critical look at the EU's social dimension.

OLAF annual report / Greenhouse gases / Poverty

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Algirdas Šemeta mustn't have  looked forward to his visit

The anti-fraud Commissioner  had to face tough questioning from MEPs

that didn't just cover  his handling of the case

concerning former Commissioner  Dalli's resignation.

MEPs more broadly criticised  a lack of accountability

for the actions of the EU  Anti-Fraud Office, OLAF.

The Commission is treating us  in an impossible manner on this.

and that's a modus operandi  we can't live with and won't accept either.

Fluorinated greenhouse gases  contained in refrigerators,

air conditioning units and plastic  are highly efficient climate killers.

For the Environment Committee,  a Commission proposal to cut 'F-gases'

A report on the issue was adopted  by a broad majority in the Committee.

in new air conditioning units  and cooling chambers by 2020.

We know it's possible,  there is industry already applying it

but we must ensure  everyone is doing that.

Parliament is likely to enter  into trilogue negotiations

with the Council and Commission  after the summer break.

Despite many years of EU objectives  to eradicate it,

poverty is still a daily sight on the streets  of Brussels and elsewhere.

In many parts of Europe, the crisis  has aggravated the problem.

For the 12th time, Europeans experiencing  poverty are gathering in Brussels.

Time for a critical look at the EU's social  dimension, says the Parliament President.

Poverty is not something put aside  because we are ashamed about it.

We are ashamed about the existence  of poverty in Europe.

You as poor people, you should not be  ashamed, you should be loud,

because the existence of poverty,  that's the shame.

The meeting ends on Thursday  with a commemorative act

at the stone honouring victims of poverty  next to the EP.