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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...
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    Climate change

    A new study by the Ecofys Institute, commissioned by the Greens/EFA group and launched today in European Parliament, has revealed EU's claims to be the leader in international climate policy to be a myth.
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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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    MEPs support for hunger striker

    MEPs from the European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament are supporting the case of Western Saharan activist Aminatou Haidar.  Ms Haidar is currently on hunger strike at Lanzarote airport in the Canary Islands after being forcibly expelled from her homeland by the Moroccan aut...