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    SNP MEP hails Icelandic EU bid

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today hailed the formal decision by the Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, to apply to the EU for membership. Smith, a member of the European Parliament's Switzerland Iceland and Norway Delegation and regular visitor to Iceland has taken part in numerous meetings with th...
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    Russia - human rights

    Greens/EFA MEPs were today shocked by the news of the brutal murder of Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, who had close relations with the parliamentary group. Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit commented: "We deplore the cowardly murder of the exceptio...
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    G8 summit

    Leaders from the world's major economies are set to meet on the fringes of this week's G8 summit (8-10 July) to discuss ongoing efforts to reach a international agreement on climate change. In advance of the meeting, Greens/EFA Co-President Rebecca Harms commented: "There had been much expectat...
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    Swedish EU Presidency - Commission President

    The Greens/EFA Group has welcome the Swedish EU Presidency's announcement that there will be no European Parliament vote in July on a second mandate for Barroso as EU Commission President.
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    Nuclear safety

    Commenting on today's Environment Council decision on the EU legislative nuclear safety proposal, Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA-Group, said: "EU governments are washing their hands of real responsibility for nuclear safety. This empty shell of a Directive is a gift to Nicol...
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    Iran: Shirin Ebadi addresses Greens/EFA Group

    Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi today addressed members of the new Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, underlining the right of the Iranian people to protest peacefully.
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    What would you grind for your cup of coffee?

    Free trade in food comes at a big price for the developing world. At the World Trade Organisation (WTO) the world's most powerful trade forces have demanded access to the markets of the less powerful. They want to be able to buy cheaper raw materials like coffee, sugar and cocoa beans while at ...