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    Financial regulation (Derivatives)

    The EP economic affairs committee today voted on a legislative proposal to regulate over-the-counter derivative products. The Greens welcomed the vote, which would tighten the regulation of these opaque and risky products, which played a significant role in the financial crisis. After the vote, Gree...
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    Body scanners

    The EP transport committee today adopted a report on the use of body scanners in airports (Grandes report). The Greens welcomed the outcome, after Green amendments calling for stricter conditions on the use of body scanners were adopted, notably the exclusion of x-ray technology. After the vote, Gre...
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    Climate change

    The European Parliament environment committee today adopted a report by Green rapporteur/draftsman Bas Eickhout on the EU's climate change policy, including a call to step up to a 30% greenhouse gas reduction target in 2020. After the vote, Bas Eickhout said: "Today's vote sends a timely and im...
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    Nuclear stress tests

    Last Friday, ENSREG, the European Nuclear Safety Regulator Group, came to a compromise on the criteria for the planned nuclear stress tests. EU Member states have until today, Wednesday, at midnight, to veto the proposal - if they don't the proposal will be accepted. The Greens in the European Parli...
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    ITER/France

    The Green MEPs Bart Staes, Isabelle Durant and Michèle Rivasi were in the delegation of MEPs that visited Cadarache, France from 16 to 18 May 2011 to evaluate the progress of the ITER project of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor. A visit which comes at a time of financial tension, the cost hav...
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    ECOFIN Council

    Eurozone finance ministers have just agreed to grant a bailout package of €78bn to Portugal, the third euro-area country to receive official loans. The EU’s two bailout funds, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Financial Stabilization Mechanism (ESM) will each prov...
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    Russia

    Commenting on the continued attacks against Khimki forest defenders Werner Schulz, first Vice Chairman of the European Parliament delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, today said: "During the past few days Russian environmental activists, peacefully demonstrating agai...
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    Fisheries

    The Greens have called for the EU to close its bluefin tuna fishery for the 2011 season as a consequence of the conflict in Libya. The group claims that the conflict in Libya will make it impossible to properly oversee and control fishing of the critically threatened bluefin tuna and that the only s...
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    Fisheries

    The European Parliament today voted in favour of a resolution calling for increased subsidies for the fishing sector to cover increased fuel costs. The Greens have criticised the call as wrongheaded, and welcome the fact that the Commission has publicly stated it will not propose any fuel ...
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    Trade - India

    Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the planned Free Trade Agreement with India. The Greens were critical of the outcome, which wants an FTA that focuses on market access for EU companies, at the expense of fair trade. After the vote, Green MEP Ska Keller said: "We regret that...