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    Financial and investment rules (MiFID)

    The European Parliament and Council today reached agreement on proposals to revise EU legislation on markets in financial instruments (MiFID/MiFIR). The Greens welcomed improvements on market transparency and high-frequency trading (HFT), as well as on curbing speculation, through the use of derivat...
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    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include carbon capture and storage, climate-damaging emissions from vans, plastic waste in the environment, honey labels, bee health and GMOs, public procurement, public services and innovation, free movement for all EU citizens, data protection and EU-US relations, European citizenship, EU…
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    EU summit

    Meeting today at the EU summit in Brussels, the EU’s Heads of State and Government have failed to come to any decision on either banking union or Common Foreign and Security Policy. Commenting on the summit, Rebecca Harms, President of the Greens/EFA group, said: "This is yet another EU summi...
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    Banking resolution

    The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee today voted on draft EU legislation on bank resolution and the creation of single mechanism for banking resolution. The Greens welcomed the outcome and called on EU governments to move towards this position. Commenting after the vote,...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include final trialogue negotiations on tobacco, GMO authorisation and democratic process, winding up failing banks and protecting taxpayers, EU car emissions rules, railway safety, investment products and commodity speculation, cloning and food production, tackling air pollution at EU level
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    Globalisation adjustment fund

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    Banking

    The European Parliament today voted on new EU legislation governing basic bank accounts. The Greens welcomed the outcome, notably provisions on the right to a bank account (1). Commenting after the vote, Green finance spokesperson Sven Giegold said: "The EP has today voted to ensure a universa...
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    Banking resolution

    The European Parliament and the Council last night reached an agreement on new EU legislation on bank recovery and resolution in the context of banking crises. The new legislation includes provisions that troubled banks should primarily be saved by their shareholders and creditors (bail-in) rather t...
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    Video |

    Bank accounts: a basic right

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    EU mortgage rules

    Today the European Parliament finally adopted new rules on mortgages (directive on credit agreements relating to residential properties). The Greens welcomed the new rules, which will provide for greater protection for consumers but regretted the failure to deal with the macroeconomic risks of irres...