Dear Mrs Mathilda,

On 27^th April 2016 you made a request to the European Parliament for
information rather than for any specific document – you would like to know
"how the EU wants to put this topic on the top of its priorities list, if
it keeps highlighting in every case, that this is a matter for the (often
bias) national courts...".

 
In view of the above, we have forwarded your request to the appropriate
service for response – Citizen's Enquires unit (Ask EP), responsible for
providing answers to request for information about the European
Parliament.

For more information on Ask EP , please consult:
[1]http://www.europarl.europa.eu/atyourserv...

Should you have any references to a specific document(s), please do not
hesitate to come back to us.

Kind regards,

[2]LOGO_EP TRANSPARENCY UNIT
European Parliament
Directorate-General for Parliamentary Research Services
Directorate for the Library
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Dear Madam,

The Citizens’ Enquiries Unit of the European Parliament (EP) has been
asked to reply to your request for information concerning the safeguarding
of the best interest of the child across the EU.

We would inform you that, in light of hundreds of petitions to the
European Parliament, a debate on the issue of safeguarding the best
interests of the child when it comes to decisions on parental custody and
adoption in cross-border cases was held on 27 April 2016. Subsequently, on
28 April 2016 the European Parliament adopted its [1]resolution on
safeguarding the best interests of the child across the EU on the basis of
petitions addressed to the European Parliament. Please refer to the full
text of the resolution for an overview of the position of the European
Parliament on this issue and the actions it calls upon on the part of
Member States and the European Commission to deal with the matter.

More information is available in the [2]EP press release of 28 April 2016,
in which MEPs stressed the need for children's interests to come first in
cross-border custody cases.

If you wish, you can bring your concerns to the attention of the MEP(s) of
your choice, by contacting them directly. You can find the contact details
of MEPs through the following [3]link.

Furthermore, the publication '[4]EU framework of law for children's
rights' may also be of interest to you.

To keep abreast of future developments on this issue, please consult the
[5]EP's Newsroom webpage.

We thank you contacting the European Parliament.

Yours sincerely,

Citizens' Enquiries Unit

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