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    Financial transaction tax

    Commenting on the announcement that a group of eleven EU member states has agreed to move forward with the implementation of a common financial transaction tax through an 'enhanced cooperation' procedure (1), Green economic and finance spokesperson Emilie Turunen (MEP, Denmark) stated: "This br...
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    Tax avoidance/Greece

    Co-presidents of the Greens/EFA group Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit today wrote to EU Council president Van Rompuy and Commission president Barroso urging swift action on tax evasion in the context of the deteriorating economic situation in Greece (1). The letter calls for the forthcoming EU su...
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    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the committee votes on EU budget and future financing 2014-20, regulating offshore oil and gas exploration, keeping track of greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear safety and cooperation with other countries, tackling insider dealing and market manipulation, animal transport and welfare
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    Banking sector reform

    Commenting on the report of the European Commission's high-level group on bank structural reform (the Liikanen report), Green finance spokesperson Philippe Lamberts stated: "This report outlines a number of important proposals that would contribute to the overdue reform of the banking sector. H...
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    Financial markets and products (MiFID)

    The EP's economic and monetary affairs committee voted on important legislative proposals on the regulation of the market for financial instruments (MIFID) yesterday evening. While MEPs took tentative steps to strengthening proposals on high frequency trading and commodity speculation, the Greens ar...
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    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the presentation of Sakharov prize candidates, regulating financial markets and limiting commodity speculation, budget problems in EU agencies, air pollution and EU regulation, ICT possibilities and the case of Iceland, nanomaterial registers and transparency, the Commission brought to court, tac…
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    Accounting transparency

    Crucial new draft EU legislation on accounting and transparency was voted on by the legal affairs committee in the European Parliament today (1). The Greens welcomed the support of MEPs for greater transparency on companies' activities, notably for project reporting and on payments to governments, ...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included illegal CIA activities, energy saving, limiting pollution from shipping, tackling corporate tax avoidance, Russia and the rule of law, sustainable fisheries and consumption, democratic rollback in Romania...
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    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include accounting transparency, reporting and conflict resources; the shale gas time-bomb and fracking; prioritising quality agricultural exports and sustainable farming; setting priorities for EU development policy; the EU-Israel association agreement; regulating offshore oil and gas exploration; Lobby…
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    EU venture capital rules

    The European Parliament today voted on new draft EU legislation on venture capital funds. MEPs voted to maintain a key provision clamping down on venture capital funds in tax havens, putting pressure on EU governments to accept this measure, which was part of a legislative agreement concluded before...