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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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    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…
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    News |

    GMO Campaign Blog

    A new scientific paper is likely to cause a rethink of how the safety of GMOs is evaluated before they are placed on the market. Published in the peer reviewed Food and Chemical Toxicology journal ”Long term toxicity of a Roundup herbicide and a Roundup-tolerant genetically modified maize”, by ...
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    Press release |

    Boardroom quotas for women

    In an open letter to Commission president Barroso and vice-president Reding today (1), the Greens urged the Commission to publish planned legislation introducing boardroom quotas for women as soon as possible. The Greens criticised the initiative by a group of EU member state governments seeking to ...
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    Event |

    U.S.- Europe Green Summit

    Presidential Candidate for the Green Party of the U.S., Dr. Jill Stein, and VP Candidate Cheri Honkala, will join Green Party MEPs to discuss a variety of topics including: the global economic crisis, the Green New Deal in the U.S. and Europe, the dominant two-party system of the U.S. (including the upcoming debates) vs. proportional rep…
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    News |

    Shale Gas

    Shale gas and fracking pose a direct and immediate threat to our drinking water, air, health, local communities and our climate. While the oil and gas industry try to convince the public and policy makers that the risks can be managed, we - the Greens/EFA group, the European Green Party, Friends of the Earth Europe, Food and Water Europe …
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    Press release |

    Accounting transparency

    Crucial new draft EU legislation on accounting and transparency was voted on by the legal affairs committee in the European Parliament today (1). The Greens welcomed the support of MEPs for greater transparency on companies' activities, notably for project reporting and on payments to governments, ...