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European Parliament

The European Parliament sub-committee on human rights today elected Greens/EFA MEP Barbara Lochbihler as its new chairperson, replacing Heidi Hautala. Commenting on her election and new role, Barbara Lochbihler said: "I am very grateful to the committee members for placing their confidence in ...
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Situation in Libya

Daniel Cohn-Bendits speaks about what the EU must now do in post-Gaddafi Libya; the necessity of sanctions against Syria and the need for Israel for its own sake to return to negotiations with the Palestinians
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Massacres in Norway this summer

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Situation in Syria

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Eurozone crisis

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Stop Climate Change Blog

If shale gas is presented by certain countries as being a bridge fuel to clean energy, more and more researchers across the globe warn that it may have an even worse climate change impact than coal...
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SNP MEP calls for more EU action to tackle food waste

Speaking ahead of European Food Safety Day (Thursday 15 September), SNP MEP Ian Hudghton has called for the EU to do more to tackle the significant problem of food waste.It is estimated that across Europe around 89 million tonnes of food goes to waste every year and this is expected to rise to 1...
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Oettinger Eurozone scandal

In response to the scandalous comments by EU commissioner Günther Oettinger, published in the Bild Zeitung last week (1), a cross-party group of over 150 MEPs have written to Commission president Barroso calling for Günther Oettinger to retract his statement or resign as EU commissioner. The initi...
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Poverty

The European Parliament today called on the European Commission and Council to establish a European strategy to combat homelessness in a resolution adopted with a large majority (1). The Greens welcomed the resolution, with anti-poverty spokesperson and instigator of the resolution Karima Delli sayi...
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Freedom of information

The European Parliament today adopted a report on freedom of information and access to public documents by Green draftsperson/rapporteur Judith Sargentini. The report points to continued problems regarding access to documents in EU institutions and calls for measures to address this. After the vote,...