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Strasbourg Flash
Weekly preview of the Greens/EFA group - 20 - 24 May 2013
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include bank resolution and economic stability, renewable energy policy in Europe, a missed chance for offshore drilling rules, tax avoidance and EU...
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Tax evasion
Shameless obstructionism on banking transparency must be overcome
EU finance ministers today failed to agree on ending loopholes in the EU savings directive, under which Luxembourg and Austria are exempted from provisions on automatic information exchange, due to...
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There is no homeland where there are no rights
Rui Tavares explains the purpose of his report on Hungarian Constitutional reforms & core EU values
Article 2Treaty on European Union - 2009 "The Union is founded on the values of respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for...
Plant it and make it grow
Seed diversity is crucial for our food
Most of the food we eat comes from seeds. Seed diversity is the basis of our food chain and our food security depends on it. Decreasing it impacts on the choice of the food we eat, and local fruits, vegetables and cereals can disappear from our fields and plates....
EU food rules and seeds
Commission plans would threaten seed diversity
The European Commission today presented its food safety package, with proposals for new EU rules in a number of areas, including for seeds and plant reproductive products. The Greens expressed concern that the proposals on seeds would play into the hands of the...
Revision of the tobacco directive
Registry of contacts between Greens/EFA and the tobacco industry
The Greens/EFA Group respects the provisions of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control with regard to contacts with the tobacco industry. Greens/EFA interactions with the industry are listed here.
7 reasons to protect the Arctic
Why we need to speak up for more protection of the top of the world
The Artic melt is a wake up call, not a business opportunity. Here is a list of 7 reasons why Europe and the rest of the world should speak up for more protection of the Arctic
The truth about the EU nuclear stress tests
How safe are our nuclear power plants?
After the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima energy commissioner Oettinger promised comprehensive safety tests for the EU reactor fleet. But instead we got the EU nuclear stress tests that ignored important risks like aging...
