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    Payment card fees

    The European Parliament and EU finance ministers this evening reached an agreement on EU rules on credit and debit card interchange fees. The Greens welcomed the new legislation, which is aimed at curbing excessive fees paid by many retailers for accepting payment cards. Commenting on the agreement,...
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    EU Budget fails to deal effectively with payments shortfall

    Catalan MEP Ernest Maragall (substitute member of the European Parliament's Budgets Committee) has criticised a deal on the EU Budget for 2015 approved today by MEPs at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Parliamentary approval was required for the deal agreed between the European Parliament and ...
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    EU summit/investment plan

    EU heads of state and government will meet on Thursday and Friday of this week to consider the investment plan proposed by Commission president Juncker, among other issues. The European Parliament today held a debate, ahead of the summit. In the context of the debate, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca...
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    EU money laundering rules

    The European Parliament and Council today reached agreement on new EU legislation aimed at tackling money laundering.  The Greens welcomed the final agreement which includes crucial provisions on central registers for beneficial ownership, which was proposed by the Greens and insisted on by the...
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    EU Commission work programme

    The European Commission today presented its work programme for 2015. The programme lists legislation that could be proposed over the coming year but also legislative proposals already in the pipeline that could be withdrawn. The Greens have expressed concern about the mooted shelving of crucial legi...
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    EU finance council

    A Council meeting of EU finance ministers has again failed to finalise the proposed EU financial transaction tax, after the ministers of the 11 participating states could not agree. At the Council today, the finance ministers are set to agree to a revision of crucial EU legislation in the context of...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The European Parliament's conference of presidents of political groups today agreed that the EP's economic affairs committee should draft two initiative reports on tax evasion. The Greens/EFA group has pushed for a full European Parliament inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping as a follow-u...
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    Economic governance

    The European Commission today presented its assessment of EU member states' budgetary plans in the context of the Stability and Growth Pact, as well as presenting a communication on how to revise the EU's system of economic governance. Commenting on the Commission's assessment of EU member states' b...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included tax evasíon and the LuxLeaks, plastic bags rules, the Pope's visit and the role of his church, the EU-Canada PNR agreement, migration and tragedies in the Mediterranean, the recognition of Palestine and peace in the Middle East, the UN climate talks and the EU's role, the Commiss…
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The European Parliament's conference of presidents of political groups today postponed a decision on how the parliament should follow up to the Luxembourg Leaks revelations and the wider implications on tax dumping in Europe. The Greens/EFA group has renewed its push for MEPs to support a full inqui...