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Green corner: Free movement is a right, not a crime

Free movement of workers is a fundamental principle on which the European Union is based. EU citizens should be able to work in all member states and the centre-right politicians' rhetoric about preventing Bulgarian and Romanian citizens from exercising this right amount to knee-jerk populism.
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NSA scandal - Safe Harbour agreement

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Respect for the fundamental right of free movement in the EU

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Programme of activities of the Greek Presidency

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EU-ASEAN relations

The European Parliament today adopted with a large majority the first EP report on the EU's relations with the ASEAN Community (1). Commenting after the vote, Green draftsman/rapporteur Reinhard Bütikofer said: "Parliament has today highlighted the need for the EU to strengthen its relations w...
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Turkey crisis

Commenting on the proposed reform of the Turkish judicial system, which would undermine the independence of the judiciary, Green MEP and chair of the EP's Turkey delegation Hélène Flautre, and Dany Cohn-Bendit, co-president of the Greens/EFA group, said: "The unfolding events in Turkey are a ...
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EU-US data protection

Commenting in the context of a European Parliament debate on the EU-US Safe Harbour Agreement, which facilitates the transfer of data on EU citizens to US authorities by private enterprises, Green home affairs spokesperson and European Parliament draftsman/rapporteur on EU data protection legislatio...
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Honey and GMOs

The European Parliament today voted on proposals to revise EU rules on honey. A majority of MEPs voted in favour of proposals meaning that the presence of GM pollen in honey would not need to be indicated on the label. The Greens criticised the vote, with food and environment spokesperson Bart Staes...
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Public procurement

The European Parliament today adopted a series of legislative proposals setting out EU rules on public procurement. The Greens gave a general welcome to the outcome, with internal market spokesperson Heide Ruehle stating: "While this legislation could have gone further in strengthening the h...
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Public procurement