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    EU asylum rules

    The European Parliament today adopted a legislative report on the qualification and status of third-country nationals, part of the so called 'asylum package' (1). After the vote, Green asylum and migration spokesperson Jean Lambert, who was the EP's draftsperson for the legislative report, said: &...
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    Data privacy (PNR)

    The European Parliament today voted to endorse a proposed EU-Australia agreement on the retention of passenger data (PNR). The Greens have condemned the deal for failing to address fundamental rights concerns repeatedly raised by the European Parliament, and voted against in today's vote. After the ...
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    Sakharov Prize

    The winner of the 2011 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought was today decided at the EP conference of presidents (1). The 2011 prize has been awarded to a group activists representative of the Arab Spring: Asmaa Mahfouz (Egypt), Ahmed al-al-Sanusi Zubair Ahmed (Libya), Razan Zaitouneh (Syria), Ali ...
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    Corporate tax

    The European Parliament today adopted by a large cross-party majority a report by Green draftsman Sven Giegold on a recast of the legislation governing the taxation of distributions from subsidiaries to parent companies (1). The legislation aims to prevent the double (or multiple) taxation of profit...
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    EU budget 2012

    The European Parliament today adopted its position on the EU's 2012 budget, under which an increase of 5.3% is foreseen (1). Given the increased competences of the EU, the Greens are not opposed to an overall budget increase per se, but the group has problems with a number of the budget lines and he...
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    Tax agreements

    EU tax commissioner Semeta highlighted major flaws with the bilateral tax agreements concluded by the UK and Germany with Switzerland at a debate in the European Parliament last night (1). The Greens welcomed his response to an oral question - which underlined problems with the applicable rates of w...
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    Country-by-country reporting

    The European Commission today set out proposals to revise EU rules on accounting and transparency (1). The Greens welcomed the proposals as a first step to improving transparency on the payments and accountability of large corporations but regretted that the Commission did not go further both in ter...
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    Smart borders

    The European Commission today adopted 'smart borders' proposals, which aim to promote new electronic technologies for external border control, along the lines of the US system, including a biometric registration programme. The Greens criticised the proposals as excessive both in terms of oversight a...
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    Public procurement

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on modernisining public procurement, setting out proposals for revising EU rules on public contracts, drafted by Green MEP Heide Rühle. After the vote, Heide Rühle said: "Public procurement procedures should ensure no unnecessary costs are borne...
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    Eurozone summit

    Commenting on the open-ended outcome of this weekend's EU and Eurozone summit, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "The most important lesson of this latest crisis summit with no definitive outcome must be that the EU needs to finally commit to a proper common economic policy. This endl...