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European border surveillance (EUROSUR)

The European Parliament and Council yesterday reached agreement on legislation to set up the European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR). The Greens have criticised the proposed system and expressed regret at the agreement, with migration policy spokesperson Ska Keller stating: "Today's deal ...
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Access to care

The European Parliament's employment and social affairs committee today adopted an initiative report on access to care for vulnerable groups by UK Green MEP Jean Lambert. With access to care threatened by fiscal contraction across Europe, the report reveals key findings and recommendations on how to...
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EU transport networks

The European Parliament and Council yesterday evening reached an agreement on revised rules on Trans-European Transport Networks from 2014 on (TEN-T). Reacting to the outcome, Green transport spokesperson Michael Cramer said: "This deal will prolong the patchwork approach to European transport ...
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Dalligate/OLAF

Major problems with the working methods of the EU's anti-fraud body OLAF were again highlighted at a meeting of the EP's budgetary control committee on the annual report of the OLAF supervisory committee, which includes the handling of the Dalli case. The meeting underlined both serious structural p...
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EU economic and budgetary oversight

The European Commission today presented its annual set of economic and fiscal policy recommendations to EU member states based on its assessment of national reform programmes, as part of the European Semester. The Greens have been consistently critical of the one-sided focus on fiscal consolidation ...
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Clinical trials for medicines

<xml> </xml> Draft new EU legislation on clinical trials was today voted on by the European Parliament's environment and public health committee. The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote, with Green health spokesperson Margrete Auken stating: "It is essential that citizens c...
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GMO authorisations

Professor Gilles-Eric Séralini was invited on Monday 27th May to the session of the PETI Committee that discussed 3 petitions related to GMOs, in particular to debate the persisting conflicts of interest and industry influence that affect European policy making and decision taking. At the...
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OGM

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Human Rights in Russia

The Human Rights Committee of the European Parliament held a hearing on Russia today with members of the band "Pussy Riot", William Browder and others. Chair of the Committee, Green MEP Barbara Lochbihler and the vice chair of the Parliamentary Committee on EU-Russia Cooperation, Gr...
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Fundamental rights and justice

EU rules on the right of access to a lawyer in criminal proceedings were finalised in a final round of trialogue negotiations between the European Parliament and Council this evening. Green justice and home affairs spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht welcomed the deal, stating: "To...