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    Corporate tax

    The European Parliament's economic affairs committee today voted to endorse legislative proposals for an EU common consolidated base for corporate tax (CCCTB). The Greens have long supported the introduction of a binding EU CCCTB and played a crucial role in securing the broad support of the committ...
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    e-fa: News Round-Up March 2012

    March 2012 Round-Up The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest group i...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary session included the state of nuclear power on the Fukushima anniversary, strengthening the role of cooperatives in European society, the recent elections in Russia, government violence in Syria, the low carbon roadmap...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Priorities for the Greens/EFA group this week include a common EU corporate tax base, new proposals for dealing with shadow banking and our iniative for the EP to participate in a worldwide reading of Liu Xiaobo's writings.
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    Stop Climate Change Blog

    Because of Poland, the EU environment council did not manage to reach a consensus on the climate roadmap last week. All eyes are now on the European Parliament...
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    Radical thinking needed to tackle economic crisis

    In a debate at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, Jill Evans MEP today spoke of the need for radical thinking to tackle the economic crisis in Europe.  Addressing Presidents Barroso and van Rompuy, Ms Evans said: "The series of European summits since May 2010 have taken place against t...
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    Calls to boost number of women in political decision making

    MEPs from the European Parliament's European Free Alliance group are backing moves to boost the role of women in political decision making, and to close the gender pay gap. The European Free Alliance in the European Parliament has a majority of female members. Proposals to reduce the gender pay gap ...
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    Rare Earths

    The decision by the EU, together with the US and Japan, to challenge China's rare earth export restrictions before the World Trade Organisation (WTO) takes this ongoing dispute to a new level. Building on an earlier challenge on 9 other raw materials, which yielded a successful WTO ruling Ja...
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    Inheritiance and succession law

    The European Parliament today voted to adopt new EU legislation on inheritance and succession aimed at simplifying the rules for cross-border inheritances (Succession Directive). The Greens welcomed the legislative agreement, with Green legal affairs spokesperson Eva Lichtenberger stating after the ...
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    Social economy - cooperatives

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on strengthening European cooperatives and the wider social and solidarity economy (1) in the context of the UN year of cooperatives (2). Commenting after the vote, Green economic affairs spokesperson and draftsman for the report Sven Giegold said:...