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Letter to Commissioner Damanaki on bluefin tuna

In the wake of Commission commitments to saving the bluefin tuna, but failure to secure a ban at CITES, Green MEPs Isabella Lovin and Raül Romeva have written to Maria Damanaki, European Commissioner for Fisheries, urging her to support a unilateral ban on the industrial fishing and export of bluefin tuna.
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SWIFT data transfers

Commenting on today's Commission decision for a new negotiation mandate on providing SWIFT bank transfer data to the US authorities, Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht said:"I welcome that the new EU Commission negotiation mandate has at last explicitly recognised that Parliament has a role to play in t...
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Staes report

The Budgetary Control Committee of the European Parliament today voted on the Report of Green MEP Bart Staes on the budgetary discharge for the year 2008 for the European parliament.
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Ashton

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Mega-Trucks

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Bluefin tuna

Under the conomic pressures of the fishing industry and the Japanese sushi market, a majority at the CITES conference today rejected a ban in the international trade of the species.
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Energy security

The EP Industry and Energy committee today voted on a report from Spanish MEP Vidal Quadras on a new regulation to enhance security of gas supply in the EU. This regulation comes as a response to the lack of coordination between EU Member States during the last Ukraine-Russia disputes on gas transit...
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EU Ombudsman says Scotland 'under-represented' in Europe

SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has welcomed comments from the official EU Ombudsman who described Scotland's 'under-representation' in Europe.Mr Hudghton said that the comments by the Ombudsman in an interview published in today's (Thursday) Scotsman newspaper showed that the need for greater Scotti...
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Food labelling

The EU Parliament 'ENVI' committee has adopted a report that includes several improvements on information to consumers. MEPs stopped short of approving a 'traffic light' system that would provide consumer-friendly indications on salt, sugar, fat and calorie content.
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Environment and climate

The EU can and should increase its emissions reductions target, according to a new study by CE Delft, commiissioned by the Greens/EFA Group. Green MEPs are calling for the EU to immediately adopt a 30% domestic reductions target by 2020.