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    Financial Transaction Tax

    Commenting on EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta opposition to a financial transaction tax (1), Greens / EFA economic and financial spokesman, Sven Giegold (MEP, Germany), said:"It is absolutely scandalous that after seeing German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and French Finance Ministe...
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    ITER

    Today the Council for Agriculture adopted the conclusions on the future financing of the nuclear fusion project ITER as an 'A-item' without debate. Rebecca Harms, president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament comments: "Today's decision to reaffirm the commitment to the ITER proj...
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    SWIFT Agreement

    The European Parliament today, in the Strasbourg plenary, has adopted the so-called SWIFT agreement for bank data transfers to US authorities. Greens/EFA home affairs expert in the European Parliament Jan Philipp Albrecht comments: "The adoption of the new swift agreement by the majority of the...
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    European External Action Service

    Commenting on today's approval by the European Parliament of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said: "Parliament's approval paves the way for a more coherent and effective European foreign policy that better m...
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    Kosovo

    The European Parliament today voted with a clear majority for the Kosovo resolution of Green MEP and Rapporteur Ulrike Lunacek (Austria). Commenting on the vote, Ms Lunaceck, Greens/EFA Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, said: "The European Parliament today sent a clear signal that the future of ind...
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    Cluster Munitions Ban

    The European Parliament today considered the EU's role in relation to the Convention on Cluster Munitions (CCM) and voted for a resolution to ban the weapons. Commenting on the vote Ulrike Lunacek, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson of the Greens/EFA said: "With an overwhelming majority, the European...
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    ACTA

    The Greens/ EFA group yesterday adopted an urgent appeal for transparency in the negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). With this action, the Greens/EFA protest against the decision by ACTA negotiators to keep a new version of the draft treaty secret after the 9th negotiatio...
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    Human Rights in North Korea

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    Novel food

    The European Parliament today voted in second reading on the draft regulation on 'Novel foods'. Following the vote, Green MEP Bart Staes said: "Today, the European Parliament has sent a clear message to the Commission: we don't want clone food on our plates! Cloning causes unnecessary harm to a...
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    Financial Supervision

    Commenting on the state of negotiations and today's plenary vote on the Financial Supervision Package, Green MEP and Rapporteur for the European Securities and Markets Authority reportSven Giegold (Germany) said:"After two months of tenacious negotiations with Council, the European Parliament today ...