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Carbon and energy tax

The European Commission has begun considering a proposal to revise the energy taxation directive, including a carbon tax component. Green MEPs support the revision but call for the proposal to set the rate at the right level and limit exemptions.
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Kosovo-Report

Commenting on the vote today in the Foreign Affairs Committee (AFET) on the Kosovo report, Ulrike Lunacek, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament and Kosovo-Rapporteur, said:"With a clear majority for my Kosovo-report, the Foreign Affairs Committee has given an imp...
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Offshore oil drilling

The Greens/EFA group has highlighted the lack of EU regulation on offshore oil drilling, notably on safety and liability. In addition to calling for stronger and more coherent EU rules, the Greens have called for a moratorium on offshore drilling - at least until stronger rules are in place.
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European External Action Service

Commenting on the outcome of yesterday's inter-institutional negotiations on the European External Action Service in Madrid, Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said: "The political agreement reached yesterday is a step in the right direction compared to th...
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Electrical and electronic waste

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Call for civil society financial lobbying

For the first time, 22 MEPs in charge of regulating banks and financial markets have launched a multi-party call criticizing the asymmetry in the representation of interests. This call was initiated by Green MEP Pascal Canfin.
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Export of torture

Onthe occasion of the resolution on the export of torture instruments today in the European Parliament, Barbara Lochbihler, Green/EFA coordinator for the Human Rights Subcommittee,Declares: "We welcome that the European Parliament, aroused by an NGO report, now calls for concrete measures to implem...
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Bluefin Tuna

Today the European Parliament will vote on the Romeva report, and adopt a critical new control measure for the bluefin tuna fishery. If it is fully complied with, the Bluefin Catch Document (BCD) will allow full traceability of all bluefin tuna from the moment that they are caught to the point of fi...
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Protecting Human Rights Defenders

The European Parliament adopted today the report of Green MEP Heidi Hautala, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human rights, on Human Rights Defenders with near unanimity. High Representative, Ms Catherine Ashton, who took part in the hearing, welcomed the recommendations of the report. She underlined it...
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Civil Liberties in Russia

The European Parliament today voted for a resolution on the outcome of the 31 May - 1 June Russia - EU summit in Rostov. Explaining the vote, Green MEP Werner Schulz, Vice-Chairman of the EU-Russia Delegation of the European Parliament, said:"The debates and discussions about the Summit in Rostov du...