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    Youth Employment

    The European Parliament today called for concrete initiatives promoting youth access to the labour market and the strengthening of traineeships, internships and apprenticeships. Commenting on the vote of her report, which was adopted by a large majority, rapporteur Danish MEP Emilie Turunen said: &q...
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    Oil exploration and extractions - risks, liability and regulation

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    G20

    Commenting on the outcome of the G20 summit in Toronto, Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit, co-chairs of the Greens / EFA group in the European Parliament said:"As expected, there has been no progress at the G20 Summit in Toronto. The lessons from the financial crisis that erupted almost two year...
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    Emissions standards for Vans

    The Industry Committee of the European Parliament today voted on CO2 regulations for light commercial vehicles. Commenting on the vote, Green MEP Rebecca Harms, President of the Greens/EFA group, said:"In voting for watering down the legislation on van emissions, a majority of the Industry Committee...
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    Towards a cultural ecology?

    This conferenec organized by Greens/EFA MEPs Malika Benarab-Attou, Helga Trüpel, François Alfonsi, aims at bringing a prospective on positioning Culture at the heart of the European project.
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    Carbon and energy tax

    The European Commission has begun considering a proposal to revise the energy taxation directive, including a carbon tax component. Green MEPs support the revision but call for the proposal to set the rate at the right level and limit exemptions.
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    Offshore oil drilling

    The Greens/EFA group has highlighted the lack of EU regulation on offshore oil drilling, notably on safety and liability. In addition to calling for stronger and more coherent EU rules, the Greens have called for a moratorium on offshore drilling - at least until stronger rules are in place.
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    Electrical and electronic waste

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    Call for civil society financial lobbying

    For the first time, 22 MEPs in charge of regulating banks and financial markets have launched a multi-party call criticizing the asymmetry in the representation of interests. This call was initiated by Green MEP Pascal Canfin.
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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...