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Inflammatory Bowel Disease

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COP 20 in Lima must be more than a dress rehearsal

After quite some celebration, media hype and self-gratulations over the US and China deal, time for a cold shower: the prospects of a Paris 2015 agreement that delivers a path to a below 2°C warming are anything but certain. This negotiation round, Conference of Parties in Lima, Peru, that started last Monday will need to deliver key dec…
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Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

The European Parliament's conference of presidents of political groups today agreed that the EP's economic affairs committee should draft two initiative reports on tax evasion. The Greens/EFA group has pushed for a full European Parliament inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping as a follow-u...
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GMO authorisation

An agreement on a proposed new scheme for the authorisation of genetically-modified organisms in the EU was reached last night in negotiations between the European Parliament and EU governments in Council. Commenting on the deal, Green food safety spokesperson Bart Staes said: “This deal has avoi...
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European justice rules

EU justice ministers are today expected to reach an agreement on draft EU rules on the presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings. Commenting ahead of the Council of justice ministers, Green justice and home affairs spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht said: "We are concerned that today's mo...
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Tar sands oil

The European Parliament's environment committee today voted to reject new fuel quality rules proposed by the EU Commission, which failed to include a separate methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions from tar sands oil (1). After the vote, Green climate change spokesperson Bas Eickhout, wh...
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TTIP talks

  Producers of good food and farming practices need to keep a keen eye on the EU-US talks TTIP talks are currently the hot topic on the European Commission trade menu. But what’s cooking? How much should we fear the impacts of a potential EU-US trade agreement on food and farming? S...
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TTIP: the public pressure is working

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Protest walk to Brussels

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