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    European financial market supervision

    The Commission's weak proposals are good news only for the sceptical Member States and for the financial industry lobbies who are behind them. The Greens will continue to call for a single, powerful EU-level financial supervisor to deliver the watertight regulation that is needed.
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    Lithuania - homophobia

    Today the European Parliament adopted a resolution criticising legislation in Lithuania that – from March 2010 – would ban the discussion of homosexuality in schools and any reference to homosexuality in public information that can be viewed by children.
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    Internet - copyright

    Today, the French National Assembly adopted a modified version of controversial 'Hadopi' legislation against online copyright infringement. It retains controversial aspects of the original proposal: harsh financial penalties and the option to withdraw Internet access.
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    Climate finance

    The European Commission today published its proposals setting out a framework for financing of international climate efforts, including the role of the EU.
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    EU Commission President

    Next week's European Parliament plenary agenda in Strasbourg (16 September) will feature a vote on José Manuel Barroso's nomination for a second term as Commission President. This is the result of a majority decision in the European Parliament's Conference of Presidents this morning, where EPP-ED, ...
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    Barroso hearing at Greens/EFA Group meeting

    José Manuel Barroso will present his programme for a further term as EU Commission President and face questions from Greens/EFA MEPs at their group meeting on Wednesday 9 September.
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    Bluefin tuna

    The European Commission has reportedly agreed to give only its qualified support to a proposal by Monaco to list bluefin tuna in Annex 1 of CITES and ban the international trade of this endangered species.
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    Green New Deal

    Today the European Parliament Greens presented the final report of their commissioned study examining recovery plans and financial instruments for a "green modernisation of Europe". The study (1), carried out by the renowned Wuppertal Institute, focuses on climate, environment and energy aspects of ...
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    Bluefin tuna

    Greens/EFA MEPs Isabella Lövin (Sweden) and Raül Romeva (Spain) have written to Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso to request the Commission's support for a proposal to list bluefin tuna on Appendix 1 of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES).
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    Asylum policy

    Today, the European Commission published a proposal for a "Joint EU resettlement programme" for refugees from 'third' countries. UK Green MEP Jean Lambert, a Member of the European Parliament's Civil Liberties Committee, commented: "We welcome the EU Commission proposal in principle, ...