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GMO cultivation

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Seasonal Workers

Commenting on the Commission proposal for a directive on seasonal employment. Green MEP Judith Sargentini (Netherlands), Coordinator for the Greens on the Home Affairs committee, said: "Seasonal work is an important part of a well functioning European labour migration policy. This directive wil...
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Financial Transaction Tax

Commenting on EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta opposition to a financial transaction tax (1), Greens / EFA economic and financial spokesman, Sven Giegold (MEP, Germany), said:"It is absolutely scandalous that after seeing German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and French Finance Ministe...
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ITER

Today the Council for Agriculture adopted the conclusions on the future financing of the nuclear fusion project ITER as an 'A-item' without debate. Rebecca Harms, president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament comments: "Today's decision to reaffirm the commitment to the ITER proj...
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SWIFT Agreement

The European Parliament today, in the Strasbourg plenary, has adopted the so-called SWIFT agreement for bank data transfers to US authorities. Greens/EFA home affairs expert in the European Parliament Jan Philipp Albrecht comments: "The adoption of the new swift agreement by the majority of the...
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European External Action Service

Commenting on today's approval by the European Parliament of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said: "Parliament's approval paves the way for a more coherent and effective European foreign policy that better m...
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Kosovo

The European Parliament today voted with a clear majority for the Kosovo resolution of Green MEP and Rapporteur Ulrike Lunacek (Austria). Commenting on the vote, Ms Lunaceck, Greens/EFA Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said: "The European Parliament today sent a clear signal that the future of ind...
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Cluster Munitions Ban

The European Parliament today considered the EU's role in relation to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and voted for a resolution to ban the weapons. Commenting on the vote Ulrike Lunacek, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson of the Greens/EFA said: "With an overwhelming majority, the European...
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ACTA

The Greens/ EFA group yesterday adopted an urgent appeal for transparency in the negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). With this action, the Greens/EFA protest against the decision by ACTA negotiators to keep a new version of the draft treaty secret after the 9th negotiatio...
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Human Rights in North Korea