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    EU fisheries policy reform

    EU governments agreed on their collective position regarding proposals to overhaul the EU's Common Fisheries Policy last night. The Greens hit out at the agreement, which would seriously scale back planned reforms aimed at making the EU's fisheries policy more sustainable. Commenting on the outcome,...
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    EU bank regulation (CRD IV)

    Ahead of tomorrow's crunch negotiations between the European Parliament, Council and Commission on key legislative proposals establishing rules for banks (the capital requirements directive - CRD IV), the Greens have called on EU governments to drop their opposition to central provisions on bank...
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    EU-Ukraine summit

    Commenting on today's EU-Ukraine summit in Brussels, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "Ukraine's political leadership under president Yanukovych is consciously frittering away the chances for an association agreement. "Instead of finally strengthening the rule of law, the situa...
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    Horsemeat scandal

    Ahead of today's council of EU agriculture ministers, who will discuss the ongoing horsemeat scandal, Green MEPs have set out their demands for EU-level action (1). The scandal has highlighted deficiencies with the procedures for verifying food quality, as well as shortcomings in EU legislation, n...
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    Eurozone fiscal policy

    The European Commission today published its Winter Economic Forecast (1). The figures show that France met its structural deficit reduction target in 2012 and is expected to do so in 2013 (2). The Greens underlined that France should be applauded for its effort in meeting its targets, whilst questio...
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    Offshore oil and gas rules

    A deal on draft EU rules on offshore oil and gas exploration was reached today in negotiations between the European Parliament, Council and Commission (1). The Greens expressed regret about the outcome, which will fail to provide for ambitious safety supervision and falls short in terms of provision...
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    Economic governance - 2 pack

    Negotiators from the European Parliament, Council and Commission today reached agreement on key legislative proposals aimed at further strengthening economic governance in the Eurozone. The Greens welcomed the legal provisions increasing democratic oversight over countries under assistance as well a...
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    EU emissions trading

    The European Parliament's environment committee today voted to approve a proposal from the European Commission aimed at tackling the oversupply of emissions allowances in the EU's emissions trading scheme (1). The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote and expressed hope the measure would be finali...
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    Financial transaction tax

    The European Commission will today present legislative proposals for introducing a financial transaction tax (FTT) for an initial group of 11 EU member states (1). The Greens welcomed the basic architecture of the proposals and called on the member states to implement the FTT quickly and to ensure t...
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    Horsemeat scandal

    In response to the deepening and widening scandal surrounding the discovery of horse DNA in processed meat products in a number of EU member states, the Greens/EFA group is calling on the European Commission and relevant regulatory agencies to take action. The group is pushing for an emergency heari...