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    EU budget

    The European Parliament's special temporary committee on future policy challenges and the EU budget (SURE committee) adopted its report the post-2013 financial framework yesterday evening. After the vote, Green MEP and shadow draftsman Bas Eickhout said: “MEPs have made clear that a freeze or decr...
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    ITER/France

    The Green MEPs Bart Staes, Isabelle Durant and Michèle Rivasi were in the delegation of MEPs that visited Cadarache, France from 16 to 18 May 2011 to evaluate the progress of the ITER project of an experimental nuclear fusion reactor. A visit which comes at a time of financial tension, the cost hav...
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    ECOFIN Council

    Eurozone finance ministers have just agreed to grant a bailout package of €78bn to Portugal, the third euro-area country to receive official loans. The EU’s two bailout funds, the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) and the European Financial Stabilization Mechanism (ESM) will each prov...
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    Plenary Round-up

    Highlights for the Greens included the votes of the reports on lobbying transparency and registering lobbyists, on the discharge of the EU's 2009 budget and on investment agreements with 3rd countries. The debates on Schengen, on nuclear safety, on novel foods and on Syria were also our priorities during this plenary week.
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    e-fa News Round-Up April/May 2011

    Key issues in April and early May included: SNP landslide victory at Scottish elections Middle East - Syria, Bahrain, Yemen Imported radioactive fish Promoting democracy in the Basque Country Fish discards EFA General Assembly No to EU-wide constituency Europe without borders should remain in place...
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    Lobbying transparency

    The European Parliament today adopted a report (Casini) on a joint lobbyist register between the European Commission and Parliament, partially strengthening the existing registers. The Greens welcomed the improvements as a first step but called for further steps to strengthen the register as soon as...
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    Budget discharge

    A majority of the European Parliament decided today not to grant discharge to the European Medicines Agency (EMA) in respect of the implementation of its 2009 budget. The agency now has 6 months to come up with a clear response and proposals to improve its procedures. After the vote, Green MEP and v...
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    Biodiversity

    The European Commission today presented an EU strategy* aimed at fulfilling the EU goal of halting biodiversity loss by 2020, agreed by EU leaders last year. The Greens expressed regret that the strategy offers few concrete commitments for achieving this goal and sub-targets that are inconsistent wi...
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    EU budget proposal

    The European Commission today presented its proposals for the EU budget 2012. The Greens hit out at proposals for a major increase in funding for the ITER nuclear fusion project, as well as cuts for energy networks among other areas. Green MEP and budgetary spokesperson Helga Trüpel said: "...
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    EU migration crisis

    Commenting on the news that trains containing Tunisians in possession of humanitarian residence permits were blocked at the borders of at least two EU member states (France and Austria), Greens/EFA co-president Dany Cohn-Bendit said: "Tunisian people, who for years suffered as a result of the E...