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Enforcing EU law

The European Parliament today adopted a report on the application of EU law. The report, by Green draftsperson Eva Lichtenberger, calls on the European Commission to step up its efforts to enforce EU legislation and to make the process more transparent. After the vote, Eva Lichtenberger said: "...
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Energy strategy

The European Parliament today adopted a report setting out its opinion on the EU's energy strategy up to 2020 (Kollarska report). The Greens broadly welcomed the report, which calls for EU energy strategy to prioritise renewable energy and energy efficiency, while addressing the flaws in the EU ener...
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Trade and climate change

The European Parliament today adopted a report on trade and climate change by Green draftsman Yannick Jadot with a large majority. The report sets out the need to ensure greater coherence between trade and efforts to address climate change. After the vote, rapporteur Yannick Jadot (Greens/EFA) said:...
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A comprehensive emergency response to the Eurozone Crisis

The Greek episode of the Eurozone crisis in the first half of 2010 created awareness and a sense of urgency on the need to establish more robust economic governance for the EU. Beyond the current emergency, a long term approach requires a comprehensive reform and enhancement of the whole EU economic governance in order to tackle structura…
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Hazardous substances

The European Parliament adopted a final legislative agreement revising EU rules on hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment (1). While the Greens/EFA group believed the legislation could have been made stronger, the group welcomed the revised rules as an improvement on the current...
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Public health

The European Parliament voted on new EU legislation dealing with information on prescription medicines. The Greens welcomed the vote, which transformed the original legislative proposal into one oriented towards the needs of patients, rather than the interests of the pharmaceutical industry. After t...
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Fiscal rescue and EU tax policy

A cross-political alliance in the European Parliament has called for the introduction of a minimum European common corporate tax rate of 25%. MEPs from the Greens/EFA, ALDE, S&D and EPP groups (1) issued the declaration in the context of the ongoing Eurozone solvency crisis and the rescue measur...
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Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA)

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which was finalised last week. Green MEPs criticised the resolution, which was passed by a narrow centre-right majority, as ignoring the real concerns with ACTA. After the vote, Green civil liberti...
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2011 Budget

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2011 Budget