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    Nuclear stress tests

    The final report of the disputed EU nuclear stress tests, proposed by the European Commission in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster, is expected to be adopted by the Commission tomorrow. Leaked drafts of the stress tests confirm that large numbers of nuclear reactors in Europe are deficient in ...
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    Financial markets and products (MiFID)

    The EP's economic and monetary affairs committee voted on important legislative proposals on the regulation of the market for financial instruments (MIFID) yesterday evening. While MEPs took tentative steps to strengthening proposals on high frequency trading and commodity speculation, the Greens ar...
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    Georgia

    Zu den aktuellen Straßenprotesten in Georgien, ausgelöst von im Fernsehen gezeigten Beweisen für die vorherrschende Brutalität gegen Insassen georgischer Gefängnisse, erklärt Ulrike Lunacek, außenpolitische Sprecherin der Grünen/EFA-Fraktion und Mitglied der Süd-Kaukasus-Delegation des Euro...
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    EU-China Summit

    On the occasion of the 15th EU-China Summit held in Brussels, Reinhard Bütikofer, vice-president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, and Helga Trüpel, member of the EU-China delegation of the European Parliament, declare: "Dialogue and cooperation between the world's first and...
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    Fisheries/shark finning

    The Greens welcomed a vote by the European Parliament's fisheries committee today supporting proposed legislation to ban shark finning in principle but regretted the introduction of loopholes (1). The Greens have long supported the outlawing of this odious and wasteful fishing practise and urged MEP...
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    Fisheries

    The European Parliament's fisheries committee today adopted a report setting out its opinion on the external dimension of fisheries policy. After the vote, the EP draftsperson/rapporteur Greens/EFA MEP Isabella Lövin (Sweden) stated: "While the Commission has taken tentative steps to address t...
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    Shale gas and fracking

    The European Parliament's environment today adopted a report setting out its opinion on shale gas (1), notably as regards the health and environment concerns and need for EU regulation. The Greens welcomed the outcome of the vote, which called for caution, notably a ban in sensitive areas, and under...
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    Boardroom quotas for women

    In an open letter to Commission president Barroso and vice-president Reding today (1), the Greens urged the Commission to publish planned legislation introducing boardroom quotas for women as soon as possible. The Greens criticised the initiative by a group of EU member state governments seeking to ...
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    Accounting transparency

    Crucial new draft EU legislation on accounting and transparency was voted on by the legal affairs committee in the European Parliament today (1). The Greens welcomed the support of MEPs for greater transparency on companies' activities, notably for project reporting and on payments to governments, ...
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    Access to documents

    The European Parliament today voted to adopt an inter-institutional agreement with Council under which the EP will get access to classified documents from the Council (1). After the vote, Greens/EFA MEP Gerald Häfner, who was the EP's rapporteur/draftsperson, stated: "This agreement is cruci...