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    Human rights - Russia visit

    Speaking ahead of the UN International Day of Human Rights and her visit to Moscow and Ekaterinburg in Russia, Finnish Green MEP and EP human rights chair Heidi Hautala has called for protection and freedom of human rights defenders.
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    Kosovo

    In its conclusions on the Enlargement and Stabilisation and Association Process, EU foreign affairs ministers at the General Affairs and External Relations Council yesterday stressed that Kosovo should benefit from eventual visa-free travel to the EU. Ulrike Lunacek, Greens/EFA foreign affairs spoke...
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    Copenhagen climate summit

    The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament will have a strong presence at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. Four Greens/EFA MEPs will be part of the European Parliament's official delegation: President Rebecca Harms (Germany), Satu Hassi ( Finland), Yannick Jadot (France) and Bas Eickhout (Netherlands).
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    Bluefin tuna

    In response to a formal question from Green MEP Raül Romeva, the European Commission has revealed that the EU pays millions of Euros to European fishing fleets that target bluefin tuna.
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    EU foreign policy

    Greens have welcomed that Lady Catherine Ashton, the newly appointed high-representative for EU foreign and security policy, came to the EP to face questions. Her willingness to listen must now be followed with a clear vision for EU foreign policy, as well as leadership and action.
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    Financial supervision

    The four coordinators for the EPP, S&D, ALDE and Greens political groups believe that the negotiations of the ECOFIN Council on the micro-supervision of the financial sector are going in the wrong direction.The European Parliament, as co-legislator on this topic, will play its full role in respe...
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    Lisbon Treaty

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    EU-US bank data transfers

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    EU-USA

    Amid concerns over data protection and citizens' rights, the European Parliament's political group leaders are joining the Greens' call for the EU Council to delay its decision on a bank data transfer agreement with the USA.
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    Post Lisbon Strategy

    In a letter to Commission President José Manuel Barroso, acting EU Council President Fredrik Reinfeldt and incoming permanent EU Council President Herman Van Rompuy, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit have called for adoption of the Europe 2020 Agenda to be postponed to D...