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    Press release |

    Market manipulation/LIBOR rules

    The European Parliament's economic affairs committee today voted on proposals to strengthen EU rules against financial actual market manipulation and insider dealing. The Greens welcomed the vote, which would introduce tougher sanctions and other measures, with Green finance spokesperson Sven Giegol...
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    Press release |

    Financial transaction tax

    Commenting on the announcement that a group of eleven EU member states has agreed to move forward with the implementation of a common financial transaction tax through an 'enhanced cooperation' procedure (1), Green economic and finance spokesperson Emilie Turunen (MEP, Denmark) stated: "This br...
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    Tax avoidance/Greece

    Co-presidents of the Greens/EFA group Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit today wrote to EU Council president Van Rompuy and Commission president Barroso urging swift action on tax evasion in the context of the deteriorating economic situation in Greece (1). The letter calls for the forthcoming EU su...
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    News |

    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the committee votes on EU budget and future financing 2014-20, regulating offshore oil and gas exploration, keeping track of greenhouse gas emissions, nuclear safety and cooperation with other countries, tackling insider dealing and market manipulation, animal transport and welfare
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    News |

    The Crisis and Beyond

    Green MEPs met with their national parliament counterparts on Tuesday for a frank discussion on the Green way out of the crisis. With representatives from 13 different countries, both with and without Green MEPs and with members in Government and in opposition, the great variety in the nature...
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    Press release |

    Banking sector reform

    Commenting on the report of the European Commission's high-level group on bank structural reform (the Liikanen report), Green finance spokesperson Philippe Lamberts stated: "This report outlines a number of important proposals that would contribute to the overdue reform of the banking sector. H...
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    Event |

    The Crisis and Beyond

    Green MEPs will meet with their national Parliament counterparts exchange views and discuss the state of the debate at national and EU level on the Union's future.
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    News |

    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the EU budget for 2013, dodgy Nuclear stress tests, Nanomaterials, GMO health risks and discussions on the future of Europe.
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    Press release |

    Financial markets and products (MiFID)

    The EP's economic and monetary affairs committee voted on important legislative proposals on the regulation of the market for financial instruments (MIFID) yesterday evening. While MEPs took tentative steps to strengthening proposals on high frequency trading and commodity speculation, the Greens ar...
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    News |

    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the presentation of Sakharov prize candidates, regulating financial markets and limiting commodity speculation, budget problems in EU agencies, air pollution and EU regulation, ICT possibilities and the case of Iceland, nanomaterial registers and transparency, the Commission brought to court, tac…