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    Press release |

    Energy Efficiency Directive

    The Environment Committee of the European Parliament voted today on its opinion on the Energy Efficiency Directive. A huge majority of the Environment Committee called upon the European Commission to withhold a significant amount of CO2 allowances before the start of the third trading phase of ETS a...
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    The Green New Deal

    The Green New Deal is more than just another “eco-friendly” policy - it’s a plan for a rethink of priorities in addressing the way we live and work. Therefore the Green New Deal proposes a comprehensive, economic, social and environmental transformation, from infrastructure and sustainable industrial policies to investment in peoples’ wel…
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week in Strasbourg included the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement, ITER nuclear fusion and EU funds, single EU work permit, criminal proceedings and the right to information, the Euro crisis, banning environment-damaging phosphates and many others
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    Single European work permit

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    Press release |

    EU summit

    Commenting on the outcome of the EU summit on economic governance and the Euro crisis, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit said: “This stopgap outcome has prevented summit failure but the proposed intergovernmental treaty raises as many new questions as it answers. In term...
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    News |

    Presidency of the European Union

    On Wednesday 7 December, a delegation of the Greens/EFA Group went to Copenhagen and met the incoming Danish Presidency of the European Union to discuss its priorities
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    News |

    EU summit

    This week's EU summit, the latest in a seemingly never-ending cycle of 'crisis summits', is being billed by many as the last chance saloon for the Euro. If that is the case, the portents are not good, with Monday's Merkozy meeting having served up another package of half-measures as the basis for ag...
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    Press release |

    European social entrepreneurship funds

    The European Commission today adopted a proposal on social entrepreneurship funds. Commenting on the proposal, Green finance spokesperson and shadow rapporteur on this legislative file Sven Giegold said: "These proposals lay the foundations for the recognition and promotion of the social and...
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    Franco-German meeting

    Commenting on the outcome of the meeting between German chancellor Angela Merkel and French president Sarkozy today, Green co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit said: “Another high-level meeting has come and gone, and we are left with another missed opportunity to provide answers to th...
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    Press release |

    Research, innovation and SMEs

    The European Commission today presented Horizon 2020, the EU's framework for research and innovation from 2014-20, as well as the EU SMEs and Competiveness programme. The Greens gave a broad welcome to the Horizon 2020 proposals, notably its increased budget and apparently greater focus on the green...