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A comprehensive emergency response to the Eurozone Crisis

The Greek episode of the Eurozone crisis in the first half of 2010 created awareness and a sense of urgency on the need to establish more robust economic governance for the EU. Beyond the current emergency, a long term approach requires a comprehensive reform and enhancement of the whole EU economic governance in order to tackle structura…
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Hazardous substances

The European Parliament adopted a final legislative agreement revising EU rules on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1). While the Greens/EFA group believed the legislation could have been made stronger, the group welcomed the revised rules as an improvement on the current...
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Public health

The European Parliament voted on new EU legislation dealing with information on prescription medicines. The Greens welcomed the vote, which transformed the original legislative proposal into one oriented towards the needs of patients, rather than the interests of the pharmaceutical industry. After t...
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Fiscal rescue and EU tax policy

A cross-political alliance in the European Parliament has called for the introduction of a minimum European common corporate tax rate of 25%. MEPs from the Greens/EFA, ALDE, S&D and EPP groups (1) issued the declaration in the context of the ongoing Eurozone solvency crisis and the rescue measur...
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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which was finalised last week. Green MEPs criticised the resolution, which was passed by a narrow centre-right majority, as ignoring the real concerns with ACTA. After the vote, Green civil liberti...
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2011 Budget

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2011 Budget

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Coal subsidies

The European Parliament today voted on a European Commission proposal on phasing-out state aid to uncompetitive coal mines (1). Green MEPs criticised the outcome, which called for prolonging the current coal subsidy regime (under which operational aid to uncompetitive coal mines is exempted from EU ...
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EU should engage more directly with Scotland

SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has urged the European Commission to take every opportunity to directly engage with the SNP-led Scottish government to help meet important important challenges such as sustaining economic growth and tackling climate change.  Mr Hudghton was speaking at a...
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Strasbourg Flash

Green priorities include legislative votes on prescription medication information and EU rules on hazardous substances in electrical goods, as well as a vote on a Commission proposal to phase out coal subsidies. The EU budget, climate change and fiscal governance also figure on a packed agenda.