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Bluefin tuna

European Fisheries Commissioner Maria Damanaki and Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik today announced European Commission support for Appendix 1 listing of bluefin tuna in CITES (1), albeit with a delay and under certain conditions. The joint statement of the new Commissioners marks an end to t...
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UN Climate talks

Commenting on the resignation of Yvo de Boer as Executive Secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as from 1 July, Rebecca Harms, President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament said:"The Greens regret the decision of Yvo de Boer to step down as Executive S...
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2nd anniversary of Kosovo's independence

Commenting on the second anniversary of the declaration of independence of Kosovo, Ulrike Lunacek, rapporteur of the European parliament on Kosovo and foreign affairs spokesperson for the Greens/EFA group today said:"Two years after the declaration of Kosovo's independence, it is high time to focus ...
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Greece

Commenting on the result of today's meeting of the EU finance and economy ministers on the Greek budget crisis, Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament today said:"We welcome that the EU's finance ministers today made clear that the EU w...
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Eutelsat - censorship

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT CROSS-PARTY PRESS RELEASEWe, the undersigned, are gravely concerned about news that Eutelsat, the leading European satellite operator – partly funded by French public funds – has, under pressure from Russia, refused to broadcast the Georgian channel in Russian language, Perviy...
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SWIFT data transfers

The Greens have welcomed Parliament's decision to reject an interim agreement for the EU to supply bank transfer data to the US.
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Bluefin tuna

European Parliament bluefin tuna rapporteur Raül Romeva has welcomed the instiution's resolution calling for a ban in the international trade of this species. A decision on whether to list bluefin tuna will be made at a CITES meeting in March.
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UN climate talks

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on the outcome of the UN climate talks in Copenhagen last December. The resolution includes a call for the EU to improve its negotiating position and to remove question marks over its pledged climate aid. After the vote Finnish Green MEP Satu Hassi ...
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Child safety on social networking sites

MEP welcomes EU initiative to better protect children who use the internetSNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed moves by the European Commission to make social networking sites safer for children who use them. Mr Hudghton commented following the publication of a new EU study which reveale...
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MEPs oppose closure of Basque newspaper

Twenty two MEPs from four parliamentary groups have given their support to a declaration which calls for the provisional closure of Basque language newspaper Egunkaria to be lifted. The declaration also calls for the acquittal of those accused and for them to be compensated.It will be seven years on...