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    Press release |

    Neighbourhood policy

    After today's presentation of the progress reports on Neighbourhood policy, Greens/EFA foreign affairs spokesperson Werner Schulz commented on the state of play of the Eastern Partnership (for Ukraine, Moldova, Belarus Azerbaijan, Armenia and Georgia):  "The progress reports show the wh...
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    Get Women On Board

    This Green campaign supports the introduction of mandatory EU-wide quotas for the representation of women on executive boards. The voluntary approach to addressing one of the major remaining barriers to gender equality has failed and the Greens support the introduction of a binding boardroom quota through EU legislation with a view to sti…
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    EU summit (Cyprus/Hungary)

    Commenting on the ongoing summit of EU heads of state and government and discussions on financial assistance for Cyprus, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms stated: "There can be no blank cheque for Cyprus. Any rescue package for Cyprus has to be made conditional on the implementation of cert...
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    Situation in Ukraine

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    Hungary

    The Hungarian parliament today passed a series of constitutional amendments undermining the role of the independent Constitutional Court and the rights of minorities. The Greens hit out at the votes, which come just as the European Parliament is concluding an assessment of previous controversial con...
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    EU data protection rules

    EU justice and home affairs ministers are set to discuss draft EU legislation on data protection tomorrow (1). Commenting ahead of the Council debate, the European Parliament's draftsperson on the EU data protection regulation Jan Philipp Albrecht (Green MEP, Germany) said: "Reports that v...
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    Event |

    Get women on board

    In spite of all the lip service, women are still grossly under-represented on the boards of large European companies, with the share of women in the highest decision-making bodies of the largest publically-listed companies at a mere 14%. This is not because of a shortage of qualified women. Will the EU do what it takes to get women on boa…
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    Abuse of power in Ukraine

    Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament is following the development of the possible revoking today in Kiev of parliamentary deputy Sergei Vlasenko's mandate. Vlasenko is legal adviser to Yulia Tymoshenko and is also a Member of the Ukrainian Parliament. The court ...
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    News |

    Get Women on Board

    Action at EU level needed The voluntary approach has unfortunately failed. In spite of all the lip service, women are still grossly under-represented on the boards of large European companies. Despite 60% of university graduates in the EU being women, their presence in the highest decision-making...
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    News |

    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include EU bank capital rules, banker bonuses and account transparency, CAP reform: assessment ahead of the vote, GMO-free labelling and animal feed, Fukushima two years on, Zero waste: beyond recycling conference and film screening with Jeremy Irons, Boardroom quotas for women