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    Future of Opel

    Flemish MEP Frieda Brepoels has called on the European Commission to act swiftly in order to help car manufacturer Opel, whose Antwerp plant is under threat.The MEP was speaking in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday evening about the sale of Opel to the Austrian-Canadian con...
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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, ...
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    Honduras - EU

    Yesterday, the COLAT (Council Committee on Latin America) decided to lift the suspension of negotiations of an Association Agreement with Central American countries, including Honduras. Raül Romeva, Vice-President of the Greens/EFA Group and member of the European Parliament delegation to Central ...
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    Burma

    Commenting on the judgement passed against Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi, extending her house arrest sentence by a further 18 months, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms andDaniel Cohn-Bendit commented:"Greens deplore the kangaroo court judgment against Burmese pro-democracy lea...