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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary session included the state of nuclear power on the Fukushima anniversary, strengthening the role of cooperatives in European society, the recent elections in Russia, government violence in Syria, the low carbon roadmap...
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    Calls to boost number of women in political decision making

    MEPs from the European Parliament's European Free Alliance group are backing moves to boost the role of women in political decision making, and to close the gender pay gap. The European Free Alliance in the European Parliament has a majority of female members. Proposals to reduce the gender pay gap ...
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    Rare Earths

    The decision by the EU, together with the US and Japan, to challenge China's rare earth export restrictions before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) takes this ongoing dispute to a new level. Building on an earlier challenge on 9 other raw materials, which yielded a successful WTO ruling Ja...
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    Social economy - cooperatives

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on strengthening European cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (1) in the context of the UN year of cooperatives (2). Commenting after the vote, Green economic affairs spokesperson and draftsman for the report Sven Giegold said:...
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    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for next week's Strasbourg Plenary include the state of nuclear power on the Fukushima anniversary, strengthening the role of cooperatives in European society, the recent elections in Russia, government violence in Syria, the low carbon roadmap...
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    Funding the Green New Deal

    As Europe, and much of the developed world, continues to grapple with the ongoing debt crisis, it must not be forgotten that the most pressing threat facing us is climate change. This report examines how we can make the necessary investment in a Green economy within the confines of the debt crisis.
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    The Green New Deal

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    Why do we need a Green New Deal?

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    EU summit

    It is high time to end the damaging blinkered focus on public spending cuts and start addressing ways to strengthen national revenue sources. A long-overdue step to this end is to take common measures to tackle tax avoidance and evasion, as well as finally implementing a financial transaction tax and introducing a proper common corporate …
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    Energy and carbon tax

    The European Parliament economic affairs committee (ECON) today voted on proposed EU legislation on energy taxation, which sets out minimum European rates, notably with a view to introducing EU-level carbon taxation. The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote, which gives a clear political signal f...