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    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for next week's Strasbourg Plenary include border controls and preserving Schengen, preferential trade for poor countries, Eurozone economic governance, regulating the global arms trade, illegal Israeli settlements, own resources and the EU budget, safer baby food through EU rules, fixing EU fisheries, Energy saving …
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    EU mortgage rules

    The European Parliament's economic affairs committee today voted on draft EU legislation on mortgages (CARRP - credit agreements relating to residential property). The Greens welcomed the strengthening of proposals in a number of areas but regretted the failure to properly address the macroeconomic ...
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    Bank resolution

    The European Commission today presented legislative proposals on bank resolution, aimed at setting out EU rules for dealing with troubled banks. The Greens welcomed the belated proposals as a step to preventing the burden for bank failure falling on taxpayers, but cautioned that the proposals fall s...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Highlights of the week for the Greens/EFA include events on Rio+20, reindustrialising Europe, research and innovation culture production and consumption and human rights activists in Turkey, as well as upgrading EU rules on credit rating agencies and a Europe wide action against ACTA
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    Venture capital

    The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee today voted on new draft EU legislation on venture capital funds. The proposed legislation creates a uniform rule book allowing European venture capital funds to raise capital and invest freely within the EU, as well as introducing an...
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    EU economic governance

    The European Commission today presented a package of measures on fiscal and economic reforms across the EU. The Greens expressed disappointment that, despite continuing deterioration in the economic fundamentals, the Commission has failed to propose a proper change in the direction of the EU's crisi...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary session included shifting the focus from austerity in the Euro crisis, bluefin tuna on the brink, balancing trade with China, rights and democracy in Ukraine, taxing financial transactions, equal pay for equal work, resource efficiency,...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Highlights of the week for the Greens/EFA include rejecting ACTA, EU data protection rules, keeping track of the EU's climate change efforts, EU project bonds to boost investments, promoting rail transport, encouraging investment in start-ups and social enterprises,...
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    How to restructure the EU banking sector?

    Should we split our banking activities? Separate retail from investment banks, too often indulging in the « casino economy »? This debate is already well underway in the US. What is the approach at EU level?
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    EU summit/Euro crisis

    Commenting on the underwhelming outcome of the latest EU crisis summit, Greens/EFA co-president Dany Cohn-Bendit stated: "Last night's summit paid predictable lip service to the need to maintain the integrity of the Euro and to keep Greece in the Eurozone but talk is cheap. Once again, EU leade...