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Position papers include all papers formally adopted by our Group and thus representing our official position on major issues. Policy papers gather all briefings, brochures, statements from working groups or other Group bodies which have not been submitted to a vote but reflect a more technical position on specific topics. Studies are reports commissioned to experts and are accompanied most of the time with our political recommendations. For information and transparency purposes, we also publish here all Group letters sent to the other institutions or representatives

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    Climate change affects million living in deserts

    According to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) the world's deserts are facing dramatic changes as a result of climate change and human exploitation like high water demands, tourism or salt contamination of irrigated soils.
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    UN Convention on Climate Change

    The UN convention on climate change (UNFCC) talks in Bonn, Germany, ended last Friday, 26 May. The Kyoto protocol signatories agreed on a work plan in order to set post-2012 emission targets.
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    Television without Frontiers Directive

    The "Television without Frontiers" Directive rests on two basic principles: the free movement of European television programmes within the internal market and the so called "broadcasting quotas" which commit the TV stations to reserve half of their broadcasting time for European works.
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    Climate Change and aviation

    The European Parliament Environment Committee adopted a report on climate change and aviation which sends a strong signal to the airline industry. The airlines have to take responsibility for their damaging emissions!
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    Global warming

    A new study released yesterday shows that global climate change can set-off positive feedback loops in nature which amplify warming and cooling trends. Therefore temperatures may increase much more than current climate models are predicting it.
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    Guantanamo

    Greens/EFA reiterate the call for the immediate closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention centre; demand that the detainees be released or that those suspected of having committed internationally recognizable criminal offences be prosecuted in proceedings that meet international standards of fairness
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    Towards accession of Bulgaria and Romania

    Conclusions of the reports say that Bulgaria and Romania should be able to join the EU on January 2007 under the condition that they make substantial progress in areas such as the judiciary reform and the fight against corruption and organised crime
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    UN Convention on Climate Change

    Representatives of governments from across the world will meet in Bonn, Germany, from 17-26 May under United Nations auspices to discuss new proposals and advance international efforts on climate change.
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    Safety of EPR nuclear reactors

    The French secret service arrested an anti-nuclear activist for possessing a classified document on the security risks of planned nuclear reactors on 16 May. Concerned at this aggressive suppression of what should be public information, the Greens/EFA group decided to publish the document online.
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    Climate change policies

    A report published last week by the Netherlands environmental assessment agency shows that strong policies to tackle climate change can simultaneously improve air pollution, energy security and competitiveness.