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    Air passenger data exchange

    The Greens/EFA group has called for the European Parliament to support the referral of a planned agreement between the EU and Canada on the exchange of air passenger data (PNR) to the European Court of Justice. MEPs will vote next week on whether to refer the agreement to the ECJ for its legal opini...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The Greens/EFA group has today presented a mandate and terms of reference for a European Parliament inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping, in the wake of the 'Luxembourg Leaks' revelations (1). Calling for cross-party support, with a view to ensuring the committee is set up without delay, G...
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    EU budget

    A deadline for the agreement of the EU's budget for 2015 expired at midnight last night, as talks between the European Parliament and Council broke down (1). The Greens have criticised the delay and the negotiation process, with Green budgetary spokesperson Indrek Tarand saying: "The intransige...
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    Cyprus

    Commenting on a resolution on the situation in Cyprus, which was adopted by the European Parliament today, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "Turkey must fully respect the sovereignty of all EU member states, including the Republic of Cyprus. This implies immediately withdrawing its s...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The Greens/EFA group has called on EU commission president Juncker to take part in a European Parliament plenary debate this week on the EU response to the 'Luxembourg Leaks' tax evasion scheme revelations. Ahead of the European Parliament's debate tomorrow (Wednesday), the Greens/EFA group has also...
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    GMO authorisation

    The European Parliament's environment committee today voted on a proposal for a new scheme for the authorisation of genetically-modified organisms in the EU (1). The vote by MEPs strengthens the grounds on which member states or regions could opt-out from GMO authorisations under the proposed new sy...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    Commenting on the 'Luxembourg Leaks' revelations on the state of Luxembourg's role in facilitating large scale tax evasion by the international consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ), Green economic and financial policy spokesman Sven Giegold said: "These revelations are a major blow to...
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    Hungary defamation case

    The district court of Budapest yesterday ruled in favour of Green MEP Ulrike Lunacek in a defamation case brought against the Hungarian journalist Zsolt Bayer for injurious statements made on Hungarian television. Commenting on the ruling, Ulrike Lunacek said: "It is welcome that the Hungarian ...
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    EU Kosovo mission (EULEX)

    The European Parliament's foreign affairs committee yesterday met with officials from the EU's mission in Kosovo (EULEX) on recent allegations of corruption and maladministration with the mission. Commenting on the situation, Green MEP and EP vice-president Ulrike Lunacek, who is the European P...
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    EU asylum rules

    The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) today ruled that the authorities in Switzerland could not return an asylum seeking family to Italy due to insufficient guarantees regarding the welfare of the family. The Greens welcomed the ruling and cited it as further evidence of the need to revise the E...