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Europe's regionalists and nationalists gather in Aland

The European Free Alliance (EFA) European political party holds its annual General Assembly in Mariehamn in the Aland Islands this week (Friday 15 April).EFA, founded in 1981, draws together regionalist and democratic nationalist political parties active across Europe in promoting self-determin...
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Eurovignette

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China - Ai Weiwei arrest

The European Parliament today debated the arrest of Chinese artist Ai Weiwei (1) and adopted a resolution calling for his immediate release. The Greens welcomed the vote, with Green MEP and chair of the EP's subcommittee on human rights Heidi Hautala saying: "We welcome the clear call by the Eu...
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Power sector emissions

Dutch energy utility Vatenfall-Nuon today agreed to suspend a planned coal gasification plant and to an emissions performance standard for all new power plants. The emissions performance standard is set at 360 gram CO2 per kilowatt-hour, which is less than half the emissions of a regular coal power ...
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Nuclear energy

The European Parliament today failed spectacularly to adopt a resolution on nuclear energy, following a debate yesterday. The Greens criticised this as being blatant evidence of incapacity to respond to the nuclear desaster in Fukushima. After the vote, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: &...
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Renewables are the answer, not Nuclear.

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EP budget 2012

The European Parliament today adopted a report setting out the estimates for its budget for 2012. While the Greens welcomed MEPs' support for trimming back the originally proposed budget, the group criticised the majority of MEPs for opposing amendments aimed at freezing MEP allowances in 2012 and e...
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Radioactive contamination of foodstuffs

The European Commission yesterday announced it would be reducing the maximum permitted tolerance levels for radiation in foodstuffs imported to the EU from Japan, after the Green group raised concerns that the EU levels were less strict than those in Japan (1). The Greens urged the Commission to rev...
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EU response to the tragedy in Japan

Question Hour with the President of the Commission/1st Question
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Roma

The European Commission today presented an EU framework for national Roma integration strategies. The Greens have given a cautious welcome to the framework but regretted the failure to put a central focus on discrimination and the weak requirements on member states. The group has stressed the need f...