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    Eurobonds and budget surveillance

    The European Commission today presented proposals on the long-awaited Eurobonds, as well as plans for far-reaching EU-level budgetary surveillance. The Greens have long argued for Eurobonds to stanch the debt crisis but believe the delay, and the simultaneous exclusive focus on austerity, has greatl...
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    UN climate talks

    With this year's UN climate summit (COP17) set to commence in Durban on Monday (28 November), the Greens today set out their demands from the EU (1) at a press conference in the European Parliament. Commenting after the press conference, Green MEP Bas Eickhout, who will represent the Greens on the E...
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    Banking regulation

    EU internal market commissioner Michel Barnier today announced his intention to establish a high-level commission to study further banking regulation, including the separation of banking activities, in response to a Green demand. The Greens welcomed the announcement and called on the Commission to p...
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    EU-Morocco fisheries agreement/Western Sahara

    The European Parliament fisheries committee today voted to recommend the EP give its consent to a controversial EU-Morocco fisheries agreement (1). The Greens strongly condemned the outcome of the vote, with Raül Romeva stating: "By recommending the EP endorse the controversial EU-Morocco fi...
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    Nuclear stress tests

    With the European Commission to present the preliminary results of the EU nuclear stress tests tomorrow (Wednesday), the Greens today presented a new independent study (1), which underlines how the stress tests will totally fail to assess the risks faced by nuclear reactors in Europe. Commenting on ...
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    EU budget

    Negotiations between the European Parliament and Council on the EU's 2012 budget concluded last night with an agreement, which is now subject to adoption by the EU Parliament and member state governments. The Greens criticised the deal, which represents a scale back of the original proposals by the ...
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    EP transparency reforms

    The European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee today voted to adopt the new MEP code of conduct that was drafted in the wake of the recent MEP cash-for-amendments scandal (1). The Greens were to the fore in pushing for these reforms and welcomed today's vote, with constitutional affairs ...
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    Open internet

    The European Parliament today adopted a resolution calling on the Commission to do more to guarantee open internet and net neutrality. The Greens welcomed the vote and called on the Commission to come forward with legislation that enshrines the principle of net neutrality. After the vote, Green MEP ...
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    EU nuclear research funding

    The European Parliament today adopted a report outlining its opinion on planned EU nuclear research for the next two years 2012-13. The Greens believe the EU nuclear research programme should be limited to radioprotection (people and environment), decommissioning of nuclear installations and non-pro...
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    Illegal fishing

    The European Parliament today adopted a report by Greens/EFA MEP Isabella Lövin on illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing. The report highlights the particular responsibility of the EU to step up efforts to combat IUU fishing both by pushing for greater international efforts and by prope...