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    Data retention

    The German constitutional court in Karlsruhe today dismissed a German law on retaining data linked to communications, such as telephone calls and email. This is highly significant for the future debate in the EU on this matter and on SWIFT bank transfers and Passenger Name Records, according to Green MEP Jan-Philipp Albrecht.
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    GMOs

    The European Commission has issued the first new cultivation authorisation for a genetically-modified plant variety in 12 years, despite health and environment concerns. The resistance of one of its genes to medically-valuable antibiotics has been identified as a particular problem.
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    Delivering the Right to Health with the Health Millennium Development Goals

    The conference - co-organised by by the Greens/EFA, the European Parliamentary Forum and the Action for Global Health - provides the opportunity for civil society to work with European leaders to find concrete solutions. Europe must move towards full funding for health, stronger health systems and universal access to basic health care in …
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA Group hold a major conference to assess the sustainability of the EU 2020 Strategy against calls for a Green New Deal. This is one of several Greens/EFA events and priorities during the week.
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    Illegal timber

    European Parliament rapporteur Caroline Lucas has issued a critical response to Council's decision to water down proposed legislation against the trade in illegal timber and timber products.
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    CFP reform

    With the EU's Common Fisheries Policy due for its first fundamental reform in almost a decade, the European Parliament plenary today adopted a report that effectively sets out the institution's position on the failings of the current CFP and how it must be improved if it to lead to sustainable fisheries.
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    Energy infrastructure

    MEPs in the EU Parliament plenary voted today on Member States' responsibilities to notify the Commission on energy infrastructure projects. Parliament insisted on its co-decision rights with Council under the terms of the Lisbon Treaty and demanded several transparency measures, falling short, howe...
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    Call for protection of Scotland's historical fishing rights

    PARLIAMENT VOTE MUST NOT JEOPORDISE SCOTTISH WATERSSNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Thursday) called for Scotland's coastal communities to unite in an effort to protect their historical fishing rights. The call came after a vote in the European Parliament opened the way for a review of the ...
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    e-fa News Round-Up February 2010

    The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a joint European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group in parliament.E...
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    Basque Friendship Group in the European Parliament

    The Basque Friendship Group in the European Parliament was first set up during the 2004-2009 parliamentary term by MEPs from various political groups who wished to support the peace process in the Basque Country. At a press conference at the European Parliament in Brussels this morning MEP...