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Ian Hudghton MEP welcomes Scottish exhibition in Strasbourg

SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has praised the Scottish Government's EU Representation for teaming up with the devolved administrations of Wales and Northern Ireland to put on an exhibition at the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week.The SNP MEP said it was vital for Scotland to have a strong...
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Plaid MEP Challenges Commission President

Plaid MEP Jill Evans has called on the European Commission President to recognise the reality of constitutional change in Wales and across Europe.Ms Evans who is President of the European Free Alliance Group (EFA) in the European Parliament (to which Plaid Cymru belongs) spoke in the debate on the p...
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Lukewarm Parliament vote approves EU Commission President

SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today (Wednesday) commented on the approval by the European Parliament in Strasbourg of the appointment by the Member States of the EU Commission President, Jose Manuel Barroso. The Parliament had the power to approve, or reject, his appointment whereupon the member states wou...
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Baltic Sea Strategy

Speaking in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on the EU's proposed €50 billion plan for economic regeneration in the Baltic Sea region, Latvian MEP Tatjana Zdanoka criticised the proposals for failing to put sufficient emphasis on social protection.Ms Zdanoka noted that Latvia has b...
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G 20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24 - 25 September 2009)

Draft motion for a resolution on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, - Having regard to the conclusions of the G20 of London the 2 - 3 April 09; - Having regard to the joint letter of Britain, France and Germany calling on for "binding rules" to rein in bankers' bonuses...
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Internet - copyright

Today, the French National Assembly adopted a modified version of controversial 'Hadopi' legislation against online copyright infringement. It retains controversial aspects of the original proposal: harsh financial penalties and the option to withdraw Internet access.
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Future of Opel

Flemish MEP Frieda Brepoels has called on the European Commission to act swiftly in order to help car manufacturer Opel, whose Antwerp plant is under threat.The MEP was speaking in a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Monday evening about the sale of Opel to the Austrian-Canadian con...
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Crisis in the dairy farming sector

The Greens/EFA endorse the action milk farmers and call on the European Commission to immediately stop the gradual increase of milk quota and to reduce milk quota by at least 3% as a measure of urgency. They also call on the Commission to fulfil the EU's commitment to end export subsidies, and to phase out market intervention measures whi…
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External aspects of Energy Security

In their motion for resolution, Greens/EFA recall that Nabucco is an EU priority project for the development of which 250 million Euros have been allocated by the Commission. They also welcome the idea of the DESERTEC project which adds to the credibility of the long-term target for a 100% global renewables-based economy and offers a real…
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Forest fires in southern Europe and their consequences and the conclusions to draw for prevention and alert measures

Tabled by Michail Tremopoulos, François Alfonsi and Raul RomevaOn behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its resolutions of 7 September 2006 on forest fires and floods, 5 September 2002 on floods in Europe , 14 April 2005 on the drought in Portugal, 12 ...