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    Brussels Agenda

    Greens/EFA agenda priorities Wednesday 14 October: The European Commission will publish progress reports on the accession of Turkey and Western Balkan countries. The Greens will also examine the Commission's proposal to be announced on emission performance standards for commercial vans and mini...
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    Sakharov Prize

    Today, a joint meeting of the European Parliament's foreign affairs and development committees selected a shortlist of three candidates for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. (1) Greens/EFA Co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit commented: "We are very pleased that Greens/EF...
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    Israel-Gaza

    UN Human Rights Council will today defer a vote on the Goldstone Gaza report until March 2010. The vote on the UN resolution concerning the report was mainly blocked by the US, with the silent support of the EU. The report of the Goldstone fact-finding Mission on the Gaza Conflict concluded that bot...
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    No EU cash for dictator

    SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has welcomed a vote by the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee to hold up the payment of more than £400,000 a year to the military dictatorship in Guinea.  The Fisheries Committee had been due to approve the payment this week as part of ...
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    Gaza conflict

    Richard Goldstone, head of the UN fact-finding mission on the Gaza conflict, presents his report to the UN Human Rights Council today. The report sets out clear evidence that both Israel and Hamas committed violations of international human rights and humanitarian law and that neither side has taken...
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    Outcome of the G20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24-25 September 2009)

    The Greens/EFA consider that an effective multilateral response to the crisis requires a systemic multidimensional regulatory reform. They deplore that the G20 did not come up with any measure to deter financial speculation, by proposing e.g. a financial transaction tax. They also regret the lack of progress towards agreement for the shar…
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    This week in the EP committees

    Human rights will be one of several high points on the agenda as the European Parliament's committees meet from 28 September to 2 October. Nominations will be presented for the EP's Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought and a public hearing will put a spotlight on the situation in Russia. Other points of interest include a vote on road tr…
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    Ian Hudghton MEP welcomes Scottish exhibition in Strasbourg

    SNP President Ian Hudghton MEP has praised the Scottish Government's EU Representation for teaming up with the devolved administrations of Wales and Northern Ireland to put on an exhibition at the European Parliament in Strasbourg this week.The SNP MEP said it was vital for Scotland to have a strong...
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    G 20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24 - 25 September 2009)

    Draft motion for a resolution on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, - Having regard to the conclusions of the G20 of London the 2 - 3 April 09; - Having regard to the joint letter of Britain, France and Germany calling on for "binding rules" to rein in bankers' bonuses...
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    Killings of human rights defenders in Russia

    Greens/EFA call on the Russian authorities to put an end to the ongoing and widespread impunity for violence against human rights defenders and to protect and guarantee the physical integrity of human rights defenders in conformity with relevant international and regional human rights instruments.