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    e-fa News Round-Up May/June 2011

    Key issues over the past few weeks included: E-coli outbreak S4C future raised with European Commission EU calls for a new era of social justice Scots political bloggers EFA Group visit to Limburg Food security and price volatility Independence for South Sudan Plight of the Tuareg in the Libyan Con...
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    Water pollution

    The European Parliament environment committee today voted on a proposal to revise EU rules on the use of phosphates in detergents (1). Green MEPs welcomed the outcome, which would extend the proposed ban on phosphates in laundry detergents to dishwashing detergents. After the vote, Green MEP and sha...
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    Plenary Round-up

    The main issues were the multiannual financial framework, the Eurovignette, the application of Schengen acquis in Bulgaria and Romania, EU-Canada trade relations, the European Arrest Warrant, the nuclear stress tests, the forthcoming EU-Russia Summit and the external dimension of social policy.
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    Greens/EFA Press briefing

    Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms will present the key issues of the plenary session and of the European agenda for the Greens/EFA group. The event is livestreamed
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    Madagascar

    The European Parliament,      having regard to its previous resolutions on Madagascar, particularly those of 7 May 2009 and of 11 February 2010, –   having regard to the Maputo Accords of 8 and 9 August 2009 and the Addis Ababa Additional Act of 6 November 2...
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    No Sustainable Resources without new own resources

    The EU is facing a major economic and social crisis, together with the food, energy and climate crises, which are multiple manifestations of the limits of our model of development and the mechanisms that support it. The current debt crisis has led Member States to curb public spending and propose au...
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    Seeds for a sustainable future

    CONFERENCE DOCUMENTATION DG SANCO consultation on review of EU laws on seed marketing: options and analysis paper + Action plan + 12 directives under reviewClaudia OLAZABAL, DG ENVI, European Commission - EU biodiversity strategy presentation (ppt)Maaike RAAIJMAKERS, IFOAM EU - pres...
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    Plenary Round-up

    Highlights for the Greens included the votes of the reports on lobbying transparency and registering lobbyists, on the discharge of the EU's 2009 budget and on investment agreements with 3rd countries. The debates on Schengen, on nuclear safety, on novel foods and on Syria were also our priorities during this plenary week.
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    Fisheries

    The Greens have called for the EU to close its bluefin tuna fishery for the 2011 season as a consequence of the conflict in Libya. The group claims that the conflict in Libya will make it impossible to properly oversee and control fishing of the critically threatened bluefin tuna and that the only s...
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    Fisheries

    The European Parliament today voted in favour of a resolution calling for increased subsidies for the fishing sector to cover increased fuel costs. The Greens have criticised the call as wrongheaded, and welcome the fact that the Commission has publicly stated it will not propose any fuel ...