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    Press release |

    Spy attacks against the EU

    The recent revelations about the borderless spying activities against so-called friend EU countries and their institutions by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the British secret service must lead to a rapid political response. Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Gr...
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    Video |

    Experience in the Basque Parliament

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    The flawed EU budget plan (2014-20) and the Greens/EFA alternative

    The Greens/EFA group is opposed to the final deal on the EU Multiannual Financial Framework, as it fails to deliver on any of the red lines identified by the European Parliament prior to the negotiations.
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    News |

    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include - Export credit agencies, EU budget 2014-2020, Hungary, Reforming the EU's anti-fraud body, Reforming the structure of the banking sector, Regulating investment funds (UCITS), Implementing the Financial Transaction Tax, Emissions Trading System: stopping the rot, US and UK governmen…
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    Press release |

    EU summit

    Commenting on the result of the European Summit Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament said: "Once again, petty narrow national interests dominated this summit. That the UK will get an even higher rebate is unacceptable. This ongoing bargaining betwee...
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    Publication |

    MFF

    Why we voted against the MFF and what a Greens/EFA EU Budget would look like. After months of negotiations the European Parliament has agreed to the European Council’s demand to slash the new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF). The general lines for the European Union’s annual budgets from 2...
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    Event |

    Citizens first!

    This one-day conference will look at the first year of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI) and discuss how citizens and organisations could use this instrument more effectively as well as options of further development of citizen participation in Europe. The focus will be on the strengthening of the ECI as tool of participative democr…
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    Event |

    Water is a public good

    Recent developments have confirmed that threat of privatisation of the water sector is still very real. Privatisation of public services, including water utilities, is set as a condition for Member States such as Greece and Portugal for receiving rescue loans. In addition, there are concerns of back-door privatisation of the water sector …
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    Press release |

    Treaty for the blind and visually impaired

    Over the last two weeks, World Intellectual Property Organization delegates have been meeting at a diplomatic conference to conclude a treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired people. After years of discussion, an agreement has finally been reached. Commenting on the ag...
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    Press release |

    Multiannual Financial Framework

    The Irish Presidency of the EU Council, the European parliament and the European Commission today agreed on a compromise on the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020. The Greens/EFA group are critical of the fact that the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, accepted the weak...