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Fruit juices

The European Parliament today voted to revise EU legislation on fruit juices. The Greens gave a cautious welcome to the legislative agreement.  Speaking after the vote, Green consumer affairs spokesperson Carl Schlyter said: "These new rules will help prevent consumers being misled on fru...
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Hazardous phosphates

The European Parliament today adopted new EU legislation under which the use of phosphates in consumer detergents will be phased-out (1). The Greens welcomed the outcome, notably the extension of the ban from laundry detergents to automatic dishwashing detergents. After the vote, Green environment s...
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The situation in Syria

The European Parliament, –    having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, in particular of 27 October on the situation in Egypt and Syria, in particular of Christian communities and the case of Rafah Nached, of 15 September 2011 on the situation in Syria, of 7 July ...
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Single European work permit

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EU budget wastes over a billion pounds on nuclear research

Plaid MEP Jill Evans has slammed a deal on the EU budget which will give over a billion pounds to the controversial ITER nuclear fusion research project. MEPs meeting in Strasbourg voted to approve the deal which will take €1.3 billion from the EU budget over the next two years to fund the project...
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Stop climate change blog

Yesterday, Canada officially announced that it will pull out of the Kyoto Protocol. The Greens strongly criticize this move, which shows that Canada puts polluters before people.
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Greens/EFA Group

The end of 2011 marks the middle of the legislative period in the European Parliament. From January on, the European Parliament will have a new President and possibly new Vice-Presidents. The Greens/EFA Group today elected their new Bureau for the second part of the legislative period.  T...
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Privacy and data protection - PNR

EU home affairs ministers today gave the go-ahead to a controversial agreement between the EU and the US on passenger data retention (PNR), with the deal now set to be considered by the European Parliament (1). On the same day, the European Data Protection Supervisor (EPDS) has outlined concerns wit...
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EU-Russia summit

Ahead of tomorrow's EU-Russia summit and in the context of a European Parliament debate today on Russia, the Greens have called on the EU to support the calls of opposition demonstrators for a re-run of the disputed Duma elections. Commenting on the situation, Green MEP and vice-...
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ITER - nuclear fusion

The European Parliament today voted to approve an agreement between the EP and Council, under which €1.3 billion of the budget overrun for the ITER nuclear fusion project will be funded from the EU budget in 2012-13 (1). The Greens have hit out at the deal and believe no more public funds should b...