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Women in the Green Economy

The Greens/EFA group welcomed today a report criticising the lack of integration of gender concerns in policies and programmes for sustainable development. The role of women in the green and sustainable economy is often underestimated or ignored completely in international and EU wide programmes. A...
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EU tax rules

The European Parliament today adopted its opinion on draft EU legislation on interest and royalty taxation (1). MEPs voted in favour of toughening EU measures with a view to outlawing tax avoidance schemes currently employed by businesses, as well as for effective minimum taxation of cross border ...
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Air pollution/Sulphur emissions

The European Parliament today adopted new revised EU legislation aimed at reducing sulphur pollution from ships (1). The final legislative agreement will introduce stricter limits on sulphur emissions from ships for Sulphur Emission Control Areas by 2015 and for all EU seas by 2020. Speaking after t...
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CIA rendition and illegal detention

The European Parliament today adopted a report highlighting new evidence of secret detention centres and extraordinary 'renditions' by the CIA in EU member states (1). The report, which comes 5 years after an original special inquiry by the EU Parliament (2), highlights these new abuses - notably re...
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Energy efficiency

The European Parliament adopted new EU legislation on energy efficiency and savings. The EP's rapporteur, Green MEP Claude Turmes, called for swift implementation and the reorientation of public policy and funds to ensure these job-creating measures can be delivered.
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The situation in Syria

The European Parliament, - having regard to its previous resolutions on Syria, in particular of 16 February 2012 and of 15 December 2011 on the situation in Syria, of 27 October on the situation in Egypt and Syria, in particular of Christian communities and the case of Rafah Nached, of 15 September...
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The political use of justice in Russia

The European Parliament, -         having regard to its previous resolutions on Russia, -         having regard to International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, in particular Article 14 stating that everyone sha...
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Odyssey of the "MSC Flaminia"

The saga of the stricken vessel MSC Flaminia has once again thrown up glaring deficiencies in maritime crisis management and response. The German container ship with 150 containers of chemicals classified as 'dangerous goods' caught fire mid-Atlantic on 14th July 2012 resulting in the death of one ...
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ECB executive board

The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee has halted the appointment process for a new nominee to the executive board of the European Central Bank, after cross-party criticisms about the failure to consider any female candidates for the vacancy. Coordinators of the committee ...
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Strasbourg Flash

Greens/EFA priorities for next week's Strasbourg Plenary include illegal CIA activities, energy saving, limiting pollution from shipping, tackling corporate tax avoidance, Russia and the rule of law, sustainable fisheries and consumption, democratic rollback in Romania...