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    State of play of the negotiations of the EU Council concerning the economic crisis

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    Co-Presidents' session briefing

    Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms presented the key issues of the plenary session and of the European agenda for the Greens/EFA group
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    Simplifying public procurement would help Welsh businesses

    Plaid MEP Jill Evans has welcomed calls by the European Parliament to simplify rules on public procurement to make it easier for small and medium sized businesses to win public sector contracts.   MEPs have been voting today ahead of an EU law due in December to revise publ...
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    Country-by-country reporting

    The European Commission today set out proposals to revise EU rules on accounting and transparency (1). The Greens welcomed the proposals as a first step to improving transparency on the payments and accountability of large corporations but regretted that the Commission did not go further both in ter...
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    Public procurement

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on modernisining public procurement, setting out proposals for revising EU rules on public contracts, drafted by Green MEP Heide Rühle. After the vote, Heide Rühle said: "Public procurement procedures should ensure no unnecessary costs are borne...
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    Eurozone summit

    Commenting on the open-ended outcome of this weekend's EU and Eurozone summit, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "The most important lesson of this latest crisis summit with no definitive outcome must be that the EU needs to finally commit to a proper common economic policy. This endl...
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    HORIZON 2020

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    Press release |

    Eurozone crisis

    EU and Eurozone heads of state are set to meet this weekend with expectations high that the summit will deliver a comprehensive set of solutions to the ongoing Eurozone crisis. Ahead of the summit, the Greens outlined their priorities for the comprehensive package of solutions that urgently needs to...
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    News |

    What should the Eurozone and EU Summits achieve?

    EU and Eurozone heads of state are set to meet this weekend with expectations high that the summit will deliver a comprehensive set of solutions to the ongoing Eurozone crisis. Ahead of the summit, Green economic spokesperson Sven Giegold outlines the key issues that need to be addressed by the summ...
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    Financial regulation

    The European Commission today presented legislative proposals aimed at reforming the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MIFID) (1). While the Greens welcomed some of the proposals aimed at increasing market transparency, the group has expressed disappointment that the Commission has failed ...