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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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    Moratorium on death penalty

    In the context of the recent reintroduction execution of Saddam Hussein and other important personalities of the former Iraq dictatorship, Greens/EFA reaffirm their longstanding position against the death penalty in all cases and under all circumstances ...
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    World Social Forum

    "Peoples' struggles, peoples' alternatives" is the overarching theme of this year's WSF. More than 100,000 people are expected to participate, including a delegation from the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament.
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    Energy efficiency

    In the frame of the campaign for the election of the European Parliament's president, Monica Frassoni, Greens/EFA candidate, committed also for a more energy efficient EP building. A thermographic analysis of the building was carried out. It provided concrete examples for improvements.
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    Nuclear power plants

    The nuclear lobby speaks of a Renaissance of nuclear energy. However, the truth is quite different. Since 1 January 2007 Europe has 7 nuclear reactors less!
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    Audio statements

    Constitutional process - Monica Frassoni MEP Migration and integration - Kathallijne Buitenweg MEP European foreign policy - Fritz Kuhn MdPParliamentary network - Eva Lichtenberger MEP ...
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    EU energy & climate policy

    The Green groups in the European Parliament and the German Bundestag met in Berlin for a joint session to mark the German Presidency of the EU in the first half of 2007. As an outcome of the energy & climate discussions, they issued a common statement on the EU-Commission's "energy package".
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    Report of the conference "Taking up the challenge"

    Report of the 1st panel - Wednesday 10 January 2007 - 19.15-21.00Which challenges do we face? Which Europe do we need?"Our task as Green Parliamentarians is to 'green the European Union'" – this was the wake up call with which Renate Künast, co-Chair of the German Greens, opened the third Green pa...
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    EU climate policy

    The European Commission proposed today its strategy on energy and climate change which sets a target of a paltry 20% reduction of greenhous gas emissions by 2020.
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    Energy and EU citizens

    According to a new European Commission survey, the Eurobarometer on energy technologies published on Monday, a very large majority of EU citizens back renewables like solar energy or wind energy. On the other hand a majority is against nuclear.
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    Global warming

    The World Meteorological Organization announced that the global mean surface temperature in 2006 is currently estimated to be +0,42°C above the 1961-1990 annual average. The final figures, to be released in March 2007, will most probably confirm that 2006 was the sixth warmest year on record.