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    Eurozone crisis, EU summit and Eurobonds

    Ahead of this week's EU summit, the European Parliament debated the Eurozone crisis and the EU response today. The Greens are concerned that the proposed permanent stability mechanism will come far too late and that we need urgent action, including on debt restructuring and 'Eurobonds', to respond t...
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    Human trafficking

    The European Parliament today voted to adopt a legislative compromise, setting out new EU rules on the prevention of human trafficking and victim rights. The Greens welcomed the compromise but regretted the legislation was not stronger in terms of victim protection. After the vote, Green MEP and civ...
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    Elections in Kosovo

    Commenting on the outcome of elections held yesterday in Europe's youngest state, the first since its declaration of independence, Ulrike Lunacek, EP rapporteur on Kosovo and member of the EP Election Observation Delegation said: "Taking into account the extremely short period of time that the...
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    UN climate talks

    The UN climate conference in Cancun (COP16) concluded today with agreements, which will enable the UNFCCC negotiations to continue working towards a binding climate deal in South Africa next year. The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament described the outcome as progress but underlined the n...
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    Milk sector reform

    The European Commission today presented its dairy package, outlining proposals for reform of the milk sector in response to concerns by dairy farmers, notably on fair prices. The Greens believe the proposals point in the right direction but fall short in a number of crucial areas. In response to the...
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    European Citizens' Initiative

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    Peace Nobel Prize 2010

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    Migrant workers rights

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    EU-Russia Summit

    Commenting on the results of the EU-Russia Summit, Green MEP Werner Schulz, First Vice-Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee, said: "The Summit has brought about some possible progress: Russia wants to enter the WTO and in this, it can rely on the EU's sup...
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    The impact of the 2010 Nobel Peace prize on EU-China relations

    Three days before the Nobel Peace Prize is awarded to Liu Xiaobo, the Greens/EFA together with the other speakers will reiterate their demand for his immediate release and insist that High Representative Catherine Ashton does not yield to pressure from the Chinese government and travels to Oslo on 10 December.