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    EU summit

    Commenting on the outcome of the summit of EU heads of state and government, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts said: "EU leaders have squeezed the life out of Europe's 2030 climate and clean energy policy. The outcome of the summit is a mistake on three fronts: environmental, economic a...
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    EU budget

    The European Parliament today voted on the EU's budget for 2015. Commenting after the vote, Green budgetary spokesperson Indrek Tarand said: "MEPs have today tried to limit the damage to key social and economic programmes under next year's EU budget. The original proposals would continue the pe...
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    European Commission appointment

    The Greens/EFA group today voted against the Juncker Commission because they are not convinced the overall package and policy direction presented by president Juncker is what is needed re-establish the trust of our citizens in the nascent European democracy. But this is not a blanket rejection
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    Banking resolution

    The European Commission today adopted new EU rules on how to calculate the contributions by banks to the EU's banking resolution fund system (1), both the national resolution funds and the EU's Single Resolution Fund. Reacting to the proposals, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts said: "...
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    EU summit

    For the Greens, there is a real risk that this week's summit could undo EU climate and energy policy if EU leaders follow the weak proposals set out by the European Commission.
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    Ebola

    Commenting on today's meeting of EU health ministers on the Ebola epidemic, Green health spokesperson Michèle Rivasi said: "The Ebola outbreak is out of control and the risk of contamination is not ruled out in Europe, as we have seen recently in Spain. The priority is to contain it at th...
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    Tax evasion and information exchange

    <xml> </xml>EU finance ministers today agreed to extend the scope of the automatic exchange of information system between national tax authorities within the EU. Tax authorities in EU member states will be obliged to exchange information on capital income, e.g. automatically sharing info...
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    Energy subsidies

    The European Commission today presented research on subsidies for various energy sources. Commenting on the study, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "The EU Commission itself has acknowledged that this research provides an initial snapshot, rather than the full picture. On nuclear po...
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    GMO authorisations

    The Greens/EFA group has written to incoming Commission president Juncker (1) asking that he intervene to ensure there are no new authorisations of genetically modified organisms by the outgoing European Commission. The initiative comes on the back of news that EU trade commissioner De Gucht is seek...
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    EU-wide "Mos Maiorum" police operation

    Today sees the start of the EU wide "Mos Maiorum" police operation. This operation, carried out by EU member states, is directed against irregular migrants. It will also target traffickers and smugglers of human beings and their agents. The operation will run until 26 October. For the firs...