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    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include bank resolution and economic stability, renewable energy policy in Europe, a missed chance for offshore drilling rules, tax avoidance and EU action, supervising European banks, the EU Commission and Dalligate, concerns with EU-US trade deal, defending EU standards in trade agreemen…
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    Tax evasion

    EU finance ministers today failed to agree on ending loopholes in the EU savings directive, under which Luxembourg and Austria are exempted from provisions on automatic information exchange, due to continued opposition from those two countries. The Greens hit out at the continued obstruction by Luxe...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include Tax evasion and banking transparency, EU-Ukraine agreement and ongoing concerns, Reindustrialising Europe the right way, Collective rights management: how to make it work, & Biodiversity: a European instrument for access and benefit sharing
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include Hungary and democratic freedoms, EU funding for the most deprived, Weak targets for van emissions, New seeds regulation endangers genetic diversity, More transparent bank charging, Alternative responses to the ecological, economic and social crises, Energising Europe and Spain sustainably
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    Press release |

    Tax evasion

    The European Parliament's economic affairs committee today adopted a report on tax evasion, setting out its position ahead of next month's EU summit, which will deal with the issue. The Greens have consistently highlighted loopholes in EU legislation and deficiencies in EU tax policy, which facilita...
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    Mortgage rules

    An agreement on new EU rules on mortgages was reached in negotiations between the European Parliament and Council this evening (directive on credit agreements relating to residential properties). The Greens welcomed the agreement, which will provide for greater protection for consumers but cautioned...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary week included emissions trading scheme, emissions from flights, airport ground handling, capping bank bonuses and increasing banking transparency, preventing dolphin by-catch, Hungary and democratic freedoms, the fall out from the Cyprus bail-out debacle, EU enlargement progress assessed, …
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include EU rules on mortgages, tackling illegal fisheries, threatened cod stocks and EU quotas, Dalligate, tobacco lobbying and OLAF, tackling rising youth unemployment, EU fingerprint database and civil liberties,...
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    Press release |

    EU bank regulation (CRD IV)

    The European Parliament today approved legislative proposals establishing rules for banks (the capital requirements directive - CRD IV). The Greens played a central role in the legislative process and welcomed the vote and the legislation, which will provide for an EU cap on bank bonuses and provisi...
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    Co-Presidents' session briefing

    Press briefing with Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit on the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group