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Outcome of the Copenhagen Conference Summit on Climate Change (COP 15)

Tabled by Rebecca Harms, Satu Hassi, Bas Eickhout and Yannick Jadoton behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions relating to climate change, and in particular the one adopted 25 November b on EU strategy for Copenhagen Climate Conference, – ...
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Haiti

Greens/EFA call on the High Representative of the EU to put in place a European civil protection force to guarantee EU's humanitarian aid more effective and better coordinated. They also call for an immediate cancellation of all Haiti's outstanding debts and stress that any emergency earthquake assistance is provided in the form of grants…
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Honduras

Today the European Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee and Central American Delegation held a joint meeting on the subject of Panama and Honduras. Green MEP Raül Romeva, a member of the EP Delegation to Central America, commented:"Today's meeting in the European Parliament represents a clear ma...
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Illicit tobacco trade

Today Belgian Green MEP Bart Staes hosts a conference on the illegal tobacco trade (1), ahead of a crucial UN meeting in March (2) that could secure a binding international agreement to combat this huge worldwide problem. Illicit tobacco is estimated to represent 12% of the global market.Calling on...
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Russia - human rights

Following the arrest of Lyudmila Alexeyeva on New Year's Day, Oleg Orlov - a fellow laureate of last year's EU parliament Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought, was yesterday arrested and detained. Finnish Green MEP Heidi Hautala, Chair of the EU Parliament human rights subcommittee, said:"The arres...
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Iran

Tabled by Barbara Lochbihler, Isabelle Durant, Heidi Hautala, Emilie TurunenOn behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, - Having regard to the presidential elections of 12 June 2009 and the subsequent unrest in the Islamic Republic of Iran - Having regard to the Resolution adopted by ...
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Brussels Agenda

Agenda priorities for the Greens include the hearing of new Commissioner-designate Kristalina Georgieva and an EP committee vote on SWIFT. Green events and press releases will focus on the illegal tobacco trade, human rights and press/trade union rights in Iran and reflections post-Copenhagen climate talks.
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Kosovo

Ahead of this week's European Commission Delegation visit to Kosovo, Austrian Green MEP Ulrike Lunacek – European Parliament Kosovo Rapporteur and a Greens/EFA Group spokesperson on foreign affairs – commented:"The EU Commission delegation visit to Kosovo represents the first concrete step in t...
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EU-Russia

On the occasion of the 12th meeting of the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, Werner Schulz- Greens-EFA MEP and Vice-Chair of the EUDelegation - commented:"The best we can say about this meeting is that it took place at all. Unfortunately the two Delegations could not find a compromise ...
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EU-US SWIFT bank data agreement

An interim EU agreement to supply data from SWIFT bank transfers to the US authorities is due to come into effect on 1 February. The European Parliament, which has a co-legislative role on this issue, is expected to vote on 8 or 9 February at its plenary session in Strasbourg. Following today's EU P...