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    European Court of Human Rights ruling becomes legally binding

    Three months ago the European Court of Human Rights condemned the imprisonment on remand of Ukrainian opposition politician Yulia Tymoshenko. The court's ruling is now about to become legally binding.Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said:"The Ukrai...
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    Financial regulation

    Today the European Commission proposed new rules on Payment Services for the benefit of consumers and retailers. The package contains a reformed Payment Services Directive ("PSD2") and a proposal for regulation on interchange fees for card-based payment transactions. Fees on debit card pay...
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    Belo Monte Blog

    Greens/EFA MEPs went to Brazil for a delegation mission where they met with officials and NGOs about the Belo Monte Mega-Dam project.
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    New EU rules governing state subsidies for energy

    The European Commission is preparing to review the guidelines for state aid in the energy sector. Even though the Commission's proposals will probably only be unveiled after the German Bundestag election on 22 September, the Greens have already obtained a draft version of the new rules. This draft t...
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    First Debriefing

    Debriefing on the Green Group Delegation to Belo Monte (Brasilia, Belem and Altamira), July 8-13, 2013   Brussels, July 17th, 2013 Son Excellence l’Ambassadeur Mrs Vera Barrouin Machado Brazilian Mission to the European Union Avenue Franklin Roosevelt 30 1050 Brussels – Belgium Downlo...
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    First post mission meeting

    Ulrike Lunacek met with Vera Machado, the new Brazilian Ambassador to the EU, this afternoon after the end of our delegation visit to the controversial Belo monte mega dam site. Ulrike handed her a first debriefing paper (agreed with our other two delegation members Eva Joly and Catherine Gr...
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    European Public Prosecutor's Office

    Justice Commissioner Viviane Reding will unveil a proposal for a Regulation on the establishment of a European Prosecutor for criminal-law protection of the financial interests of the European Union, finally realising a key project for European integration that has been debated for over 15 years.
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    e-fa: News Round-Up

    June/July 2013 Round-Up The European Free Alliance (EFA) draws together political parties fighting for democracy and self-determination for the stateless nations and regions of Europe. European Free Alliance MEPs sit in a European parliamentary group with the Greens, making up the fourth largest gro...
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    Youth

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    New Basque MEP joins EFA Group

    The EFA Group in the European Parliament has welcomed Inaki Irazabalbeitia from the Basque political movement Aralar as its newest MEP. Mr Irazabalbeitia joins the EFA Group this week, replacing Ana Miranda of the Bloque Nacionalista Galego (BNG). Aralar is a left-wing nationalist Basque political m...