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e-fa: News Round-Up

May 2013 Round-Up The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group in ...
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Brussels Agenda

Priorities for the Greens this week: EU-Russia summit and EU-Russia relations, EU data protection rules Greens/EFA events: EU-US trade: the good, the bad and the ugly; Finding food - Innovative ways to help the most deprived; European arms exports and their implications
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CFP reform

A deal on proposals to reform the EU's Common Fisheries Policy was reached early this morning in negotiations between the European Parliament and Council. The deal will provide for an overhaul of the CFP. Commenting on the deal, Green fisheries spokesperson Isabella Lövin (MEP, Sweden) said: ”Th...
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Schengen border control

The European Parliament and Council yesterday evening reached an agreement on two key legislative files related to the EU’s Schengen border-free system, one on the reintroduction of border controls and one on the evaluation of Schengen. Commenting on the outcome of the proposals to reintroduce bor...
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European border surveillance (EUROSUR)

The European Parliament and Council yesterday reached agreement on legislation to set up the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR). The Greens have criticised the proposed system and expressed regret at the agreement, with migration policy spokesperson Ska Keller stating: "Today's deal ...
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Access to care

The European Parliament's employment and social affairs committee today adopted an initiative report on access to care for vulnerable groups by UK Green MEP Jean Lambert. With access to care threatened by fiscal contraction across Europe, the report reveals key findings and recommendations on how to...
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EU transport networks

The European Parliament and Council yesterday evening reached an agreement on revised rules on Trans-European Transport Networks from 2014 on (TEN-T). Reacting to the outcome, Green transport spokesperson Michael Cramer said: "This deal will prolong the patchwork approach to European transport ...
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Dalligate/OLAF

Major problems with the working methods of the EU's anti-fraud body OLAF were again highlighted at a meeting of the EP's budgetary control committee on the annual report of the OLAF supervisory committee, which includes the handling of the Dalli case. The meeting underlined both serious structural p...
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EU economic and budgetary oversight

The European Commission today presented its annual set of economic and fiscal policy recommendations to EU member states based on its assessment of national reform programmes, as part of the European Semester. The Greens have been consistently critical of the one-sided focus on fiscal consolidation ...
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Clinical trials for medicines

<xml> </xml> Draft new EU legislation on clinical trials was today voted on by the European Parliament's environment and public health committee. The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote, with Green health spokesperson Margrete Auken stating: "It is essential that citizens c...