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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the final trialogue on the EU agriculture policy reform, the committee votes on easier access to EU funds for crisis countries, risky medical devices and EU funding for research and innovation to 2020. Greens/EFA co-presidents will also travel to Greece and meet with key stakeholders and decision…
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    Financial market manipulation

    The European Commission today presented a legislative proposal on benchmarks used for commodities, interbank lending and exchange rates. The proposal is ostensibly aimed at addressing flaws in the current rules, which allowed the LIBOR and EURIBOR scandals to occur, however the Greens have expressed...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included the reports on the climate impact of biofuels, the right of access to a lawyer, innovative, sustainable transport technologies, supervising European banks, mortgages, eel stocks under threat, covert surveillance and threats to media freedom, preserving endangered languages in Euro…
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    State of play in the negotiations on the European Banking Union

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    EU banking supervision

    Today a deal was struck between the presidents of the European Parliament and the European Central Bank on Parliament's scrutiny role under the new European banking supervision mechanism. It is very likely that the political groups in the European Parliament will support this deal (1). Green finance...
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    Market abuse rules (LIBOR)

    The European Parliament today voted on proposals to revise EU legislation on market abuse and insider trading, which were proposed in response to the LIBOR scandal. The Greens welcomed the outcome, notably provisions for tougher fines, more transparency and greater protection for whistleblowers, wit...
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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include committee debates on PRISM/NSA snooping scandal and EU implications, water protected as basic public service, Commission communicaiton on shadow banking and a Greens/EFA conference on shale gas
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    Financial regulation

    Today the European Commission proposed new rules on Payment Services for the benefit of consumers and retailers. The package contains a reformed Payment Services Directive ("PSD2") and a proposal for regulation on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions. Fees on debit card pay...
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    Single resolution mechanism

    EU Commissioner Michel Barnier today presented his proposals for a European Single Resolution Mechanism (SRM) and a European resolution fund. The fund will be capitalised by financial institutions. The German government has repeatedly raised doubts concerning the legality of this EU mechanism. The G...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary include export credit agencies, EU budget 2014-2020, Hungary, reforming the EU's anti-fraud body, reforming the structure of the banking sector, regulating investment funds (UCITS), implementing the Financial Transaction Tax, emissions Trading System, US and UK government surveillance of EU…