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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...
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    Strasbourg Flash

    Next week's agenda has important issues for the Greens. The SWIFT agreement on the transfer of passenger data will be voted on as will the improved agreement on the External Action Service. There will be reports on financial supervision, including from Green MEP Sven Giegold. Green MEPs will present a study on the environmental risks of G…
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    The New Political Role of Internet and Mobile Phone

    Modern information networks turn more and more into essential tools for political mobilisation. The discredited presidential elections in Iran have initiated a popular protest-movement, the so-called "Green movement" which gained much of its momentum through the new technologies offered via internet and mobile phone: sms, You Tube, twitte…
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    Bank Data Agreement

    German Green MEP and member of the Civil Liberties Committee, Jan Philipp Albrecht, comments on the ongoing negotiations between Council, Commission and Parliament over the transfer of bank data to US authorities ("SWIFT agreement"):"Now the cat is out of the bag: The grand coalition of Conservative...
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    Crime and Punishment in the Europe of Tomorrow

    Speakers: Dr. Martin Selmayr, Head of Cabinet of Commissioner Viviane Reding Dr. Yves Bot, Advocate General, European Court of Justice Professor Helmut Satzger, University of Munich Lecturer Nadja Long, EIPA Further Contact: Jenny JasbergOffice of Jan Philipp Albrechttel. +32 2 2847060email: jan.alb...
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    European External Action Service

    Commenting on the outcome of yesterday's inter-institutional negotiations on the European External Action Service in Madrid, Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said: "The political agreement reached yesterday is a step in the right direction compared to th...
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    Export of torture

    Onthe occasion of the resolution on the export of torture instruments today in the European Parliament, Barbara Lochbihler, Green/EFA coordinator for the Human Rights Subcommittee,Declares: "We welcome that the European Parliament, aroused by an NGO report, now calls for concrete measures to implem...
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    Protecting Human Rights Defenders

    The European Parliament adopted today the report of Green MEP Heidi Hautala, Chair of the Subcommittee on Human rights, on Human Rights Defenders with near unanimity. High Representative, Ms Catherine Ashton, who took part in the hearing, welcomed the recommendations of the report. She underlined it...
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    Civil Liberties in Russia

    The European Parliament today voted for a resolution on the outcome of the 31 May - 1 June Russia - EU summit in Rostov. Explaining the vote, Green MEP Werner Schulz, Vice-Chairman of the EU-Russia Delegation of the European Parliament, said:"The debates and discussions about the Summit in Rostov du...
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    Gender Equality and the Crisis

    The European Parliament today adopted a report on the gender aspects of the financial and economic crisis. Raül Romeva, vice-president of the Greens/EFA group and author of the report, commented after the vote: " This is an important day for many millions of women in Europe because for the fir...