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    Lobbying Transparency versus “freedom of the mandate”

    Members of the European Parliament are about to miss a big opportunity to deliver on lobby transparency in Europe. This is because Members from the EPP, S&D and ALDE groups are - rather ironically - arguing that their “freedom of the mandate” would make it legally impossible for them to enact policies that could finally transform the EU l…
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    Greens/EFA go to court over lack of transparency on glyphosate

    It was over a year ago when our MEPs Bart Staes, Benedek Jávor, Heidi Hautala and Michèle Rivasi first sent the European Food and Safety Authority (EFSA) an official access to documents request, trying to access the studies on which EFSA based its assessment that glyphosate is not carcinogenic.
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    Press release |

    Glyphosate

    A group of Greens/EFA MEPs has filed a case with the European Court of Justice demanding public access to the studies used by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in assessing the safety of glyphosate.
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    New rules for finance industry sign of political amnesia

    The European Parliament and Council of ministers agreed on new legislation designed to resuscitate the market for "securitisation" - one of the key causes of the financial crisis that began 10 years ago and that Europe has yet to fully recover from.
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    As sources signal Trump likely to pull out, all parties must stand together

    It seems likely that Donald Trump will this week announce the US's intention to leave the Paris climate deal agreed in 2015.
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    Mr Juncker answers European Parliament’s Panama Papers committee

    It is not every day that the President of the European Commission visits the European Parliament and agrees to answer questions on committee work. This time, Mr Juncker accepted the invitation as the sitting President of the European Commission and former Prime Minister and Finance Minister of Luxembourg.
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    Road Transport
    Press release |

    Road mobility package

    The European Commission has today (31 May) presented the first part of its road mobility package. The package contains proposals for controversial changes to current laws on the social and environmental aspects of the road transport sector, as well as an update that will affect the working conditions of freight drivers working abroad.
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    Commission sets out options for Eurozone's future

    The European Commission has today (31 May) released a reflection paper setting out options for the completion of a robust economic and monetary union. The proposal contains almost nothing on social and taxation issues, which leaves the EU lagging far behind French President Macron's proposals for social minimum standards, as well as a mi…
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    Agriculture can play its part in reducing greenhouse gas emissions

    On 30 June, the Agriculture committee will vote on the so-called ‘LULUCF’ file. What is hiding behind this enigmatic acronym is the contribution of the agriculture and forest sectors to the reduction of climate change. Until now, they had been left out of the collective effort to reach the goals set up collectively by the world nations in…
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    Press release |

    European Commission must invest more to promote solidarity

    “Promoting solidarity between young people across the EU is something we strongly support, but the European Commission will have to do better than this to make it happen," comments Greens/EFA education and policy spokesperson, Helga Trüpel.