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Radioactive foodstuffs

The EP industry and energy committee today adopted a report on EU rules on the radioactive contamination of foodstuffs (1). MEPs called for the legal base to be changed to ensure the European Parliament is a co-legislator on the proposal (2). Green MEPs believe the maximum permitted levels of radio...
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EU Commissioner hearings

Green MEPs were unsatisfied with Commissioner-delegate Rumiana Jeleva's responses to questions regarding declaration of her business interests and on the dossier she has been assigned in the European Commission.
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Ashton hearing

Greens/EFA foreign affairs spokespersons have criticsed Catherine Ashton for lacking vision and being weak on specifics, following her hearing in the European Parliament. They welcomed however her willingness to engage with NGOs worldwide on human rights issues.
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Russia - human rights

82 year-old Ludmila Alexeyeva - 2009 Sakharov Prize winner and Chair of the Russia Helsinki Committee - was among 50 protestors and bystanders arrested and detained for several hours for participating in a peaceful protest in Moscow on New Year's Eve. Although they have been released, the protestors face possible further action.
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Iran

In a surprise move, the Iranian ambassador in Brussels - Ali Asghar Khaji - yesterday blocked the planned 7-11 January visit to Iran by a delegation of MEPs representing seven of the European Parliament's political groups. Barbara Lochbihler, German Green MEP and Chair of the EP's delegation to Iran...
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EU Environment Council

The EU Environment Ministers came up with no solution today, nor even a vision on how to resolve the climate impasse after Copenhagen. The EU needs to return to its original plan to seize a leadership role in the negotiations. To do that, it must once and for all decide to unconditionally reduce our own emissions by 30% compared to 1990.
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UN Climate Conference

Two years of arduous UN negotiations to produce a binding global climate deal ended in failure today, after a vague and meaningless political declaration that had been agreed between a small group of global heads of states was consigned to a footnote in the final vote by plenary in Copenhagen.
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European Schools

 In its vote on the EU budget today, the European Parliament approved a Greens/EFA amendment demanding that the 14 so-called "European Schools" (which receive EU financing) must respect non-discriminatory principles. This follows the denial of access to an autistic pupil at the European School Brus...
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Transparency

Today, the European Parliament adopted a resolution on access to EU documents, reiterating that European institutions should keep moving towards greater transparency and urging the Commission to widen the scope of the current regulation to all EU institutions, as well as update the rules on internal...
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e-fa: Strasbourg Round-Up December 2009

The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a joint European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group in parliament.E...