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    e-fa News Round-Up September 2010

    The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group in parliament.EFA MEP...
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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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    Passenger data (PNR)

    The European Commission today presented its 'PNR Package' setting out its policy on the exchange of passenger name records with third countries and agreements with the US, Australia and Canada. The Greens criticised the proposals, with German Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht responding: "Today's ...
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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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    Ecofin council

    Tomorrow (7th September 2010), EU finance ministers will meet at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) in Brussels to discuss the issue of financial sector taxation. As well as coordinating the establishment of a bank levy, the ministers will also discuss the introduction of a European...
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    International Criminal Court

    Commenting on reports, that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will travel to Kenya today, Heidi Hautala, President of the Sub-Committee for Human Rights of the European Parliament, said: "According to information I have received, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be travelling to Kenya tod...
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    Recruitment of new EU ambassadors

    Commenting on media reports that EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton intends to appoint hardly any women and Eastern Europeans as EU ambassadors, Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said:"Ms Ashton's first staffing decisions could hardly be worse: not even ...
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    Kosovo ruling of the ICJ

    Commenting on today's ruling of the International Court of Justice on the legality of Kosovo's secession from Serbia, Ulrike Lunacek (Austria) Greens/EFA Foreign Affairs Spokesperson and Rapporteur of the European Parliament for Kosovo, said: "The Advisory Opinion of the International Court of ...