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    Hello Democracy, Goodbye ACTA

    After many years of campaigning by the Greens, the ACTA agreement was finally rejected by the European Parliament. It is a victory for the Citizens of Europe who contacted their MEPs, signed the petitions and marched in the streets. The Greens/EFA group will continue keep a close eye on developments, keep citizens informed and fight for …
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    ACTA anti-counterfeiting agreement

    The European Parliament today voted to refuse its consent to the ratification of the ACTA anti-counterfeiting trade agreement by the European Union (1). The vote to reject ACTA effectively ends the prospect of the EU acceding to the treaty. The Greens/EFA group, which has been active on ACTA since t...
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    Press release |

    AU REVOIR ACTA!

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today (Wednesday) hailed a landslide vote in the European Parliament to reject the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). The Parliament voted to refuse its consent to ACTA with a huge 478 against, 39 in favour. Alyn said: "I am delighted we have said goodbye to ACTA...
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    Press release |

    Jill acts on ACTA

    Today's rejection of the controversial ACTA anti-counterfeiting treaty by the European Parliament has been welcomed by Plaid MEP Jill Evans, who voted against the agreement. There are widespread civil liberties concerns related to the proposed treaty and fears that it will do more harm than good in ...
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    News |

    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for next week's Strasbourg Plenary include promoting rail through better EU rules, animal welfare and EU action, sealing ACTA's fate, the subversion of Schengen, the Syrian crisis and the EU response, illegal fishing and international flagging rules,...
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    Publication |

    Preparation of the Commission Work Programme 2013

    The European Parliament, –   having regard to the Commission Work Programme 2012 (COM (2011)777), –   having regard to the Framework Agreement between the European Parliament and the Commission adopted on 20 October 2010, in particular Annex IV thereof, – &nb...
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    Publication |

    EU policy on the West Bank, including East Jerusalem

    The European Parliament, –   having regard to its previous resolutions on the Middle East, Palestine and Israel with regard, in particular to the ones of 29 September 2011 on the situation in Palestine(1) and of 10 September 2010 on the situation of the Jordan River with special reg...
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    Press release |

    EU-Montenegro

    Montenegro was granted candidate status in 2010 but the country has been waiting until now for the start of negotiations. Commenting on today's green light from the General Affairs Council for Montenegro accession negotiations, Green shadow rapporteur Ulrike Lunacek said: "Montenegro has alread...
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    Event |

    An Emerging e-Fortress Europe?

    The Green conference addressed the EU's border surveillance proposals from a migration perspective as well as from a data protection angle.
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    News |

    RIO + 20 Diary

    It was strange for ministers to land to discover what appeared to be an already agreed document. Some countries arrived with the intention of negotiating at ministerial level, which would have increased political ownership. The NGO community was very clear that the text as it stood was completely out of touch with reality, lacking mention…