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Moratorium on death penalty

In the context of the recent reintroduction execution of Saddam Hussein and other important personalities of the former Iraq dictatorship, Greens/EFA reaffirm their longstanding position against the death penalty in all cases and under all circumstances ...
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World Social Forum

"Peoples' struggles, peoples' alternatives" is the overarching theme of this year's WSF. More than 100,000 people are expected to participate, including a delegation from the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament.
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Energy efficiency

In the frame of the campaign for the election of the European Parliament's president, Monica Frassoni, Greens/EFA candidate, committed also for a more energy efficient EP building. A thermographic analysis of the building was carried out. It provided concrete examples for improvements.
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Nuclear power plants

The nuclear lobby speaks of a Renaissance of nuclear energy. However, the truth is quite different. Since 1 January 2007 Europe has 7 nuclear reactors less!
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Audio statements

Constitutional process - Monica Frassoni MEP Migration and integration - Kathallijne Buitenweg MEP European foreign policy - Fritz Kuhn MdPParliamentary network - Eva Lichtenberger MEP ...
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EU energy & climate policy

The Green groups in the European Parliament and the German Bundestag met in Berlin for a joint session to mark the German Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2007. As an outcome of the energy & climate discussions, they issued a common statement on the EU-Commission's "energy package".
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Report of the conference "Taking up the challenge"

Report of the 1st panel - Wednesday 10 January 2007 - 19.15-21.00Which challenges do we face? Which Europe do we need?"Our task as Green Parliamentarians is to 'green the European Union'" – this was the wake up call with which Renate Künast, co-Chair of the German Greens, opened the third Green pa...
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EU climate policy

The European Commission proposed today its strategy on energy and climate change which sets a target of a paltry 20% reduction of greenhous gas emissions by 2020.
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Energy and EU citizens

According to a new European Commission survey, the Eurobarometer on energy technologies published on Monday, a very large majority of EU citizens back renewables like solar energy or wind energy. On the other hand a majority is against nuclear.
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Global warming

The World Meteorological Organization announced that the global mean surface temperature in 2006 is currently estimated to be +0,42°C above the 1961-1990 annual average. The final figures, to be released in March 2007, will most probably confirm that 2006 was the sixth warmest year on record.