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    Illegal timber/climate change

    After many months of delay, the EU agriculture council has finally reached a position on new legislation against the trade of illgeal timber and timber products. Shamefully, it does not support the strong measures advocated by the EU Parliament and its Green rapporteur Caroline Lucas.
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    Climate change

    As EU heads of state and government start arriving at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen, the fate of the talks is in the balance. All the main political issues remain open, with the EU failing to advance its position and worrying reports emerging that it is scaling back its ambitions.
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    Sakharov Prize

    Greens/EFA welcome the award of the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to Memorial, Ludmila Alexeyeva, Oleg Orlov, Sergey Kovalev and all human rights defenfers in Russia. The EU however needs to do far more to protect activists at risk in Russia and across the world.
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    Toy safety

    A year after the Greens/EFA Group voted against rushed-through toy safety legislation, a German study has concluded that the rules are inadequate. The Greens are calling for better protection against toxic substances and independent safety checks on toys for children.
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    EU summit

    EU leaders have again missed an opportunity to reclaim Europe's leading role in the UN climate negotiations. Fast-track financing for developing countries has been agreed, but no progress was made on longer term financing and there was no commitment to 30% emissions reductions.
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    EU summit

    Commenting on the conclusions of the EU summit of heads of state and government in Brussels today, Sven Giegold, Greens/EFA coordinator for the EP economics and monetary affairs committee, commented:"It is a great succes for the alterglobalist movement that the European Council has for the first tim...
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    Climate change

    A new study by the Ecofys Institute, commissioned by the Greens/EFA group and launched today in European Parliament, has revealed EU's claims to be the leader in international climate policy to be a myth.
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    Human rights - Russia visit

    Speaking ahead of the UN International Day of Human Rights and her visit to Moscow and Ekaterinburg in Russia, Finnish Green MEP and EP human rights chair Heidi Hautala has called for protection and freedom of human rights defenders.
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    Kosovo

    In its conclusions on the Enlargement and Stabilisation and Association Process, EU foreign affairs ministers at the General Affairs and External Relations Council yesterday stressed that Kosovo should benefit from eventual visa-free travel to the EU. Ulrike Lunacek, Greens/EFA foreign affairs spoke...
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    Copenhagen climate summit

    The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament will have a strong presence at the UN climate summit in Copenhagen. Four Greens/EFA MEPs will be part of the European Parliament's official delegation: President Rebecca Harms (Germany), Satu Hassi ( Finland), Yannick Jadot (France) and Bas Eickhout (Netherlands).