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Position papers include all papers formally adopted by our Group and thus representing our official position on major issues. Policy papers gather all briefings, brochures, statements from working groups or other Group bodies which have not been submitted to a vote but reflect a more technical position on specific topics. Studies are reports commissioned to experts and are accompanied most of the time with our political recommendations. For information and transparency purposes, we also publish here all Group letters sent to the other institutions or representatives

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    Nigeria, recent attacks by Boko Haram

    Tabled by Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Heidi Hautala, Bart Staes, Judith Sargentini, Ernest Urtasun, Ulrike Lunacek on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group for a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law The European Parliament, - having regard to its resolutio...
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    Freedom of expression and assembly in Egypt

    Tabled by Judith Sargentini, Tamás Meszerics, Michel Reimon, Klaus Buchner, Barbara Lochbihler, Ernest Urtasun, Margrete Auken, Ernest Maragall on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group For a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law   The European ...
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    Sudan - the case of Meriam Yahia Ibrahim

    Tabled by Judith Sargentini, Jean Lambert, Barbara Lochbihler, Heidi Hautala, Bart Staes, Ernest Urtasun, Ulrike Lunacek on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group for a debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law The European Parliament, - having regard to the joint stat...
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    Crime of agression

    Tabled by Barbara Lochbihler, Judith Sargentini, Ernest Maragall on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to the Charter of the United Nations, – having regard to Article 5 of the Rome Statute, which lists the crime of aggression as one of the core crimes u...
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    Situation in Iraq

    Tabled by Alyn Smith, Klaus Buchner, Bodil Ceballos, Barbara Lochbihler, Molly Scott Cato, Tamás Meszerics on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to UN information according to which Iraq is currently home to over 220 000 refugees from Syria, while some 5...
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    Youth employment

    Tabled byTerry Reintke, Karima Delli, Monika Vana, Tamás Meszerics, Tatjana Ždanoka, Jean Lambert, Helga Trüpel, Ernest Urtasun, Jill Evans, Ska Keller, Jordi Sebastià, Bas Eickhout, Ernest Maragall on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to the Council ...
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    Situation in Ukraine

    Tabled by Rebecca Harms, Ulrike Lunacek, Tamás Meszerics, Heidi Hautala, Benedek Jávor, Bas Eickhout, Ernest Maragall on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its previous resolutions on Ukraine, with regard, in particular, to its resolutions of 27 February ...
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    25 actions the next President of the EU Commission should commit to

      1. Strengthening democracy, changing political practice   1.1 Claim back the Commission’s autonomy from the influence of the European Council. This starts with the process leading to the election of the next POTEC and his programme. In addition, the EP’s role in init...
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    Breaking out from the old pattern

      This time it’s different. The traditional “Europe at a crossroad” has morphed into a cliff-hanger situation. For the European Union, the next five years have become a matter of make-or-break choices. Shaken by the violent crisis of the past years, European public opini...
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    Unity in diversity - EFA
    Unity in diversity - EFA
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    Looking back

    As the 2014 European election approaches, we look back at some of highlights of the past five years for the European Free Alliance Group of MEPs.