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The Week Ahead 7-13 December 2009

Committee meetings and political groups week – Brussels Source : © European Parliament

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Global warming: less meat = less heat

Everyone can fight climate change by not eating meat one day a week, urged Sir Paul McCartney at a European Parliament public hearing on “Global Warming and Food Policy: Less Meat = Less Heat” on Thursday. The panel of global warming and food policy experts, including Chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Dr Rajendra K. Pachauri, urged legislators to encourage people to do more individually to fight climate change.

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ACP-EU: help developing countries combat climate change

The principle of “differentiated responsibility” for reducing greenhouse gas emissions should be ratified by the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference, says a resolution adopted by the Joint Parliamentary Assembly of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) MPs and Members of the European Parliament in Luanda (Angola) on Thursday. The JPA also condemned a coup d’état in Madagascar and debated the institutional crisis in Niger. Source : © European Parliament

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Pros and cons of a financial transaction tax

A tax on financial transactions is probably not the best way to curb speculation and find extra revenue to bail out failing banks, MEPs heard on Wednesday at a public hearing held by the EP Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee. Source : © European Parliament

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Turkey is part of the solution, not of the problem, says its EU minister

Turkey’s progress this year on the path to EU accession was debated by its EU affairs minister and chief negotiator Egemen Bağış and Foreign Affairs Committee MEPs on 2 December. His visit coincided with the committee’s first discussion of a draft report on Turkey by Ria Oomen-Ruijten (EPP, NL)

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Conference of Presidents in Madrid for talks with future Spanish Presidency

Ahead of the Spanish presidency of the Council, which begins in January, EP President Jerzy Buzek and leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament will be in Madrid on Thursday and Friday for meetings with Prime Minister José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero, other ministers and members of the Spanish Parliament. The delegation will also be received by King Juan Carlos

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Full moratorium on West Bank settlement

The EU should step up pressure on Israel to stop expanding settlements on the West Bank, Egypt’s Foreign Minister Ahmed Abu Gheit told MEPs on Tuesday. Egypt also wants an agreement on the borders of the new Palestinian state. Source : © European Parliament

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Hedge funds: ideas for new legislation

Improving transparency and regulatory control of alternative investment funds, such as private equity and hedge funds, to reduce the risks involved, is the key aim of a report tabled in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee on Tuesday. Source : © European Parliament

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Jerzy Buzek: "The Lisbon Treaty will help us deliver on citizens’ expectations"

Jerzy Buzek, President of the European Parliament delivered a speech in the Portuguese capital at the commemorative event marking the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon. Source : © European Parliament

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Maternity leave directive: paid paternity leave creates controversy among MEPs

Maternity leave should be extended from 14 to 20 weeks, says MEP Edite Estrela (S&D, PT) in a report, debated by Womens’ Rights Committee MEPs on Tuesday, on proposals to update the EU “maternity leave” directive.

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