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    Plastic bags

    A deal on new EU rules to reduce plastic bag use, which was reached between the European Parliament and Council this week, was today confirmed by representative of EU governments. The new rules oblige EU governments to adopt measures to drastically reduce the use of single-use plastic carrier bags. ...
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    EU-US TTIP negotiations

    EU trade and foreign ministers are later today expected to reaffirm their commitment to concluding a far-reaching EU-US TTIP agreement, in spite of mounting opposition (1). Ahead of the Council conclusions, Green trade spokesperson Yannick Jadot said: "Today's Foreign Affairs Council, which wil...
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    Bankers pay

    The advocate general of the European Court of Justice today rejected a legal challenge brought by the UK government to an EU-wide cap on bankers' bonuses, introduced under EU legislation on capital requirements for banks (1). Welcoming the vote, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts, who was a k...
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    Air passenger data exchange

    The Greens/EFA group has called for the European Parliament to support the referral of a planned agreement between the EU and Canada on the exchange of air passenger data (PNR) to the European Court of Justice. MEPs will vote next week on whether to refer the agreement to the ECJ for its legal opini...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The Greens/EFA group has today presented a mandate and terms of reference for a European Parliament inquiry committee into tax evasion and dumping, in the wake of the 'Luxembourg Leaks' revelations (1). Calling for cross-party support, with a view to ensuring the committee is set up without delay, G...
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    EU budget

    A deadline for the agreement of the EU's budget for 2015 expired at midnight last night, as talks between the European Parliament and Council broke down (1). The Greens have criticised the delay and the negotiation process, with Green budgetary spokesperson Indrek Tarand saying: "The intransige...
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    Cyprus

    Commenting on a resolution on the situation in Cyprus, which was adopted by the European Parliament today, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "Turkey must fully respect the sovereignty of all EU member states, including the Republic of Cyprus. This implies immediately withdrawing its s...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    The Greens/EFA group has called on EU commission president Juncker to take part in a European Parliament plenary debate this week on the EU response to the 'Luxembourg Leaks' tax evasion scheme revelations. Ahead of the European Parliament's debate tomorrow (Wednesday), the Greens/EFA group has also...
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    GMO authorisation

    The European Parliament's environment committee today voted on a proposal for a new scheme for the authorisation of genetically-modified organisms in the EU (1). The vote by MEPs strengthens the grounds on which member states or regions could opt-out from GMO authorisations under the proposed new sy...
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    Tax evasion/Luxembourg leaks

    Commenting on the 'Luxembourg Leaks' revelations on the state of Luxembourg's role in facilitating large scale tax evasion by the international consortium of investigative journalists (ICIJ), Green economic and financial policy spokesman Sven Giegold said: "These revelations are a major blow to...