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    EU enlargement

    The European Commission today presented its EU enlargement package 2010, including 'progress reports' on the EU accession countries and assessments of two membership applications. Commenting on the package and the progress of the western Balkan countries, Greens/EFA foreign affairs spokesperson and ...
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    Energy efficiency and saving

    The European Parliament industry and energy committee today adopted a report outlining the EP position on the forthcoming EU energy efficiency action plan. Green MEPs welcomed the outcome, which included a call for the EU's 2020 energy savings target to be made binding. Following the vote, French Gr...
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    EU visa liberalisation

    EU justice ministers today unanimously endorsed a proposal to include Bosnia-Herzegovina and Albania in the EU visa liberalisation scheme, clearing the way for their inclusion by the end of the year. Green MEPs welcomed the belated decision but called for Kosovo to be included. Commenting on the Cou...
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    Data protection

    The EU Commission yesterday presented proposals to revise EU rules on data protection [1]. The Greens welcomed the proposals, with Green data protection spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht (MEP, Germany) saying: "The long-awaited proposals by the Commission are a step in the right direction: data...
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    Nuclear waste

    EU energy commissioner Günther Oettinger today presented proposals for a new directive setting out EU rules on nuclear waste management and disposal. Green MEPs have expressed concern that the proposals fail to deal with crucial aspects of the nuclear waste issue. Commenting on the proposals, Gree...
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    Iran - human rights

    Responding to reports that the execution of Iranian woman Sakineh Mohammadi-Ashtiani has again been postponed (1), Green MEPs Heidi Hautala, chair of the European Parliament subcommittee on human rights, and Barbara Lochbihler, chair of the European Parliament's Iran delegation said: "We welcom...
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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...