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Plenary round-upBrussels 05.09.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 1-4 September

Debriefing of the plenary session in Brussels

Green priorities for the session included the reports by Green MEPs on freight transport, on the Dublin system for asylum applications and on community sanctions in the field of human rights. The Council and Commission statements on the situation in Georgia was also a highlight for the group.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 20.06.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 16-19 June 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the session included the reports on the waste framework directive, on the returns directive and on the European electricity market. The Council and Commission statements on the measures against oil price rises was also a highlight for the group.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 23.05.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 19-22 May 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the session included the reports on the protection of the environment through criminal law, on equal-opportunities and non-discrimination as well as the interim report of the Climate Change Temporary Committee on scientific facts of climate change.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 25.04.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 21-24 April 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the session included the debates on the budget discharge of the European Parliament (including assistants' statute and pension funds) and on the increase in world food prices in the European Union. The resolution on biodiversity and the statement on illegal migration were also highlights for the Group.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 13.03.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 10-13 March 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the session included the debate on the preparation of the European Council in Brussels as well as the reports on the health check of the CAP and on the European Institute of Innovation and Technology. Among other highlights were the statement on hostages in Columbia and the report on a global energy fund.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 21.02.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 18-21 February 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Priorities for this session included the reports by Green MEPs on an EU strategy for Central Asia, on monitoring application of EU law and on the territorial agenda and the Leipzig Charter. The debate with the Council and the Commission on Kosovo was also a highlight as well as the adoption of the resolution on the situation in the Gaza strip.

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Plenary round-upBrussels 31.01.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 30-31 January 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Brussels

Highlights during the mini-plenary session included a Green report on fishing discards, the vote on the legislative report on liberalisation of postal services in the EU as well as the debates on the situation in Iran and on the US missile defence system.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 17.01.2008

Greens/EFA Round-up 14-17 January 2008

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Priorities for the Greens included the legislative reports on consumer credit rules, and on the export and import of dangerous chemicals. The report on future policy in the automotive sector as well as the debates on the situation in Kenya were also highlights for the group.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 14.12.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 10-13 December 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Highlights of the final plenary session in 2007 included the adoption of legislation on air quality in Europe, as well as a report on the reform of the wine market. The proclamation of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and the presentation of the Sakharov prize were also key events.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 15.11.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 12-15 November 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Highlights in the plenary included legislative reports on soil protection and on inclusion of aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme as well the debates on Pakistan, on the Bali conference on climate change and on the right for free circulation and stay of EU citizens.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg/Brussels 25.10.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 22-25 October 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Priorities for the Greens/EFA group for the October plenary included the legislative reports on EU pesticide rules and the report on CO2 emissions from cars. The debate on EU-Russia relations was another highlight.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 27.09.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 24-27 September 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the session included the reports on the creation of an EIT and on a renewables roadmap for Europe as well as the debates on dangerous toys, on the death penalty and equal treatment.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 06.09.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 3-6 September 2007

Debriefing of the Strasbourg plenary session

Green priorities for the session included the resolution on this summer's forest fires in Greece, as well as the reports on alcohol-related harm and on freight transport logistics. The group also decided on its candidate for the Sakharov prize.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg/Brussels 12.07.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 9-12 July 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the session included the reports on liberalisation of postal services and on the implementation of the first railway package, the debate on the IGC and the Portuguese Presidency as well as reports on food additives and fishmeal.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg / Brussels 21.06.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 18-21 June 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the June session included the plenary debates reports on banning the trade in car and dog furs and the trade in metallic mercury, the debate on the portability of supplementary pension rights as well as the vote on the report on liberalising postal services in the Transport committee.

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Plenary round-upBrussels 08.06.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 4-7 June 2007

Debriefing of the mini-plenary session week in Brussels

Green priorities for the week included the debate on Darfur, a report on the EU's constitutional process and a report on cod stocks in the Baltic Sea, as well as a solidarity action in support of imprisoned Palestinian parliamentarians.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg / Brussels 25.05.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 21-24 May 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Highlights in the plenary included several reports on mobile phone roaming fees, healthcare and the Services Directive, environmental quality standards in water and organic production and labelling of organic products. Another event was the meeting of Greens/EFA with prominent Russian opposition politician Gary Kasparov.

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Plenary round-upBrussels 11.05.2007

Greens/EFA Round-up 7-11 May 2007

Debriefing of the mini-plenary session in Brussels

Main issues: debate on EU-Russia relations, report on 50 years of Euratom, the European Parliament's committee on climate change and a Green initiative on energy-saving bulbs.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg/Brussels 27.04.2007

Plenary Round-up 23-26 April 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Among the Green priorities were the proposal on criminal penalties for intellectual property offences and the debates on homophobia in the EU and EU-US relations. The group also published a new study on the environmental cost of having two parliamentary seats.

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Plenary round-up30.03.2007

Plenary Round-up 28-29 March 2007

Debriefing of the mini-session in Brussels

Kosovo’s future status, EU rules for organic products, the future of professional football and the future of the European Union's own resources were the key issues of the mini-session.

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Plenary round-upBrussels 16.03.2007

Plenary Round-up 12-15 March 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for the March session included the debates on nuclear non-proliferation, the report on social services of general interest, the debate on the Berlin Declaration and the debate on banning seal products in the EU as well as a Green initiative to ban the incandescent light bulb.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg/Brussels 16.02.2007

Plenary Round-up 12-15 February 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session in Strasbourg

Green priorities for this session included the final report of the EP CIA inquiry, the revision of the EU's waste rules, the report by Green MEP Marie-Hélène Aubert on illegal fishing, the debate on the Spring Summit and a resolution on climate change.

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Plenary round-upBrussels 02.02.2007

Plenary Round-up 30 Jan-1 Feb 2007

Debriefing of the mini session in Brussels

Main issues: call for a moratorium on the death penalty, debate onclimate change, report on fighting obesity epidemics, allocation of positions on EP committees.

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Plenary round-upStrasbourg 20.01.2007

Strasbourg Round-up January 2007

Debriefing of the plenary session 15-18 January 2007

The election of the President of the Parliament, the debate on the third railway package, the Green report on arms exports and the statement by Mrs Merkel on the programme of the EU German Presidency were the key issues of the January session.

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