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    Biodiversity protection

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on the implementation of EU legislation aimed at conserving biodiversity. The report highlights the lack of progress made towards achieving the EU's biodiversity goals and calls for steps to be taken at EU-level. While the Greens believed the report sho...
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    Millennium Development Goals

    World leaders are meeting this week at a UN summit in New York to accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are due to be realised by 2015. At the summit last night, EU Commission President Barroso reiterated a 'new' pledge to provide €1 billion to the achievement o...
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    MEPs statement on ETA announcement

    A group of Members of the European Parliament have released a statement calling for the European Union and the Spanish and French governments to seize the historic opportunities presented by ETA's recent announcement of a cessation to armed activity.Several MEPs set up the Basque Friendship Group in...
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    Financial regulation

    The European Commission is set to present two legislative proposals today on derivatives and short selling. Commenting on leaked drafts of the proposals, French Green MEP Pascal Canfin said: "Given the central roles played by derivatives and short selling in the financial crisis, the Commission...
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    EU ambassadors appointments

    Commenting on the appointment of 28 EU ambassadors, announced today by EU high representative Catherine Ashton, Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs co-spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group, said: "Today's announcement confirms our fears that the EU's External Action Service would become an old b...
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    Roma expulsions

    EU Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding today criticised the ongoing expulsion of Roma people by the French authorities, the first time the European Commission has explicitly criticised France. The Commissioner also raised the threat of legal action against France. Reacting to the Commission's shift ...
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    Real democratisation in Turkey still a long way off

    Last weekend a referendum took place in Turkey over the reform of 26 articles of the Turkish constitution. This is part of Ankara's aim of placing Turkey on a more European path. N-VA and EFA MEP Frieda Brepoels has described the referendum as a missed opportunity. Brepoels said: "The constitut...
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    Turkish constitutional referendum

    A partial reform of the Turkish constitution has passed, with 58% of the vote in favour. Commenting on the result, Green MEP Hélène Flautre, Chair of the Delegation to the EU-Turkey Joint Parliamentary Committee, today said:"This vote confirms the democratic changes taking place in Turkey. This is...
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    Kosovo - UN resolution

    The EU and Serbia have reached a compromise on a draft UN resolution on Kosovo, which will be voted in the UN General Assembly. Green MEPs welcomed the compromise, which will replace a controversial resolution prepared by Serbia. Commenting on the compromise, Green MEP and EU Parliament draftsperson...
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    EU budget - own resources

    The European Parliament temporary committee on the financial perspectives met today for the first time to discuss the post-2013 EU budget. The committee meeting signalled the European Parliament's resolve to pressure the European Commission to come forward with a proposal to create an own resources ...