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EU funds for peace and stability

The European Parliament today voted on a series of funds for the EU's external action policies over the coming 7 years (2014-20), including the Instrument for Stability and Peace (ISP), which is being shepherded through parliament by Green rapporteur/draftsman Reinhard Bütikofer. Commenting after t...
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Warsaw Special

This year COP19 will be remembered as being the most corporate COP ever. The destructive role played by dirty corporations was criticised by a lot of participants. Environmentalists have criticised the important presence of big business and polluting industries, which clearly attempted to undermine and subvert effective and just climate a…
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Questions and Answers session

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Ukraine: democratic danger and EU perspective

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North East Atlantic deep sea fish stocks

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Fisheries reform passes final hurdle

SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Tuesday) welcomed the European Parliament's final approval of a reformed Common Fisheries Policy which will return greater control over fisheries to Europe's fishing nations. The reformed CFP allows for decisions to be taken on a regional basis, in contrast ...
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EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement

MEPs from the European Parliament's European Free Alliance Group have condemned as 'shameful' an agreement on fishing rights reached between the EU and Morocco. MEPs approved the EU – Morocco Fisheries agreement at a vote in Strasbourg today. The controversy stems from the inclusion in the agreeme...
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The Situation in Mali

When: Tuesday 10 December at 16h00 Where: Press Room LOW N-1/201, European Parliament, Strasbourg MEPs François Alfonsi and Jean-Jacob Bicep, members of the Greens/EFA Group, both of whom have taken an active interest in the situation in Mali, will respond to the address of the President of Mali Ib...
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EU mortgage rules

Today the European Parliament finally adopted new rules on mortgages (directive on credit agreements relating to residential properties). The Greens welcomed the new rules, which will provide for greater protection for consumers but regretted the failure to deal with the macroeconomic risks of irres...
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Sexual health and rights

The European Parliament today failed to adopt a report by its women's rights committee on sexual health and reproductive rights, after a narrow majority of MEPs voted to back an alternative resolution by centre-right political groups, which aimed to bury the issue (1). Commenting after the vote, Gre...