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Join the Food Revolution Newsletter

GREEN INSIGHT INTO EU FOOD POLICY Cloning for farming purposes: Greens ask the Commission to come with better proposal EU seed marketing regulation fully withdrawn: The Greens say thank you to the seed savers community. FOOD FOR THOUGHT Food Community supported programmes in the spotlig...
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EU-US TTIP negotiations/ISDS

<xml> </xml> EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström attended the European Parliament's trade committee today to present the conclusions of the EU Commission on the role of the controversial investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the context of the EU-US TTIP t...
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EU tax rules

The European Commission today outlined its 'tax transparency package'. Commenting on the proposals, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts said: "The Commission promised a tax transparency 'package' but what it has presented today is a pretty empty package, with one concrete legislative prop...
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EU summit

EU heads of state and government will meet for a summit on Thursday and Friday, with proposals for a European energy union and relations with Russia at the top of the agenda. Ahead of the summit, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts said: "The energy union should be a f...
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Greens/EFA Round up

Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg plenary included Lux Leaks and tax evasion, gender equality, lorry design and road safety, credit card fees; services trade and liberalisation, EU enlargement progress; energy union and Ukraine, transparency and anti-corruption, Russia and Nemtsov's murder; counter-terrorism cooperation with third …
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Tax justice

Responding to widespread anger about corporate tax avoidance and its impact on inequality and poverty, and concerns that current tax reform processes are inadequate, a new nonpartisan body—the Independent Commission for the Reform of International Corporate Taxation (ICRICT)—has been established...
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Counter terrorism

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on EU cooperation with third countries on counter-terrorism. Commenting after the vote, Greens/EFA foreign affairs spokesperson Alyn Smith said:"The protection of human rights cannot be an afterthought for the EU in its cooperation with third c...
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Russia

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on the situation in Russia, following the murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Nemtsov. Commenting after the vote, Green foreign affairs spokesperson Tamás Meszerics said:"The brutal and tragic murder of Russian opposition leader Boris Ne...
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Fukushima anniversary

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Support for Kosovo EU recognition

Catalan MEP and President of the EFA Group in the European Parliament Josep-Maria Terricabras has welcomed today's vote by MEPs in support of recognising Kosovo. MEPs in Strasbourg were voting on a report assessing the situation in Kosovo and its readiness for EU membership. Significantly, MEPs vot...