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    Illegal timber/climate change

    After many months of delay, the EU agriculture council has finally reached a position on new legislation against the trade of illgeal timber and timber products. Shamefully, it does not support the strong measures advocated by the EU Parliament and its Green rapporteur Caroline Lucas.
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    Climate change

    As EU heads of state and government start arriving at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, the fate of the talks is in the balance. All the main political issues remain open, with the EU failing to advance its position and worrying reports emerging that it is scaling back its ambitions.
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    Sakharov Prize

    Greens/EFA welcome the award of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Memorial, Ludmila Alexeyeva, Oleg Orlov, Sergey Kovalev and all human rights defenfers in Russia. The EU however needs to do far more to protect activists at risk in Russia and across the world.
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    EU should get ready for Scottish independence

    SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has called for the EU institutions to begin preparing for Scottish independence.  Mr Hudghton made the call during a debate today at the European Parliament in Strasbourg with Swedish Prime Minister Frederik Reinfeldt. Sweden currently holds th...
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    Toy safety

    A year after the Greens/EFA Group voted against rushed-through toy safety legislation, a German study has concluded that the rules are inadequate. The Greens are calling for better protection against toxic substances and independent safety checks on toys for children.
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    Brepoels calls for EU clarity on Mid East peace process

    Flemish MEP Frieda Brepoels (N-VA) has called for the EU to take a clear and unequivocal position on the future of East Jerusalem.Brepoels was speaking in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg with the Council and Commission on the current situation in the Middle East and East Jerusalem....
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    EU summit

    EU leaders have again missed an opportunity to reclaim Europe's leading role in the UN climate negotiations. Fast-track financing for developing countries has been agreed, but no progress was made on longer term financing and there was no commitment to 30% emissions reductions.
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    EU summit

    Commenting on the conclusions of the EU summit of heads of state and government in Brussels today, Sven Giegold, Greens/EFA coordinator for the EP economics and monetary affairs committee, commented:"It is a great succes for the alterglobalist movement that the European Council has for the first tim...
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    Smith hails EU windfall for Scotland's energy sector

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today hailed news that the European Commission has approved a series of renewable energy projects that will receive over €1.5 billion from the EU's economic recovery fund, bringing just over GBP 100 million to Scotland. Two Scottish projects have won ...
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    Backing for Catalan 'people power'

    MEPs from Corsica, Flanders and Wales will be in Catalonia this weekend to act as observers for the series of local referendums taking place on Catalan independence.A grassroots initiative has used existing powers to organise a series of local referendums at town and municipal level in order to give...