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Jens-Peter Bonde says farewell to Parliament

On 8 May, Jens-Peter Bonde officially withdrew from his MEP seat in the Parliament, to be replaced by Hanne Dahl.

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Chris Davies blasts “divisive and dangerous” Greenpeace carbon capture report

A Greenpeace report - "False Hope" - published on Monday May 5th that claims that the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology is a "scam" has been condemned by Chris Davies, the MEP responsible for steering the legislation through the European parliament.

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Parliament's agriculture committee chief calls for review of policy on GM feed

Neil Parish, the Chair of parliament’s agriculture committee has called on the EU to review its policy for approvals of GM feed.

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Daul attacks socialists for condoning Slovak violations of press freedom

EPP-ED group chair Joseph Daul has strongly condemned what he calls the opportunistic and irresponsible decision of the European Socialists and the comments of Hannes Swoboda MEP, following which the new Slovak press law was acceptable and compatible with "European conditions".

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Pöttering condemns violent attack on Irish MEP Proinsias De Rossa

Parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering has strongly condemned the assault ON Tuesday evening in Dublin on Irish MEP Proinsias De Rossa by a group of anti-Lisbon Treaty protesters.

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More women scientists needed in Europe says women's rights and gender equality committee

The European parliament’s committee on women's rights and gender equality adopted on Monday a report on the under-representation of women in the world of science. The report calls for mainstreaming of the male-female dimension in research programmes, support for scientific careers for women and a gender balance on decision-making bodies.

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Greens question President Pöttering about stealth lobbyists in parliament

Two weeks ago, the Greens/EFA group in the European parliament wrote to the parliament president Hans-Gert Pöttering with a question regarding the activities of the European business and parliament scheme (EPBS). The letter is yet to receive a response.

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Robust rules needed for EU lobbying says parliament’s Green/EFA group

The Alexander Stubb report on new lobbying rules will be voted in plenary on 8 May. Speaking at today's Greens/EFA seminar "Whatever happened to democracy?" in the build-up to this vote, Green MEP Satu Hassi, vice chair of parliament’s environment, public health and food safety committee commented:

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ALDE group backs ombudsman in his battle for transparency

The European ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros, this morning presented his 2007 annual activity report and pointed out an increase in complaints directed at the European institutions, including the European parliament.

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