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    Stress test

    Commenting on the disclosure of the stress tests of the EU banking system, Sven Giegold, coordinator of the Greens/EFA in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee of the EU Parliament said: "As the purpose of the stress test exercise is to increase transparency and bolster confidence, we hav...
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    Kosovo ruling of the ICJ

    Commenting on today's ruling of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's secession from Serbia, Ulrike Lunacek (Austria) Greens/EFA Foreign Affairs Spokesperson and Rapporteur of the European Parliament for Kosovo, said: "The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of ...
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    Human rights in China

    On the occasion of the hearing on Human rights in China organised in the premises of the European Parliament, Green MEP Heidi Hautala (Finland), Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee for Human Rights, deplored the deterioration of working conditions for the civil society and the harassment of human r...
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    EU Financial Supervision

    Sven Giegold, Coordinator of Greens/EFA in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and the EP's rapporteur for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) declares: "In today's negotiations between Council, Commission and the Parliament it became clear that more movement on the sid...
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    Assassination of Rwandan Green Party Vice-President

    Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA GroupEva Joly, President of the Development committeeHeidi Hautala, President of the sub-committee on Human RightsIsabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the death of André Kagwa Rwisereka,...
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    European Standardisation

    On the occasion of today's vote on the future of European standardisation in the Industry Committee of the European Parliament, the Rapporteur Reinhard Bütikofer(Germany), Vice-Chair of the Greens/European Free Alliance and spokesperson on industrial policy, declares: "With today's vote the Eu...
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    GMO cultivation

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    Seasonal Workers

    Commenting on the Commission proposal for a directive on seasonal employment. Green MEP Judith Sargentini (Netherlands), Coordinator for the Greens on the Home Affairs committee, said: "Seasonal work is an important part of a well functioning European labour migration policy. This directive wil...
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    Financial Transaction Tax

    Commenting on EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta opposition to a financial transaction tax (1), Greens / EFA economic and financial spokesman, Sven Giegold (MEP, Germany), said:"It is absolutely scandalous that after seeing German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and French Finance Ministe...
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    ITER

    Today the Council for Agriculture adopted the conclusions on the future financing of the nuclear fusion project ITER as an 'A-item' without debate. Rebecca Harms, president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament comments: "Today's decision to reaffirm the commitment to the ITER proj...