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    50/50 Campaign

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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included the reports on the EU's economic and monetary union, rules for marketing agricultural products, shale gas, enforcing EU law, future EU budget, vote on new EU commission candidate, situation in Gaza, UN climate talks and the EU position, banning shark finning, the external dimension…
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    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include humanitarian aspects of border control, rejecting the EU-Colombia/Peru free trade agreements, funding European research and innovation, limiting hazardous substances in water, the EU budget, financial transaction tax, EU banking supervision, the euro crisis, promoting European economic recovery
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    Astroturfing in the EP

    This week's plenary session in Strasbourg came to and end with questions hanging over the presence of the shale gas industry outside where MEPs vote. Posing as civil society before crucial votes took place on fracking Wednesday, this dishonest industry lobbying was in stark contrast to the real gras...
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    Social partnership under threat

    In the report it published on "Labour Market Developments in Europe 2012", the European Commission set out a series of so-called "Reforms potentially leading to better employment outcomes". The Greens/EFA Group was shocked to see such reforms included reducing the role of Social ...
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    Glencore and Xstrata Merger

    Today the European Commission announced its approval of the merger of the resource companies Glencore and Xstrata. Criticising this fast-track approval, Green industrial policy spokesperson Reinhard Bütikofer (MEP, Germany) stated: "The decision by Commissioner Almunia to give the green light ...
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    Order of business

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    Gender equality

    A cross-political declaration calling on EU governments, European political parties and EU institutions to take action to achieve gender balance in European decision-making bodies was launched today (1). Over 50 MEPs from five political groups and from all over the EU are signato...
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    EU economic union

    The European Parliament today adopted a report setting out its position on plans to complete the EU's economic and monetary union. The Greens welcomed the report, with economic spokesperson Philippe Lamberts (Belgium) stating: "The EP has today set out proposals for strengthening the current pl...
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    Financial sector regulation

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on shadow banking (1), calling for tougher EU regulation and more transparency from the sector. The Greens have pushed for stricter rules and welcomed the vote, with Green finance spokesperson Philippe Lamberts (MEP, Belgium) stating: "Despite repr...