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    PNR - data protection

    The European Parliament today voted to give its consent to a controversial draft EU-US passenger data (PNR) agreement. The positive vote on the EU-US PNR deal, which came in spite of the fact that fundamental concerns previously outlined by the EP and European courts have not been addressed, will me...
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    EU economic recovery and employment

    The European Commission today presented two communications outlining proposals for job creation in Europe in response to the crisis and to job creation and economic recovery in Greece. The Greens welcomed the shift in focus from fiscal rebalancing but cautioned that the proposals will have to be imp...
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    EU-Azerbaijan

    Das Parlament hat heute die Berichte zum Assoziierungsabkommen  zwischen der EU und Aserbaidschan so wie zwischen der EU und Armenien angenommen. Dazu erklärt Ulrike Lunacek, außenpolitische Sprecherin der Grünen/EFA-Fraktion und Grüne Schatten-Berichterstatterin für beide Lände...
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    Social security

    The European Parliament today adopted a legislative agreement revising EU rules on social security systems to close a number of loopholes under the current legislation (1). Under the terms of the deal, a key loophole will be closed ensuring highly mobile flight personnel, who work across borders by ...
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    Syria – arms embargo

    In spite of an EU arms embargo prohibiting 'the sale, supply, transfer or export of arms and related materiel of all types' to Syria from EU member states, there have been two reported cases of EU member states being potentially directly or indirectly complicit in the transfer of arms to the Assad r...
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    Human Rights

    In the context of this week’s Council of Europe summit in Brighton (18-20 April), the UK presidency will press its plans for the reform of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR), with the representatives of the 47 member states set to adopt a declaration on the reform of the court. The Greens ...
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    EU energy policy

    According to reports, a joint initiative to reclassify nuclear power at EU level with a view to allowing direct state aid has been tabled by France, the UK, Poland and the Czech Republic (1). The Greens have hit out at the reported initiative and have called on EU governments in Council to reject th...
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    Solar energy from Greece

    The Greek government today presented the solar energy project Helios, which promises to generate 10GW of solar electricity in the next ten to fifteen years, for export to Central and Northern European countries. Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, warns of...
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    Elections in Burma

    The Burmese people cast their vote in the country's first by-election since Burma opened to the international community. The landslide victory of Aung San Suu Kyi and her party NLD is a clear signal to the ruling class: the people of Burma want to put an end to the military's terrorism.
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    Euro rescue fund

    EU finance ministers, meeting at today's informal finance council inCopenhagen, agreed changes to the Euro rescue funds ESM and EFSF. Commenting on the decision, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit said: "Today's decision is, as ever, too little and too late. The tweaks ...