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Greens/EFA Round-up 18-21 January 2010

Priorities for the Greens included the last hearings of the Commissioner-designates, the debate on Iran, the presentation of the programme of the Spanish Presidency of the EU, the EU-US agreement on bank data transfers and Green MEP Eva Joly's report on the EU-ACP Cotonou Agreement revision.
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EU-US bank data transfers

Following a Greens/EFA request, today's European Parliament Conference of Presidents agreed that EP President Jerzy Buzek will send a letter to the EU Council to call for a suspension of the EU agreement on providing bank transfer data from the SWIFT system to the US. The interim agreement is due ...
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EU Ombudsman

Finnish Green MEP Heidi Hautala has welcomed the European Parliament vote to approve a new term for EU Ombudsman Nikiforos Diamandouros. The role involves investigating complaints on the EU institutions, especially regarding transparency.
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Cotonou Agreement

The European Parliament has adopted a report by Green MEP Eva Joly, calling for substantial revisions to be made in the EU-ACP development cooperation agreement. Finance, food, energy and climate change are among the policy areas where change is demanded in this year's mid-term review of the 20 year accord.
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Fascist symbols row at European Parliament

Catalan MEP Oriol Junqueras has written to the European Parliament President Jerzy Buzek calling for Francoist symbols to be removed from the European Parliament building in Brussels.The row follows an exhibition in the European Parliament of a copy of the Spanish Constitution adorned with Francoist...
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New Commissioner must stand up to apparatchiks

HUDGHTON INVITES FISHERIES CANDIDATE TO SCOTLANDSNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has today (Tuesday) invited the European Commission's nominee for the post of Fisheries Commissioner to Scotland to view firsthand the pioneering efforts of Scottish fishermen to conserve stocks.The invitation came after ...
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Reactions from Green MEPs on the hearings of Commissioner-designates

in English - press releasesJeleva withdrawal is right decision - 19.01.2010Damanaki hearing: New Commissioner must stand up to apparatchiks - 19.01.2010Hedegaard convinces but will need Barroso support - 15.01.2010Vassiliou lacks substance - 15.01.2010Ciolo? hearing : Thumbs up for new agriculture C...
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European Commission

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Climate Commissioner hearing

Finnish Green MEP Satu Hassi has welcomed the convincing performance by Cliamte Commissioner-designate Connie Hedegaard. She warns, however, that President Barroso's political support will be critical.
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Commissioner hearings

Malika BENARAB-ATTOU, Greens/EFA coordinator in the CULT Committee, participated yesterday in the hearing of Androulla Vassiliou, Cypriot Commissioner-designate for Education, Culture, Multilingualism and Youth.Despite notable commitments, "Mrs Vassiliou's answers remained evasive", she regrets, add...