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Collapse of EU budget talks short-changes people and planet

23/11/2012

With today’s collapse of negotiations at the EU budget summit in Brussels, environment groups CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe called on countries to focus their efforts on agreeing a deal in the new year that has quality EU spending at the top of the agenda. Markus Trilling, EU Funds coordinator for …

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EU budget negotiations must focus on quality spending

22/11/2012

As European leaders gather in Brussels today for the EU budget summit, quality spending must be the focus of discussions if the future European budget is to tackle Europe’s environmental and economic crises, according to environment groupsCEE Bankwatch Network, Friends of the Earth Europe and Transport & Environment. European spending has often been misguided and …

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European Parliament takes risky stance on risky fuel

21/11/2012

In a vote on two parliamentary reports on shale gas, despite widespread recognition of the dangers of ‘fracking’, a split European Parliament did not impose a de facto moratorium, or ensure the highest possible environmental and health standards for an undeniably dangerous technology [1]. Antoine Simon, shale gas campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe …

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Green spending appears on EU budget radar

14/11/2012

The latest EU budget 2014-20 negotiating text, published today by President of the European Council, Herman van Rompuy, contains the first sign of hope for a future EU budget that tackles climate change and helps support a sustainable future for Europe’s 500 million people, according to CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe.Contained …

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Call for stricter lobby rules after Dalli scandal

05/11/2012

Civil society groups have today written to the European Commission President urging him to end the secrecy around the resignation of the former Health and Consumer Commissioner John Dalli. [1] Campaign groups in the Alliance for Lobbying Transparency and Ethics Regulation (ALTER-EU) call on President Barroso to introduce stricter transparency and ethics rules to curb …

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Quality spending absent from draft budget figures

30/10/2012

Indicative figures for Europe’s 2014-2020 budget offer little hope of a green future for agricultural and regional spending, according to CEE Bankwatch Network and Friends of the Earth Europe. The figures released today by the Cypriot presidency mean finding agreement at next month’s EU Summit on a 25 percent climate component across the EU budget …

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