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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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    Who should have the right to fish?

    Marine resources are a public good, not a private resource. The right to exploit those resources, therefore, should be allocated according to criteria that ensure that fishing contributes as far as possible to the public interest. Greens think that the right to fish should be based on environmental and social criteria.
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    Who's who

    European voters responded by making the Greens/EFA group a big winner of the 2009 European elections. As the European Parliament reduced in size from 785 to 736 members, the Greens/EFA Group was the only political group to grow: from 43 to 55 members. These 55 Members – 29 women and 26 men – co...
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    CAP reform 2013 - Green growth or Green deal?

    Greens want a common agricultural and rural policy which enhances the engagement of citizens for environmental protection, animal welfare and fair trade; which recognises the right of farmers and rural workers to gain a decent income for producing healthy food and environmental stewardship they provide to society
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    The UNFCCC talks in Cancún

    The UN Framework Convention on Climate Change meets in Cancún from 29 November -10 December 2010 with a view to making concrete progress towards reaching an international post 2012 climate agreement. This document is a summary of Green demands for Cancún meeting in the key political areas.
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    A comprehensive emergency response to the Eurozone Crisis

    The Greek episode of the Eurozone crisis in the first half of 2010 created awareness and a sense of urgency on the need to establish more robust economic governance for the EU. Beyond the current emergency, a long term approach requires a comprehensive reform and enhancement of the whole EU economic governance in order to tackle structura…
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    Economic governance in the EU

    A Greens/EFA Group discussion paper
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    Extended lifetime of German nuclear reactors

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    Situation of the Roma people in Europe

    Greens/EFA urge the French authorities to immediately suspend all expulsions of Roma and underline that these measures are in violation of EU Treaties and law, since they amount to a discrimination on the basis of race and ethnicity and of Directive 2004/38/EC on the free movement of citizens and of their families in the EU.
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    Implementation of the European Citizens' Initiative (ECI)

    The European Citizens' Initiative is one of the innovations introduced by the Lisbon Treaty. The ECI is the very first step towards a more participatory model of democracy in Europe and will for the first time give people the possibility to raise issues and to bring them on the agenda of their political institutions.
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    Environmental risk assessment of genetically modified plants

    Risk assessment on GM crops is a controversy subject in the European Union. EFSA is now about to publish its guidelines for a new procedure for GMO risk assessment, the so-called «step-by-step procedure». Greens/EFA MEPs Bélier and Bové have commissioned a study on this new procedure by an independent institute.