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    Terry Reintke to submit #MeToo petition to President of the European Parliament

    To mark International Women’s Day (Thursday 8th March), Greens/EFA MEP Terry Reintke will submit a petition to the President of the European Parliament, Antonio Tajani.
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    European Commission finally names and shames Member States

    “It is great to see the European Commission finally acknowledge the role of EU countries in facilitating tax avoidance," says Sven Giegold.
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    ECJ rules that intra-EU ISDS mechanisms are illegal

    The European Court of Justice has today ruled that the investor-state dispute mechanism contained in the bilateral investment agreement between Slovakia and the Netherlands "has an adverse effect on the autonomy of EU law, and is therefore incompatible with EU law."
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    Reaction of the Greens/EFA presidents

    "It was always clear that leaving Italy alone to deal with such a disproportionate share of the migration problem was cruel. Now we can see it was also politically short-sighted," comments Greens/EFA president Philippe Lamberts.
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    Posting of workers: Breakthrough for social Europe

    Late last night, the European Parliament, the European Commission and the Council achieved a breakthrough in the negotiations on the revision of the Posting of Workers Directive. Under the agreement, workers who provide a service in an EU Member State other than their country of origin will benefit not only from the minimum wage but also …
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    New tax committee: Unfinished work to do on tax justice

    The European Parliament has today approved the establishment of a new special committee on financial crimes, tax evasion and tax avoidance.
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    Greens/EFA group calls for postponement of budget discharge until Commission answers ethics questions

    "With the Commission showing so little regard for transparency and conflicts of interests, we cannot in good faith discharge their budget until they introduce the necessary ethics reforms," says Bart Staes.
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    Judicial reform in Poland - quote from Ska Keller

    The planned reform of the judiciary in Poland is a "serious breach of the rule of law", according to the majority of MEPs.
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    Greens/EFA group demands real blacklist

    The Greens/EFA group will use today's debate in the European Parliament on the EU tax haven blacklist to call for much greater transparency in the blacklisting process.
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    Philippe Lamberts on Northern Ireland protocol

    "Nothing in this agreement should come as a surprise. This is exactly what the UK signed up to back in December and they cannot now feign surprise at being asked to honour it," comments Greens/EFA president, Philippe Lamberts.