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    EU Summit

    Commenting on the result of the European Summit, Rebecca Harmsand Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament said: "By giving the permanent crisis mechanism a watertight legal base through a limited change of the EU treaties, the EU summit took the right ...
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    Obamas Überwachungspläne

    Zu den Plänen der Obama-Administration für neue Überwachungsgesetze in den Vereinigten Staaten erklärt der Grüne Innenexperte im EU-Parlament, Jan Philipp Albrecht: "Die aktuellen Presseberichte über die von der US-Regierung geplanten Überwachungsmaßnahmen sind erschreckend. Es ist völ...
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    Cross-border healthcare

    The European Parliament's environment committee this morning voted on proposed EU rules on access and rights to cross-border healthcare (1). Green MEPs broadly welcomed the outcome as striking the right balance. After the vote Dutch Green MEP and Greens/EFA shadow draftsperson on the legislation, Ba...
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    Hedge funds

    An agreement was reached this morning between the European Parliament and Council in the trialogue negotiations on new EU legislation on alternative investment funds (AIFM Directive). The deal, which followed months of contentious negotiations, has been criticised by Green MEPs as failing to provide...
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    EU-Serbia

    EU foreign ministers today gave the go-ahead for the next step in Serbia's EU accession by calling on the European Commission to assess Serbia's application for membership. Green MEPs welcomed the decision, which maintains the pressure on Serbia to arrest key war criminals wanted by the Internationa...
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    EU Fisheries

    EU fisheries ministers are expected to decide on fishing quotas for the Baltic Sea when they meet at tomorrow's council (Tuesday, 26 October). Green MEPs are concerned about reports that the Council will again set fishing limits too high. Ahead of the Fisheries Council meeting, Green MEPs Isabella L...
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    Waste crisis in Campania, Italy

    MEPs have raised serious concerns that the region of Campania in Italy is headed towards a new environmental crisis, due to its appalling waste management policy and disregard of EU waste rules. Green MEPs are particularly concerned about an announcement from the Italian government permitting the re...
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    EU budget 2011

    The EU Parliament today voted to adopt a compromise package on the EU's budgets for 2011. The Greens broadly welcomed the vote, which would limit the growth in the EU budgets based while still enabling the EU to respond to the extra demands created by the Lisbon treaty. Commenting on the general out...
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    External Action Service

    The European Parliament approved today the last three legislative texts required to launch the European External Action Service (EEAS) on 1 December 2010 (Staff Regulation, Financial Regulation and the EEAS 2010 budget). After the vote in plenary, Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs co-spokesperson ...
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    Maternity rules

    The European Parliament today voted on a legislative proposal to revise EU rules on the health and safety of pregnant workers, including provisions for minimum maternity and paternity leave (Estrela report). Green MEPs welcomed the vote, which would strengthen EU rules on minimum maternity leave, pr...