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Better regulation

European Commission vice-president Franz Timmermans today presented the Commission's 'better regulation' proposals. Commenting on the plan, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts said: "Today's proposals by commission vice-president Timmermans seem to be tailored to streng...
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Financial market manipulation

The European Parliament today voted on draft EU legislation on benchmarks used for commodities, interbank lending and exchange rates. The Greens criticised the vote, which would mean the draft law would fail to address flaws in the current rules, which allowed the LIBOR and EURIBOR scandals to occur...
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Conflict minerals

On May 20th the European Parliament will vote on conflict minerals legislation. Greens fear that the proposal will be robbed of all its meaning as EU leaves decision to ban conflict minerals up to companies.
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Mediterranean migration crisis

EU foreign ministers today agreed to launch a military mission against migrant smugglers in the Mediterranean. The Greens hit out at the decision, with migration spokesperson Judith Sargentini stating: “It is cynical of EU governments to propose a military response to what is a refugee crisis. Des...
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Xylella emergency

Tabled by José Bové on behalf of the Greens/EFA group The European Parliament, – having regard to the Commission Implementing Decision of 29 April 2015 as regards measures to prevent the introduction into and the spread within the Union of Xylella fastidiosa, – having regard to Council Directi...
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OECD backs minimum pricing

SNP and EFA Member of the European Parliament Alyn Smith welcomed a major report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) which backed minimum pricing and called for further efforts to tackle alcohol abuse. The report emphasised that while Minimum Unit Pricing had the p...
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Hungary

The Chairs of the European Parliament’s centre-right (EPP) and centre-left (S&D) groups today rejected a Greens/EFA group proposal to adopt a plenary resolution next week on the situation in Hungary, with the S&D proposing only to postpone the resolution. Reacting to this refusal, Greens/E...
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Migration

The European Commission today presented a new package of measures on migration. The proposals do not go far enough, according to Greens/EFA Co-President Rebecca Harms, who said: “The European Commission seems, at least, to have understood that the EU Member States must together face up to their co...
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Good night - good train!

Within the rail industry, over-night services have been a trademark and feature characteristic of European travel culture for over 100 years. However, throughout the last couple of years, there has been a tendency across Europe to discontinue and cut back cross-border and long distance conventional train services, including night trains,…
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Eurogroup/Greece

Commenting on the outcome of the Eurogroup meeting, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts said: “Despite the improvements in tone of the negotiations and the fact that they have accelerated over the last few weeks, major concerns remain. Lack of meaningful progress in these...