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Brussels Agenda

Greens/EFA priorities for the week include winding up failing banks and protecting taxpayers, protecting migrants lives in Mediterranean, EU data protection rules. Among Greens/EFA events, interactive debate for the deaf and hard of hearing community, conferences on better rail networks and economic crimes and a European public prosecutor…
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Vilnius Summit

The Eastern Partnership summit concluding today in Vilnius will not lead to the signing of an EU-Ukraine Association Agreement, as had been originally expected. Commenting on this, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms stated: "The responsibility for the failure to sign an EU-Ukraine agreement ...
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The Greens

Human rights are a central part of the fundamental values of the European Union. However, as soon as human rights violations within the EU come to the surface, or economic and geostrategic interests are at stake, European leaders become silent. In the European Parliament, things aren't much different. For the Greens, in contrast, human ri…
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For a GMO-free Europe

Find out why do we oppose GMOs! To help farmers regain true independence, promote agricultural biodiversity, reduce the power of multinational agrochemical and food corporations...
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Poverty aid

The European Parliament and Council today reached a legislative agreement on an EU funding scheme, which will provide aid to the most deprived persons from 2014-20. The Greens welcomed the outcome on the €3.5 billion scheme, with Green social affairs spokesperson Marije Cornelissen stating: "...
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The green corner

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EU-Morocco fisheries agreement/Western Sahara

The European Parliament's fisheries committee today voted in favour of a new EU-Morocco fisheries agreement. The Greens criticised the vote and the agreement, which would again give the EU the right to fish in Western Saharan waters despite the fact the government of Morocco has no right to trade th...
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Honey and GMOs

The European Parliament's environment committee today voted on a proposal to revise EU rules on honey. A majority of MEPs voted to reject the proposal to change EU legislation so that the presence of GM pollen in honey would not need to be indicated on the label. The Greens welcomed the vote, with G...
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NSA scandal

The European Commission is today set to present proposals setting out a possible EU response to the revelations of the NSA scandal and its implications for EU-US relations on data protection. Commenting on leaked drafts of the proposals, Green home affairs spokesperson and European Parliament drafts...
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Victory in EP on the reform of collective rights management organisations

On 26 November, the Gallo report on Collective Rights Management was unanimously adopted by the Legal Affairs committee. This new directive is an important victory in the EU Parliament. It is a key step to increase the transparency of collective rights organisations in Europe, to improve the management of the money they collect and its pr…