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    Press release |

    EU financial rules

    The European Parliament today voted on EU legislation on over-the-counter derivative products. The Greens welcomed the vote, which would tighten the regulation and increase transparency of these opaque and risky products, which played a significant role in the financial crisis. After the vote, Green...
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    Video |

    Derivatives

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    Press release |

    Financial regulation

    A new independent financial watchdog came into being today, with the founding general assembly of Finance Watch in Brussels. The initiative, which has had the support of Green MEPs, aims to create an independent counter-power in the field of financial regulation, and will be the first civil society ...
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    Publication |

    Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2012

    The European Parliament, –    having regard to the Commission Work Programme 2011 (COM (2010) 623), –    having regard to the Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission adopted on 20 October 2010, in particular Annex IV thereof, -  ...
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    Event |

    Beyond the Crisis

    The aim of this public debate is to highlight the recent developments of the Euro area crisis with a particular focus on the issue of Greek sovereign debt, and provide concrete alternatives to austerity measures and neoliberal exit strategies
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    News |

    Green Round-up

    For the Greens, the main highlights of the week were the debates and votes on the economic governance pack legislation, on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy, on spent fuel and radiactive waste and on strenghtening the consumer rights. Two committee votes - on implementation of EU legislation and on road safety in Europe - were …
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    Press release |

    EU summit

    Commenting on the outcome of today's EU summit, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "The future of the Euro hangs in the balance but EU leaders are continuing to muddle through and take the path of least resistance. At every step of the Eurozone crisis, EU leaders have acted too late an...
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    Press release |

    Economic governance

    The European Parliament today voted to set out its position on the EU's '6 pack' of economic governance legislation (1), with negotiations between the European Parliament and Council still ongoing. While the Greens agree with the urgent need to introduce tougher economic governance and reform the st...
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    Press release |

    Eurozone crisis/Greece

    European finance ministers have delayed approval of a new tranche of loans for Greece, insisting that the country pass a new package of austerity measures first. The Greens have hit out at the persistent reliance on austerity and the failure to ensure private creditors take a bigger and compulsory p...
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    Press release |

    Credit rating agencies

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on credit rating agencies. The Greens welcomed the report as an important step to addressing the damaging dominance and conflict of interests of the three big rating agencies, with a review of EU legislation on ratings agencies foreseen for later this y...