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    EU Council President

    Reacting to the UK Europe minister's comment that Tony Blair would be the UK government's candidate for the future EU Council president (assuming ratification of the Lisbon Treaty), Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms und Daniel Cohn-Bendit said: "The suggestion of Tony Blair to become the E...
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    SNP MEP hails Icelandic EU bid

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith has today hailed the formal decision by the Icelandic Parliament, the Althingi, to apply to the EU for membership. Smith, a member of the European Parliament's Switzerland Iceland and Norway Delegation and regular visitor to Iceland has taken part in numerous meetings with th...
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    Russia - human rights

    Greens/EFA MEPs were today shocked by the news of the brutal murder of Russian human rights activist Natalya Estemirova, who had close relations with the parliamentary group. Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Rebecca Harms and Daniel Cohn-Bendit commented: "We deplore the cowardly murder of the exceptio...
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    No to Blair as European President

    SNP MEP and Party President Ian Hudghton has strongly criticised a proposal to nominate former UK Prime Minister Tony Blair as the new President of the European Council.  The new post would be created if the Lisbon Treaty is ratified by all EU member states, and this is currently subject to a r...
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    Western Balkans

    The European Commission is tomorrow expected to announce plans for a new Western Balkans visa regime that will include Serbia, Montenegro and Macedonia, but exclude Bosnia-Herzegovina. Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, commented:"The Commission's pl...
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    Bike Action - 1st Strasbourg Parliament Session

    For their arrival in Strasbourg and for the first parliamentary session, Green MEPs will be going to the European Parliament by bike.
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    G8-Gipfel

    G8 leaders have agreed to a vague declaration on climate change at this week's summit (8-10 July) in Italy. Commenting on the outcome, Greens/EFA Co-President Rebecca Harms said:"Despite all the bluster, the outcome of this G8 summit falls short of expectations for progressing the UN climate talks. ...
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    China - Xinjiang

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    Welsh wins its place at the European Commission

    Plaid MEP Jill Evans has welcomed the news that Welsh speakers will be able to correspond with the European Commission in the Welsh language, starting from this week.This follows a long campaign by Ms Evans to improve the status of the Welsh language at European level.The move will be made official ...
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    New EFA Group in the European Parliament

    When: Tuesday 7 July 2009 at 14h30Where: European Parliament Press Briefing Room PHS 0A50  MEPs from the newly re-constituted European Free Alliance Group, which forms a common parliamentary group with the Greens, will give a press conference to present the new group and explain priorities for ...