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    ICC Lubanga trial

    The International Criminal Court (ICC) today delivered its first ever verdict finding Thomas Lubanga Diyalo guilty of war crimes, more precisely the recruitment of child soldiers, in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Commenting on the verdict, Green MEP and chair of the European Parliament human...
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    Inheritiance and succession law

    The European Parliament today voted to adopt new EU legislation on inheritance and succession aimed at simplifying the rules for cross-border inheritances (Succession Directive). The Greens welcomed the legislative agreement, with Green legal affairs spokesperson Eva Lichtenberger stating after the ...
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    Social economy - cooperatives

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on strengthening European cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (1) in the context of the UN year of cooperatives (2). Commenting after the vote, Green economic affairs spokesperson and draftsman for the report Sven Giegold said:...
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    Border controls - Greece

    Ahead of today's council of home affairs ministers, a group of 7 member states has presented a set of demands on the issue of immigration in Greece (1). The proposals include, among others, the possibility for EU member states to reintroduce border controls with Greece. The Greens have hit out at th...
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    Hungary

    The European Commission today announced it would be continuing with infringement proceedings against the Hungarian government for the proposed laws threatening the independence of the judiciary and the data protection authority, as well as seeking further clarification over a new law affecting the i...
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    Iran

    EU foreign policy high representative Catherine Ashton today confirmed that there will be a fresh round of nuclear talks between the UN and Iran. Commenting on the announcement, Green MEP and head of the EP's Iran delegation Tarja Cronberg said: "The announcement of a fresh round of nuclear t...
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    Fukushima anniversary

    On 11 March last year, a massive earthquake and tsunami hit Japan, resulting in thousands of tragic deaths, and causing a nuclear disaster. With the consequences of the nuclear catastrophe in Fukushima still ongoing, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament is organising an event with partici...
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    Women in work

    The European Commission today presented its progress report on women in economic decision-making positions, announcing its intention to launch a consultation with a view to introducing legislation, including provisions for boardroom quotas. The Greens welcomed the proposals and urged the Commission ...
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    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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    Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

    Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms today wrote to Commission president Barroso (1), asking him to clarify the announcement that the Commission will refer the controversial Anti-counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) to the European Court of Justice for a legal opinion (2). Co...