The European Parliament today voted to adopt a non-legislative resolution on intellectual property enforcement in the EU (*). The Greens/EFA group (which had co-sponsored an alternative resolution that failed to pass) voted against the final resolution, as it failed to distinguish between counterfei...
The European Parliament today voted on proposed EU legislation on biocidal products (used in hygiene products for example)*, dealing with product approvals and active substances in the products. While the proposals will bring improvements for public health, the Greens are concerned about the way in ...
The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament decided last night to propose Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence (1) for this year's Sakharov Prize (2). After the decision, Greens/EFA co-president Dany Cohn-Benditsaid:
"In nominating 'Breaking the Silence', the Greens/EFA group wants to recognise...
SNP Member of the European Parliament Alyn Smith has today (Wednesday) hailed the approval by MEPs of a number of financial measures designed to better co-ordinate and better regulate financial markets across the EU.The Parliament voted on a number of reports which will create new EU financial super...
EP succeeds in giving financial authorities real teeth, insists authorities given sufficient means The Greens welcomed the adoption of legislation setting up new European financial supervision authorities. The EP succeeded in gaining greater powers for the new authorities but Green MEPs have vowed to fight to ensure they are properly equi…
