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    EU Offshore Oil & Gas Safety proposals

    SNP MEP and sole Scots MEP on the European Parliament's Energy Committee Alyn Smith has questioned the need for the proposed Offshore Oil and Gas Safety Regulation, and been assured by European Commission representatives that they want to see "improvements, but no disruption to existing best pr...
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    European Social Entrepreneurship Funds

    The economic and monetary affairs committee (ECON) of the European Parliament has adopted new legislative proposals, which aim to create a new type of European investment fund providing capital to the 'social economy'. This would give a crucial boost to this important sector of our economy. MEPs vot...
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    Gender and Asylum

    During 2010, over 257,000 asylum applications were made across the EU, 35 per cent of which were made by women or girls.  For thousands of these women, the experience of attempting to claim asylum was one hallmarked by crippling shame, anxiety and confusion. For this is a process where ...
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    Venture capital

    The European Parliament's economic and monetary affairs committee today voted on new draft EU legislation on venture capital funds. The proposed legislation creates a uniform rule book allowing European venture capital funds to raise capital and invest freely within the EU, as well as introducing an...
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    ACTA - anti-counterfeiting treaty

    Three European Parliament committees today adopted opinion reports on the controversial ACTA anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (1). The Greens welcomed the outcome of the votes on the different opinion reports recommending that the EP reject ACTA. Greens/EFA MEP and draftsperson for the industry c...
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    e-fa: News Round-Up

    May 2012 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 group in ...
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    EU urged to press for u-turn over 'barbarous' Mugabe

    The European Union is being urged to put pressure on United Nations tourism chiefs to rethink their appointment of one of the world’s most brutal dictators as an international envoy. Scottish MEP Alyn Smith has written to EU Foreign Affairs High Representative Baroness Ashton asking her to formall...
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    Politics begin at home

    The Environment Committee this morning voted in favour of strenghtening the Commission's proposal on monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. The legislation aims to increase transparency and reliability of data, which in turn should aid implementation of existing rules and development of new policies.
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    EU economic governance

    The European Commission today presented a package of measures on fiscal and economic reforms across the EU. The Greens expressed disappointment that, despite continuing deterioration in the economic fundamentals, the Commission has failed to propose a proper change in the direction of the EU's crisi...
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    EU asylum policy

    The European Commission today proposed changes to EURODAC, the European database on asylum seekers, to allow national law enforcement authorities - like the police - to access an EU databank with fingerprints. The Greens criticised the proposals and the manner in which they were presented, with Gree...