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Position papers include all papers formally adopted by our Group and thus representing our official position on major issues. Policy papers gather all briefings, brochures, statements from working groups or other Group bodies which have not been submitted to a vote but reflect a more technical position on specific topics. Studies are reports commissioned to experts and are accompanied most of the time with our political recommendations. For information and transparency purposes, we also publish here all Group letters sent to the other institutions or representatives

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    Seed
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    Concentration of market power in the EU seed market

    Is the EU seed market really as diversified as the European Commission wants lawmakers and the general public to believe? Or is this market in fact transforming rapidly from a seed sector with a large number of competing small firms and farmers into an oligopoly, increasingly dominated by a small number of transnational agro-chemical-se…
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    EU systemic banks capture huge amount of implicit subsidies

    According to the study, the best estimate of subsidies amounts to 233.9 billion euro. The study shows that that without these implicit subsidies the large banking institutions in the EU would be making substantial losses. Furthermore, it compares the orders of magnitude of implicit subsidies with the upcoming capital charges and levies …
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    Environmental policy in the European Semester: assessing progress to date

    This Greens/EFA study draws a critical analysis of environmental policy in the current European Semester and discusses avenues for greening the EU semester process.
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    All you need to know on the Seed Production and Marketing regulation

    All you need to know on the Seed Production and Marketing regulation (Regulation on Plant Reproductive Material) What is the proposal on the Regulation on Plant Reproductive Material about? The newly proposed "European regulation on production, breeding and making available on the market of...
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    Using the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership to Limit Fossil Fuel Subsidies

    Fossil fuel subsidies contribute to climate change by encouraging production and consumption of carbon-intensive energy sources. The negotiations between the United States and the European Union on the Trans- Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) present an important opportunity to negotiate both enforceable limits on fossil f…
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    Sri Lanka

    Tabled by Jean Lambert, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Barbara Lochbihler on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, having regard to the European Parliament resolutions on the situation in Sri Lanka of 12 May 2011 and 22 October 2009 - having regard to the report o...
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    Organ harvesting in the People's Republic of China

    Tabled by Helga Trüpel, Barbara Lochbihler, Werner Schulz, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Bart Staes, Raül Romeva i Rueda on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, having regard to its previous resolutions on China and in particular the one on EU-China relations of 14 March 2013, - having r...
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    Central African Republic

    Tabled by Judith Sargentini, Barbara Lochbihler, Nicole Kiil-Nielsen, Raül Romeva i Rueda on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, - having regard to the UN Security council resolution of 2127 on peace keeping force, - having regard to the decision of the African Union of 19...
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    Preparations for the European Council meeting (19-20 December 2013)

    Tabled by Sven Giegold, Daniel Cohn-Bendit on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its resolutions of 12 June 2013 on strengthening European democracy in the future EMU(1), of 23 May 2013 on ‘future legislative proposals on EMU: response to the Commissi...
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    Outcome of the Vilnius summit and the future of the Eastern Partnership, in particular as regards Ukraine

    Tabled by Rebecca Harms, Werner Schulz, Tarja Cronberg, Raül Romeva i Rueda, Indrek Tarand on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament, – having regard to its resolution of 23 October 2013 on ‘the European Neighbourhood Policy: towards a strengthening of the partnership. Position ...