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    Investment products

    The European Parliament today voted on new legislation on key information documents for investment products (PRIPS). The new rules would ensure compulsory information on products like structured bonds, private pension funds, insurance investment funds and corporate bonds. The proposal has now to be ...
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    Social funding

    The European Parliament today voted to approve a proposal from the Commission on new financial allocations for certain member states under the European Social Fund (ESF) for the current period. The proposal would see additional funds for action on unemployment exclusively allocated to France, Spain ...
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    Women in management

    A legislative proposal aimed at introducing binding legislation to increase the share of women on company boards was today endorsed by the European Parliament. The vote coincides with moves in Germany to introduce binding rules on the same issue and raises hopes for concluding EU legislation. Commen...
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    Video |

    MFF/future EU Budget

    The final agreement on the EU's multiannual financial framework (2014-20) was confirmed by the European Parliament in a vote today: the first time the EP has had a co-deciding role on the EU's budgetary framework. The Greens voted against the final outcome due to the overall level of ambition and the failure of the annexed declarations to…
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    Event |

    The Greens/EFA Co-Presidents' briefing

    The Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms presented the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group
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    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include standards in public procurement, MFF and EU budget, single seat of the Parliament, boardroom quotas for women, rules on EU spending to hit crisis countries, priorities for additional social funds, agriculture policy reform, EU environment and climate change action
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    Event |

    Citizens' energy for a good climate

    At the next COP19, all eyes will be on Poland. Not only will the country have the chance to lead the UN climate negotiations and play a key role on the international stage, it will also have an opportunity to weight in the debate about the future of the European Union itself. For this reason, the Greens/EFA group would like organise a …
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    EU insurance rules (Solvency II)

    The European Parliament and Council last night reached an agreement on revising the EU's prudential rules for insurers (the Solvency II Directive). The Greens criticised the outcome for falling short in key areas aimed at protecting policy holders. Commenting on the outcome, Green finance spokespers...
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    Event |

    A Post-Growth Society for the 21st Century

    How can economic growth be explained, and what future for growth in Europe? What’s the state of natural resources, limiting our ability to grow? What could be key factors and dynamics for decoupling economic growth from our ecological footprint in the case of energy and climate change? Given the radical uncertainty about the future of ec…
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    Euro crisis response

    A European Parliament inquiry into the role of EU-ECB-IMF troika is set to be launched, with political group leaders expected to give the inquiry the go-ahead at today's Conference of Presidents (1). The Greens/EFA group, which initiated and pushed for the inquiry, welcomed the anticipated decision,...