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    EU Member States back plans to protect pollinators

    The Standing Committee on Plants, Animals, Food and Feed has today voted to approve the extension of the European Commission's restrictions on the use of three of the most widely used neonicotinoids. Greens/EFA food safety spokesperson Bart Staes comments: "At long last, this strong a...
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    Press release |

    Victory for whistleblower rights campaigners

    After a long campaign for the protection of whistleblowers in the EU, the Greens/EFA group has welcomed the publication of the European Commission’s proposals. The Greens/EFA group has been consistently pushing for a directive and published its own draft proposal in May 2016, which was updated earlier this month following a public consult…
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    New legislation will be tough on financial crime, thanks to Greens/EFA group

    The European Parliament has today given its approval to the outcome of negotiations on the fifth update to the anti-money laundering directive. The revised legislation contains wide-ranging measures for combatting money laundering, such as granting public access to data on the beneficial owners of firms.
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    New rules are a good deal for consumers and farmers

    The Greens/EFA group has welcomed the approval of the new organic farming regulation, steered by the European Parliament’s lead negotiation Martin Häusling.
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    Press release |

    EU must respond to the threat to investigative journalism

    Greens/EFA transparency spokesperson Benedek Jávor comments on the threat to investigative journalism.
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    Press release |

    New rules will ensure greater transparency in car industry

    Pascal Durand comments on the new type approval rules.
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    Press release |

    Facebook needs a radical change of direction on data

    Jan Philipp Albrecht, who was the European Parliament's negotiator for the new General Data Protection Regulation, comments on the Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal.
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    European Parliament censures Commission over mishandling of Secretary General appointment

    The European Parliament has today backed a resolution criticising the European Commission for its handling of the appointment of Martin Selmayr as Commission Secretary General.
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    EPP group defeated in transparency dispute

    A row is currently underway in the European Parliament over reforms to MEPs' General Expenditure Allowance. In today's vote on the Discharge of the European Parliament's budget for 2016, the EPP tried to water down commitments to reform. These were defeated.
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    Press release |

    "Daphne Project" revelations must spell end for implicated senior politicians

    Sven Giegold on the latest revelations of the Daphne Project