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    What should the Eurozone and EU Summits achieve?

    EU and Eurozone heads of state are set to meet this weekend with expectations high that the summit will deliver a comprehensive set of solutions to the ongoing Eurozone crisis. Ahead of the summit, Green economic spokesperson Sven Giegold outlines the key issues that need to be addressed by the summ...
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    Financial regulation

    The European Commission today presented legislative proposals aimed at reforming the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) (1). While the Greens welcomed some of the proposals aimed at increasing market transparency, the group has expressed disappointment that the Commission has failed ...
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    The first European Semester and its contribution to the EU2020 Strategy

    The Commission doesn't care about the objectives it sets for itself. This is how we could summarise the study realised for the Greens on the European Semester. This study is the first of its kind to check through all the recommendations that the EU has addressed to the 27 member states and to analyse their coherence with regard to the per…
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    EU financial rules

    The European Parliament and Council agreed today on a compromise to ban naked credit default swaps (CDS) on the sovereign debt of European countries under new EU rules. Commenting on the agreement, Green MEP and EP draftsman for the legislation Pascal Canfin said: "Today’s agreement, notably...
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    Event |

    Forging a Green response to the Eurocrisis

    The financial crisis developed into a threat of the European project itself and debates on measures how to get out of it is dominating the political debate on European as well as on national level. Both parliaments, the European and the national parliaments, have a crucial role in deciding on measures and safeguarding democratic legitima…
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    Weekly Round-up

    Priorities for the Greens this week included the Green report on illegal fishing, the CAP reform, the preparation of the European Council, the debate on Schengen and Bulgaria/Romania, the situation in Ukraine and the debate on uprisings in Yemen and Bahrain.
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    Press release |

    Eurozone crisis

    Commenting on the 'roadmap for stability and growth' presented by EU Commission president Barroso today, Green economics spokesperson Philippe Lamberts MEP said: "While the Greens are in favour of recycling in principle, we would have preferred a bit more original thinking in the roadmap pres...
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    Wales step closer to new EU funding

    As the European Commission today (Wednesday) publishes further details of the next round of cohesion funding after 2013, Plaid MEP Jill Evans has warned of the dangers of complacency in preparing for this third opportunity of top level EU funding. Ms Evans said the economic crisis made it increasing...
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    Plenary Round-up

    The Green priorities for the plenary session were the situation in Palestine, the economic governance package of legislation, the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement and Western Sahara, road safety, the debate on the State of the Union...
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    Plaid MEP welcomes transaction tax announcement

    Plaid MEP and Party President Jill Evans has welcomed today's announcement by the European Commission of plans to introduce a financial transaction tax in the EU.   Ms Evans has long campaigned for such a tax which it is hoped will be able to curb harmful financial speculation as well as ...