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Strasbourg Flash - MFF special

With the European Parliament to vote on the EU multiannual financial framework 2014-20, as well as a series of votes on EU funding programmes for the budgetary period, this preview provides an overview from a Green perspective. Click for a printable-layouted version (pdf) - MFF: EU budget off on the...
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EU insurance rules (Solvency II)

The European Parliament and Council last night reached an agreement on revising the EU's prudential rules for insurers (the Solvency II Directive). The Greens criticised the outcome for falling short in key areas aimed at protecting policy holders. Commenting on the outcome, Green finance spokespers...
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The Amazon up for grabs?

CONFERENCE PRESENTATION Belo Monte is a controversial mega-dam complex on the "big bend" of the Xingu river, a tributary of the Amazon. Like other mega-projects, it is claimed that such large scale development will improve living conditions for local people, in line with the  Brazi...
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Euro crisis response

A European Parliament inquiry into the role of EU-ECB-IMF troika is set to be launched, with political group leaders expected to give the inquiry the go-ahead at today's Conference of Presidents (1). The Greens/EFA group, which initiated and pushed for the inquiry, welcomed the anticipated decision,...
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EU-Ukraine

The Ukrainian parliament today postponed a decision on the medical treatment of imprisoned opposition leader Yulia Tymoshenko, while five additional opposition politicians in Ukraine were also charged. Commenting on these developments, and their implications for the EU's Eastern Partnership Summit i...
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EFA Conference - the Right to Decide

Speakers from Catalonia, Scotland, the Basque Country, Wales, Galicia, and Quebec took part in a conference hosted by the European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament today on 'The Right to Decide'. The event focussed on the distinctive and different con...
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EU budget 2014

The European Parliament and Council last night reached an agreement on the EU's budget for 2014 (1). The Greens have criticised the deal, which will leave the EU again facing shortfalls next year. Commenting on the outcome, Green budgetary spokesperson Helga Trüpel said: "The agreement reached...
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EU-US trade negotiations

Negotiations on an EU-US trade and investment partnership (TTIP) restarted today with a second negotiating round in Brussels. The Greens have called for the talks to be frozen in response to ongoing revelations about surveillance by US secret services of EU governments and citizens. The group is als...
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The BEE2BEES Project

The B2B project just launched at EU level aims at developing an open source tool to follow up bee colony losses. Beekeepers can use this application, either on their smartphone or on a computer, to share information about the status of their bees. Regular reports will make it possible for beekeep...
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Brussels Agenda

Greens/EFA priorities for the week include final conciliation negotiations on the EU's budget framework 2014-20. The Greens/EFA also organise a participatory debate about Poland and its future (in Warsaw) as well as 4 conferences in Brussels on UN climate talks, post-growth society, the Belo-Monte dam and the right to decide: a democratic…