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    GMO Campaign Blog

    EU member states are currently discussing (1) a set of rules that concern how applications for the authorisation of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) are assessed. The rules themselves are quite technical but the implications could be far-reaching for future GMO assessments in Europe. The Europ...
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    Greek bail out deal

    Commenting on the news that Greek negotiators have reached a deal on the budgetary cuts necessary for the release of the next round of the EU-IMF bail out, co-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament Dany Cohn-Bendit said: "Today's deal will continue the vicious circle of b...
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    Stop Climate Change Newsletter

    Keep up to date with all of the latest news on climate, policy and international negotiations from our campaign website.
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    Nuclear decommissioning/EU funds

    The European Court of Auditors today published a special report (1) on the use of EU funds for decommissioning nuclear reactors in Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. The report concluded that the funding to date (including €2.85 billion in EU funds) was far short of what is necessary to safely and ...
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    EU-India Summit

    On 10th February the next EU-India summit will take place in New Delhi. The Commission is pushing for the rapid conclusion of negotiations over the controversial EU-India Free Trade Agreement. But what would further "liberalisation" mean for India and its poorest people?
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    Patents on plants and animals

    The hearing will deal with patents on conventional breeding of plants and animals and their consequences for the agricultural sector and the food production. How to interpret the EU Biotech Patents Directive 98/44/EC ? Is there a need to change the law? The point of view of stakeholders.
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    International Agreement on a Fiscal Stability Union

    WATCH RECORDED LIVESRTREAM livestreaming of the hearing The Greens/EFA Group organises a hearing on the conclusions of the legal opinions prepared by Ingolf Pernice, Renaud Dehousse and René Repasi on the International Agreement on a Fiscal Stability Union. The three experts wi...
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    Gates Foundation

    Bill Gates addressed the Development committee of the European Parliament last week and received a warm welcome from the MEPs present. The questions that followed his address were light and easy with one exception: Green MEP Catherine Grèze challenged Mr. Gates on the funding of his foundation, a...
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    EU food aid scheme

    The European Parliament agriculture committee today approved a compromise solution on a scheme under the CAP, which provides food aid to the most vulnerable persons in the EU. The compromise follows the lines of a Green proposal made last year and would see the scheme continued until 2013 (arou...
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    Aviation emissions

    China has announced a prohibition on its airlines participating in the EU's emissions trading scheme, escalating a dispute between the EU and a number of third countries (1). The Greens have hit out at China's announcement and called on the EU not to back down. Commenting on the developments, Green ...