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    Odyssey of the "MSC Flaminia"

    The saga of the stricken vessel MSC Flaminia has once again thrown up glaring deficiencies in maritime crisis management and response. The German container ship with 150 containers of chemicals classified as 'dangerous goods' caught fire mid-Atlantic on 14th July 2012 resulting in the death of one ...
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    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for next week's Strasbourg Plenary include illegal CIA activities, energy saving, limiting pollution from shipping, tackling corporate tax avoidance, Russia and the rule of law, sustainable fisheries and consumption, democratic rollback in Romania...
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    Strasbourg decision criticised

    SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has criticised today's European Court of Justice advice, which threatens to reverse MEPs attempts to curtail the European Parliament's monthly treks to Strasbourg. Every month the European Parliament moves from Brussels to Strasbourg for just three days at hu...
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    European Parliament seat

    The European Court of Justice's Advocate General today delivered an opinion (1) recommending that the court find against the decision by MEPs to travel only 11 times per year to Strasbourg for plenary sessions instead of 12 (2). The Greens expressed regret at the decision but pointed out that it und...
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    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include committee debates on the Euro crisis and on human rights as well as Greens/EFA conferences on GMOs, steel industry and biodiversity
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    Cyprus EU Presidency

    The Greens in the European Parliament organise a three-day delegation in Nicosia in order to meet and debate with Cypriot officials, political groups, representatives of the NGOs and the civil society.
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    Romanian impeachment referendum

    Commenting on the outcome of the referendum in Romania on the impeachment of President Basescu, which failed due to a below-threshold turnout, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit said: "After the outcome of this farcical referendum, it is time to draw a line under the po...
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    Human rights

    Commenting on the nomination of former EP vice-president and Greek foreign minister Stavros Lambrinidis to the newly created position of EU Special Representative for Human Rights (1), Greens/EFA co-president Dany Cohn-Bendit said: “The creation of this new post is an important signal of the prior...
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    Romania

    The European Commission today adopted reports assessing the progress of reforms in the EU's newest member states Bulgaria and Romania. In its assessment on Romania, the Commission underlined concerns previously raised about recent decisions taken by the government, which are viewed as a threat to th...
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    e-fa: News Round-Up:

    July 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 in...