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    Egypt

    Commenting on the continued mass protests and escalating violence in Egypt, MEP Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson for the Greens/EFA group stated: "I am deeply concerned about the current developments and increased violence in Egypt and believe the international community shou...
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    Surveillance and espionage

    Commenting on the Prism and Tempora surveillance programs and the spying attacks by the US National Security Agency (NSA), Jan Philipp Albrecht, European Parliament rapporteur/draftsperson for the new EU data protection regulation and the EU-US Framework Agreement on data protection, stated: &quo...
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    NSA spying scandal - free trade agreement

      On the eve of the vote on Parliament's resolution on the NSA spying scandal, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms called for a clear signal against opening negotiations with the USA on a free trade agreement:         "The E...
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    Hungary

    The European Parliament today adopted a report by Green MEP Rui Tavares (Portugal) on the situation of fundamental rights in Hungary. The report states that the legal and constitutional changes in Hungary are incompatible with the values of the EU set out in Article 2 of the Treaty on European Unio...
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    Event |

    The Greens/EFA Co-Presidents' briefing

    The Greens/EFA co-presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms presented the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group
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    The current humanitarian crisis in Syria

    A delegation from Syria, including the mayor of Alep and the province chief of Alep has been invited to the European Parliament by the Greens/EFA group to assess the current humanitarian crisis and its international implications in Syria.
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    Spy attacks against the EU

    The recent revelations about the borderless spying activities against so-called friend EU countries and their institutions by the US National Security Agency (NSA) and the British secret service must lead to a rapid political response. Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, Co-Presidents of the Gr...
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    News |

    Strasbourg Flash

    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: stopping the rot, US and UK governmen…
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    Treaty for the blind and visually impaired

    Over the last two weeks, World Intellectual Property Organization delegates have been meeting at a diplomatic conference to conclude a treaty to facilitate access to published works by visually impaired people. After years of discussion, an agreement has finally been reached. Commenting on the ag...
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    Event |

    When Rule of Law is at risk

    Respect for human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, the rule of law and respect for human rights are at the heart of European integration. However, once a country becomes an EU member state, compliance with the EU values is not monitored or evaluated. When EU values are at risk, what can the EU do? What should the EU do?