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    EU Ombudsman

    The European Parliament today voted to elect a new EU Ombudsman (1) for 2013-2018.  Having come joint first in the first round of voting on Tuesday, independent candidate Ms O'Reilly was today overwhelmingly endorsed by MEPs to be the next EU Ombudsman. Ms O'Reilly won out of a field of candida...
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    Spy attacks against the EU

    The recent revelations about the borderless spying activities against so-called friend EU countries and their institutions by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the British secret service must lead to a rapid political response. Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Gr...
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    EU summit

    Commenting on the result of the European Summit Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament said: "Once again, petty narrow national interests dominated this summit. That the UK will get an even higher rebate is unacceptable. This ongoing bargaining betwee...
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    Treaty for the blind and visually impaired

    Over the last two weeks, World Intellectual Property Organization delegates have been meeting at a diplomatic conference to conclude a treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired people. After years of discussion, an agreement has finally been reached. Commenting on the ag...
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    Multiannual Financial Framework

    The Irish Presidency of the EU Council, the European parliament and the European Commission today agreed on a compromise on the Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014-2020. The Greens/EFA group are critical of the fact that the President of the European Parliament, Martin Schulz, accepted the weak...
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    Resolution of failing banks

    After several months of discussions, the Council agreed this morning on its general approach on the Banking Recovery and Resolution Directive, opening the way to negotiations with the European parliament, which had adopted its own position in May. The objective is to reach a final agreement by the e...
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    Ship recycling

    The Council today confirmed an agreement with the European Parliament on new legislation on the recycling of EU ships. The new law will allow ships flying the flag of an EU member state to be scrapped outside the EU provided strict standards are met. These standards effectively rule out the curren...
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    Agreement on 'Connecting Europe Facility'

    Council and Parliament, negotiating in trialogue, this morning reached an agreement on the 'Connecting Europe Facility' (CEF) [1]. This budget line lays down common budgetary rules and procedures for the resources dedicated to the Transeuropean Networks (TEN) over the 2014-2020 financial period. I...
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    Multiannual Financial Framework

    The Greens/EFA group in the European parliament today decided to reject the Council's proposal for a Multiannual Financial Framework for 2014 - 2020, a proposal which had been accepted by the Parliament's negotiation leader Alain Lamassoure in a personal capacity. The Greens/EFA group said that the ...
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    Horizon 2020

    After six months of laborious negotiations, the European parliament and Council today reached agreement on Horizon 2020, the EU's Framework programme for research and innovation for the period 2014-2020. While the package deal has some good elements and allows for the preparation of the 2014 calls, ...