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Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

Ahead of this Thursday's meeting of the conference of presidents of political groups in the European Parliament, which will discuss the creation of an inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping, the legal services of the parliament have today presented their assessment. The assessment confirms t...
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EU counter-terrorism policy

There were no votes during this week’s one-day plenary session of the European Parliament. MEPs discussed a handful of points on the agenda, including EU counter-terrorism policy.
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End of milk quota

On 27th January, the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament discussed the end of milk quota in the EU. As the end of the milk quota system draws nearer, the dairy industry claims that ˮmilk will remain the white gold for the next decade“. However, the expected growth in exports to China...
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EU counter-terrorism policy

Commenting on the outcome of the informal meeting of EU interior ministers on counter-terrorism in Riga, Green home affairs spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht said: "European governments and the EU are rightly focusing on what can be done to improve cooperation and prevent future terrorist attac...
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Anti-terrorism measures

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EFA MEPs back single seat for European Parliament

Several EFA MEPs have given their backing to the campaign for a single seat for the European Parliament. At an event in Brussels, MEPs signed a pledge calling for an end to the Parliament's monthly commute to Strasbourg which costs the taxpayer some 180 million euros annually. Jordi Sebastià signs...
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EU must do more to tackle human trafficking

The EU must take a more joined-up approach to tackling the serious issue of human trafficking, according to SNP MEP Ian Hudghton. Mr Hudghton wants to see greater collaboration of action and data collection amongst EU member states on human trafficking. A parliamentary question tabled to the Europea...
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EU counter-terrorism policy

Ahead of the informal meeting of EU interior ministers on counter-terrorism in Riga, a leaked document (1) confirmed that the European Commission is seeking to tweak and retable a stalled legislative proposal on a European air passenger data system (PNR). Commenting on the Riga council and the draft...
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Holocaust Memorial Day

In a statement on the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms and EP vice-president Ulrike Lunacek, who represented the European Parliament at the ceremony in Auschwitz, said:  "Today marks Holocaust Memorial ...
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GMO (In)digest

Renationalisation proposal, GMO-free regions 2015 conference, situation in Spain and Czech Republic as well as in USA, China and Mexican are the items of our newsletter n°16