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    Press release |

    EU summit

    It is high time to end the damaging blinkered focus on public spending cuts and start addressing ways to strengthen national revenue sources. A long-overdue step to this end is to take common measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, as well as finally implementing a financial transaction tax and introducing a proper common corporate …
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    Press release |

    Energy and carbon tax

    The European Parliament economic affairs committee (ECON) today voted on proposed EU legislation on energy taxation, which sets out minimum European rates, notably with a view to introducing EU-level carbon taxation. The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote, which gives a clear political signal f...
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    News |

    Greek crisis and a Green way out

    The European Council is meeting this Thursday, with Greece and the economic crisis once more high on the agenda. A blinkered austerity focused strategy has held sway since the beginning of the crisis, but it is not too late for us to learn from our mistakes. Green MEP Nikos Chrysogelos has written...
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    News |

    Brussels Agenda

    Priorities for the Greens/EFA group this week include introducing tougher energy efficiency rules, reducing mobile phone roaming chanrges, improving air passenger rights, women and climate change and Serbia's move towards EU menbership.
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    Press release |

    Greek bail out

    Commenting on the agreement on the second Greek bail out, co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament Rebecca Harms said: "This bailout buys more time and will avoid an immediate default in Greece but nobody should be under any illusions: the fundamental problems remain uns...
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary week included Eurobonds and the response to the crisis, the controversial EU-Morocco trade protocol, elections in Russia, reform of the milk and dairy sector, homelessness strategy in the EU...
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    Video |

    Rebecca Harms

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    Press release |

    Eurobonds

    The European Parliament today adopted a resolution in response to proposals by the European Commission on Eurobonds or 'stability bonds' (1).  Commenting after the vote, Green economic affairs spokesperson Philippe Lamberts MEP said: "It is clear that the sole focus on budgetary consolid...
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    Press release |

    EU economic imbalances

    The European Commission today presented the first EU Alert Mechanism Report, looking at macroeconomic imbalances in EU member states, as part of a new economic surveillance procedure aimed at timely identification of economic risks in EU member states (1). The Greens criticised the selective approac...
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    EU financial rules (derivatives)

    The European Parliament and Council today reached a political agreement on proposed EU legislation on over-the-counter derivative products. The Greens gave a mixed response to the deal, welcoming the creation of a regulatory framework for these opaque and risky products but regretting the failure to...