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    EU systemic banks capture huge amount of implicit subsidies

    According to the study, the best estimate of subsidies amounts to 233.9 billion euro. The study shows that that without these implicit subsidies the large banking institutions in the EU would be making substantial losses. Furthermore, it compares the orders of magnitude of implicit subsidies with the upcoming capital charges and levies …
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    Environmental policy in the European Semester: assessing progress to date

    This Greens/EFA study draws a critical analysis of environmental policy in the current European Semester and discusses avenues for greening the EU semester process.
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include Europe's banking sector, F-gases' climate damage, emissions trading, pollution from shipping, airline emissions, data protection and Europol. Greens/EFA events will deal with human trafficking and smuggling, seed diversity, food security and the role of industry, greening regional policy, LGBT ri…
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    Waste shipments

    The European Parliament's environment committee today voted on proposals to revise EU rules on waste shipments. The Greens welcomed the vote on the legislation, which is being shepherded through parliament by Green MEP Bart Staes, parliament's rapporteur/draftsman. After the vote, Bart Staes said: &...
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    EU climate and energy policy

    The European Commission today presented its proposals for EU climate and energy policy to 2030. The proposals are intended to frame a decision by EU leaders at a summit in Brussels in March on the direction of EU energy policy to 2030. The Greens hit out at the lack of ambition in the proposals. Com...
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    Emissions trading

    The European Commission today presented proposals ostensibly aimed at addressing the oversupply of emissions allowances in the EU's emissions trading scheme. The Greens expressed regret at the limited nature of the proposals, with Green climate change spokesperson Bas Eickhout said: "What the C...
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    Shale gas and fracking

    The European Commission today presented proposals for mere recommendations on the exploitation of unconventional fossil fuels, notably shale gas.  The Greens condemned the failure to propose binding measures to address shale gas and minimise the associated risks. Commenting on the proposals, Gr...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include EU climate and energy policy to 2030, shale gas, fracking and EU rules, data protection and EU-US cooperation, EU enlargement and the Balkans, tobacco rules, meat origin and clear labels, waste shipments and EU rules; genetic resources and benefit sharing, money laundering, terrorism funding an…
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included, carbon capture and storage, CO2 emissions from vans, plastic waste in the environment, honey labels and GMOs, public procurement, public services and innovation, Spain's new abortion law, free movement for all EU citizens, data protection and EU-US relations, EU passports for sale…
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    Free movement

    The European Parliament today adopted a resolution in the context of the current debate on the free movement of workers, following the end of temporary restrictions on free movement from 1 January. Commenting after the vote, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "Free movement is a fundam...