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    GMO cultivation

    The European Parliament today voted on a new EU legislative proposal giving member states the right to decide whether to prohibit the cultivation of GMOs on their territory. The Greens were concerned with the original approach, which did not give legal certainty to member states, but believe th...
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    EU financial rules/ sovereign debt speculation

    The European Parliament today adopted a report by Green draftsman Pascal Canfin, setting out its position on draft EU legislation aimed at regulating short selling and credit default swaps (CDS), including of sovereign debt (1). The report, adopted by a large majority of MEPs, significantly strength...
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    EU financial rules

    The European Parliament today voted on EU legislation on over-the-counter derivative products. The Greens welcomed the vote, which would tighten the regulation and increase transparency of these opaque and risky products, which played a significant role in the financial crisis. After the vote, Green...
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    Co-presidents’ press briefing

    Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca presented the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group
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    Financial regulation

    A new independent financial watchdog came into being today, with the founding general assembly of Finance Watch in Brussels. The initiative, which has had the support of Green MEPs, aims to create an independent counter-power in the field of financial regulation, and will be the first civil society ...
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    EU raw materials strategy

    The European Parliament industry committee today adopted a report on the EU's raw materials strategy with a big majority. After the vote, Green MEP and draftsperson/rapporteur Reinhard Bütikofer said: "The EP industry committee today sent a clear signal on the direction of the EU's raw materia...
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    Future EU budget

    The European Commission finalised its proposals on the future financial framework of the EU yesterday, including a proposal for a new own resources system to finance the future EU budget. The Greens welcomed the proposals on own resources but regretted that the Commission sought to present what is i...
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    EP transparency reform

    In the wake of the recent MEP cash-for-amendments scandal the EP committed to strengthen its transparency and anti-corruption rules. The working group set up by EP president Buzek to draft a new code of conduct for MEPs finished its work today (1). The Greens have welcomed the outcome as an importan...
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    Schengen

    Commenting on the proposals, agreed at last week's EU summit, to revise the Schengen agreement to allow the reintroduction of border controls under certain conditions, Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms said: "Following last week's EU summit, which tasked the EU Commiss...
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    EU summit

    Commenting on the outcome of today's EU summit, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "The future of the Euro hangs in the balance but EU leaders are continuing to muddle through and take the path of least resistance. At every step of the Eurozone crisis, EU leaders have acted too late an...