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Roma expulsions

The European Parliament today debated the current Roma expulsions in France and the targeting of Roma elsewhere (1) with the European Commission. Green MEPs were critical of the European Commission's response to the situation. French Green MEP Hélène Flautre said: "The scandalous situation in...
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Barroso the "absent president" of the EU Commission

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Situation of the Roma people in Europe

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Draft general budget - 2011 financial year

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ECOFIN Council

Conclusions of the special ECOFIN Council meeting of 7 September
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Ecofin council

Tomorrow (7th September 2010), EU finance ministers will meet at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels to discuss the issue of financial sector taxation. As well as coordinating the establishment of a bank levy, the ministers will also discuss the introduction of a European...
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Situation of the Roma people in Europe

Greens/EFA urge the French authorities to immediately suspend all expulsions of Roma and underline that these measures are in violation of EU Treaties and law, since they amount to a discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity and of Directive 2004/38/EC on the free movement of citizens and of their families in the EU.
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Strasbourg Flash

Priorities for the coming week include the EP debates on the State of the Union and on the situation of the Roma.
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Roma expulsions

An analysis by the European Commission, which was reported today, has underlined concerns that the current expulsions of Roma by France are in conflict with European law. For the Greens, the French government must immediately stop these appalling expulsions and bring itself back in line with European law.
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EU financial supervision

European Parliament negotiators have reached a provisional deal with the Council on legislation setting out a new EU financial architecture in trialogue negotiations today. The legislation, which will now be formally adopted by the Parliament in the coming weeks, will set up three new European Super...