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    Ukraine elections

    International election observers are continuing to reveal irregularities during the recent parliamentary elections in Ukraine. Against the background of irregularities, fraud and result manipulation, and the consequent threat from opposition groups to boycott the new legislature, Greens/EFA co-presi...
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    Kosovo (EULEX)

    Commenting on a recent report of European Court of Auditors, which raised concerns about EU's legal mission in Kosovo (EULEX), Green spokesperson on foreign affairs and EP draftsperson/rapporteur for Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek, who just returned from a European Parliament delegation to Kosovo said: "...
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    ECB executive board

    Governments from Eurozone member states are expected to confirm the appointment of Yves Mersch to the executive board of the European Central Bank on Monday, ignoring a vote of the European Parliament (1). Commenting on the situation, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms stated: “Bulldozing throu...
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    Brussels agenda

    Greens/EFA priorities for the week include the EU position at UN climate talks, protecting endangered cod in the Baltic, limiting airport noise pollution, the car industry and CO2 emissions, the future EU budget 2014-20, the Greek crisis - Green solutions, and the food crisis and the role of agroecology
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    GMO (In)Digest

    EU Work: Conference: How GMO-free labelling of food products can contribute to increase GMO-free supplies for animal feed. Under the sponsorship of MEPs José Bové, Jill Evans and Bart Staes, the Greens/EFA group at the European Parliament is organizing this conference on 6th December, from 9h30 t...
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    Ukraine

    Greens/EFA Co-President Rebecca Harms has since last Thursday been in Ukraine as Vice-President of the European Parliament's election observation mission. She warned today against premature recognition of the elections:"No final assessment of the elections should be made until the ballot count ...
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    European semester

    The EU Parliament today adopted a report on the European semester, as part of the EP's consultative role in the new European system of economic governance. Commenting on the outcome, Green MEP Marije Cornelissen, who was draftsperson/rapporteur for the EP employment committee on the report, said: &...
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    Financial markets and products (MiFID)

    The European Parliament today voted on important legislative proposals on the regulation of the market for financial instruments (MIFID). The Greens welcomed the strengthening of proposals on high frequency trading and commodity speculation but regretted the failure to adopt stronger provisions on c...
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    Sakharov prize

    Two Iranian rights activists, Nasrin Sotoudeh and Jafar Panahi, were today announced as the winners of the 2012 Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought, following a decision by the European Parliament's conference of presidents. The Greens/EFA group, which nominated the two activists for this year's p...
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    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included the EU budget 2013, the future financing 2014-2020, the rules on data retention, the issue of the single seat of the European Parliament, the EU economic governance, the decision on the Sakharov Prize winner...