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    Iran: Shirin Ebadi addresses Greens/EFA Group

    Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi today addressed members of the new Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, underlining the right of the Iranian people to protest peacefully.
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    Agriculture MEP heads to Highland show - nominated in Scottish Farmer Awards

    SNP MEP Alyn Smith will be meeting with stakeholders from across the agriculture sector as well as enjoying the craic when he visits the Highland Show in Ingliston this week. Smith will be there formally on Thursday and Friday to meet with stakeholders, and have a more relaxed day on Saturday.Mr Smi...
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    Greens/EFA 'Bureau'

    The Greens/EFA Group today elected Daniel Cohn-Bendit and Rebecca Harms were elected as Co-Presidents, together with seven Vice-Presidents.
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    Animal cloning

    EU agriculture ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, have today agreed to include meat and food products sourced from cloned animals in the proposed 'Novel Foods Regulation', which is a potential stepping stone towards legislation to authorise such products. UK Green MEP Caroline Lucas commented: "...
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    EU Commission President

    Daniel Cohn-Bendit, Co-president of the Greens/EFA Group, has spoken out against the possibility of a European Parliament vote on Barroso's appointment in July. He calls for a debate on the President's agenda, to allow a vote in October.
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    EU summit

    EU leaders at a Brussels summit are again failing to make substantial steps forward in the lead-up to international climate change talks in Copenhagen at the end of the year. Greens/EFA Vice-President Rebecca Harms commented:"Another EU summit with climate on the agenda, another outcome of stagnatio...
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    Peru

    On 5 June, Peruvian authorities embarked on a bloody crackdown on indigenous protests regarding exploitative legislative changes in the wake of a US-Peru trade agreement. Having refrained from commenting on the violence, the EU Commission is now negotiating a neoliberal 'Multiparty Commercial Agree...
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    EU Commission Presidency

    The Greens/EFA Group has launched a campaign against Jose Manuel Barroso winning a second mandate as EU Commission President. Co-President Daniel Cohn-Bendit has stated that the EU Parliament should oppose any move to formally nominate Barroso before the summer.
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    Soft mobility

    The Greens/EFA soft mobility paper, commissioned by Michael Cramer MEP, outlines practical measures aimed at reducing oil consumption, as a result cutting transport-induced climatic pollution.
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    International Renewable Energy Agency

    EU energy ministers will meet in Luxembourg tomorrow, 12 June, where they will discuss the location and mandate of the recently established International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). (1) Amid reports that France and the UK have been persuaded to back Abu Dhabi's bid to host the agency (rath...