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    Human rights in China

    On the occasion of the hearing on Human rights in China organised in the premises of the European Parliament, Green MEP Heidi Hautala (Finland), Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee for Human Rights, deplored the deterioration of working conditions for the civil society and the harassment of human r...
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    Assassination of Rwandan Green Party Vice-President

    Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA GroupEva Joly, President of the Development committeeHeidi Hautala, President of the sub-committee on Human RightsIsabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the death of André Kagwa Rwisereka,...
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    Udalbiltza - MEPs raise concerns with Commission

    Twelve Members of the European Parliament have tabled a written Parliamentary Question to both the European Commission and Council, regarding the court case against the Basque civic movement Udalbiltza which draws together local and municipal representatives. The case begins tomorrow (Thursday) in t...
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    Seasonal Workers

    Commenting on the Commission proposal for a directive on seasonal employment. Green MEP Judith Sargentini (Netherlands), Coordinator for the Greens on the Home Affairs committee, said: "Seasonal work is an important part of a well functioning European labour migration policy. This directive wil...
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    SWIFT Agreement

    The European Parliament today, in the Strasbourg plenary, has adopted the so-called SWIFT agreement for bank data transfers to US authorities. Greens/EFA home affairs expert in the European Parliament Jan Philipp Albrecht comments: "The adoption of the new swift agreement by the majority of the...
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    European External Action Service

    Commenting on today's approval by the European Parliament of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said: "Parliament's approval paves the way for a more coherent and effective European foreign policy that better m...
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    ACTA

    The Greens/ EFA group yesterday adopted an urgent appeal for transparency in the negotiations on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA). With this action, the Greens/EFA protest against the decision by ACTA negotiators to keep a new version of the draft treaty secret after the 9th negotiatio...
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    Human Rights in North Korea

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    Turkey

    The Greens in the European parliament today condemned the arrest of anti-nuclear activists from all over Turkey yesterday in Ankara. The demonstrators wanted to call on the Members of the Turkish National Assembly to say no to a nuclear deal with Russia (1). Commenting on the events, Hélène Flautr...
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    SWIFT Agreement

    Commenting on the vote in the Civil Liberties Committee of the European Parliament, and the forthcoming plenary vote on Thursday afternoon on the SWIFT agreement for the transfer of banking data to the U.S., Green MEP Jan Philipp Albrecht said:  "The decision of the Conservatives, Social D...