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    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included the Charlie Hebdo attack and freedom of expression; EU GMO authorisations and the Trojan horse of the opt-out; migration; borders and more Mediterranean tragedies; Ukraine, Russia and the EU's role; the EU Commission's work plans and 'better regulation’; Turkey, freedom of expressi…
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    State aid/Amazon

    The European Commission today published a preliminary finding in its investigation into Amazon's tax deal with Luxembourg, finding that it likely constitutes illegal state aid. Commenting on the finding, Greens/EFA economic and finance spokesperson Sven Giegold said: "This finding stands to be ...
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    EU Commission work programme

    The European Parliament today voted on a series of resolutions representing its response to the draft work programme of the European Commission for 2015. Political squabbling meant that in the end none of the draft resolutions was actually adopted, however a majority of MEPs expressed support for ma...
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    Focus on minorities and languages in European Parliament

    The European Parliament's Intergroup for Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages has held its inaugural meeting of the new parliamentary term in Strasbourg. The group is a cross party gathering of MEPs concerned with minority and language issues. Catalan-speaking EFA MEP Jordi Seb...
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    Turkish government must stop media restrictions

    Catalan MEP and Member of the European Parliament's Turkey delegation Ernest Maragall has called on the Turkish government to stop interfering with media freedom and freedom of expression, which he says are core values for the European Union. Mr Maragall spoke as MEPs vote on a resolution in Strasbo...
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    Latvian EU Presidency: Russian must become an official language in EU

    Latvian MEP Tatjana Ždanoka has called on the incoming Latvian Presidency of the European Union to show tolerance to multilingualism and cultural diversity. Ms Ždanoka was speaking in the debate in the European Parliament in Strasbourg with Latvian Prime Minister Laimdota Straujuma about prioritie...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    A proposal from the Greens/EFA group for a full European Parliament inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping following the Luxembourg Leaks revelations today received the required support of 25% of the European Parliament (1). The Greens/EFA group welcomed the cross-political support from all ...
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    We have not been elected to satisfy the markets

    Green/EFA president Philippe Lamberts gives his assessment of the challenges facing the EU. Instead of narrowly focusing on economic growth, Europe should be giving priority to addressing growing inequality and social exclusion.
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    Energy union

    The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament today presented its proposal for a European energy union (1), ahead of anticipated proposals from the European Commission over the coming month. Commenting on the Green energy union paper, Green energy spokesperson Claude Turmes said: "The energy ...
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    A Green energy union for Europe