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Eurozone summit

Eurozone heads of state and government, yesterday evening in Brussels, agreed on changes to the terms of loans provided to Eurozone countries and limited steps towards more flexibility for the European Financial Stability Fund (EFSF), subject to agreement by all Eurozone countries, and for private s...
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New bank capital rules

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Israel/Gaza

The French ship "Dignity al-Karama", the only remaining vessel from the "Gaza Flotilla", was surrounded by the Israeli navy upon nearing the Gaza coast. The boat's lines of communication have been jammed and the Israeli navy have boarded the boat and are now taking it to the...
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Oil industry activities

The European Parliament's Industry, Research and Energy committee (ITRE) today voted on an initiative report on the security of offshore oil and gas activities. After the vote, shadow draftsperson and Green MEP Michèle Rivasi, member of the parliamentary committees on Industry, Research and Energy ...
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Fisheries policy reform

The European Commission today presented long-awaited proposals on reforming the EU's Common Fisheries Policy. The Greens believe the communication does not properly address the core challenges facing EU fisheries, notably by failing to set environmental sustainability as the underlying goal of the C...
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Data protection - financial transactions

The European Commission today presented proposals on a European finance tracking system to monitor EU bank transfer details. The proposal follows on from the controversy surrounding the transfer of EU bank transaction details under the SWIFT system to the US for analysis, supposedly under the guise ...
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VAT fraud

New research on VAT carousel fraud was presented in Brussels today. The research, which was commissioned by Green MEP and EP draftsman for an opinion report on the future of VAT Bart Staes, underlines the extent of VAT carousel frauds and points to readymade solutions, as well as the lack of politic...
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Union Européenne et vent de démocratisation

Le Parlement européen a adopté aujourd'hui le rapport sur les politiques extérieures de l'UE en faveur de la démocratisation. Dans le même esprit que le projet de révision de la Politique Européenne de Voisinage, ce rapport a pour objectif de proposer une nouvelle approche vis - à - vis des ...
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Data protection

The European Parliament today adopted a report on the reform of the EU data protection directive, in a reply to the Commission's communication from 2010. This will now feed into the legislative proposal, which is expected at the end of the year. After the vote Green data protection ex...
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Body scanners

The European Parliament today adopted a report on the use of body scanners in airports (Grandes report). The Greens welcomed the outcome, after Green proposals calling for stricter conditions on the use of body scanners were adopted, notably the exclusion of x-ray technology. After the vote, Green t...