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  2003 European Free Alliance Meeting in the European Parliament
On November 13 - 14, 2003, a delegation from RAINBOW took part in the regular meeting of the European Free Alliance - Democratic Party of the Peoples of Europe (EFA-DPPE) in the European Parliament in Brussels, Belgium.
Representatives of EFA who participated in the discussions surrounding the formulation of new constitution pledged the text must mention the rights of the minority peoples of Europe.
Discussion also took place in regard to the formation of European political parties where EFA, among others, insists the conditions and criteria, which are now being formulated, must be satisfactory and should afford it status in the European Parliament Group in the European Parliament.
www.florina.org /html/2003/2003_efa_meeting.html   (284 words)

  
 European Free Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The European Free Alliance (EFA) is a grouping of various political parties in Europe who believe in either full political independence (statehood), or some form of devolution or self-government for their country or region.
EFA is in a joint group with the Greens in the European Parliament: European Greens - European Free Alliance.
European Free Alliance (EFA) Manifesto for the June 2004 European elections
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Free_Alliance   (252 words)

  
 European Union Profile
The European Union (EU) is one of the United States' strongest strategic partners, with the importance of the relationship reflected in our close cooperation on regional crises and conflicts, our extensive collaboration on a wide range of global challenges, from counter-terrorism to nonproliferation, and our deep trade and investment relations.
The European Council’s nomination of the President is subject to approval by the Parliament.
European firms were the largest foreign investors in 44 U.S. states and the second largest foreign investor in the remaining six.
www.state.gov /p/eur/rls/fs/54126.htm   (4253 words)

  
 edie news centre - EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Greens/Regionalists form new parliamentary group
The Greens and the Members of the European Free Alliance (EFA) this week announced the formation of a new political group in the European Parliament.
The European Free Alliance is made up of two Members from Scotland (Scottish National Party), two from Wales (Plaid Cymru), two from Flanders (Volksunie) and three from Spain (Partido Andalucista, Eusko Alkartasuna, Bloque Nacionalista Gallego).
Paul Lannoye said: "With the birth of the new group a new political landscape is emerging in the European Parliament.
www.edie.net /news/news_story.asp?id=1442   (288 words)

  
 European Chocolates
It is comprised of the European People's Party and the non-party subgroup European Democrats (not to be confused with the centrist European Democratic Party).
After the European Parliament elections in 1999 it became the largest faction with 233 of the 626 seats.
The European Greens–European Free Alliance (The Greens/European Free Alliance; Greens/EFA; French: ''Le Groupe Verts/Alliance libre européenne''; ''Les Verts/ALE'', German ''Fraktion der Grünen/Freie Europäische Allianz'') is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament.
www.artistbooking.com /trips/58/european-chocolates.html   (971 words)

  
 The Parliament - European Public Health Alliance
The European Federation of Nurses Associations (EFN), EPHA member, organised an EU dialog on the role of nursing care within the European Social Model, in the European Parliament on the 28 February 2006.
A conference "for a European drug policy", hosted by the Greens / European Free Alliance (EFA) group at the European Parliament on 17th September 2003, was attended by EPHA staff.
Plans to mandate the European Council to reform the UN Conventions on drugs were rejected at the 8 April 2003 plenary of the European Parliament.
www.epha.org /m/49   (5417 words)

  
 EUROPA - European Union institutions and other bodies - European Parliament
The members of the European Parliament (MEPs) sit not in national blocks but in Europe-wide political groups that bring together all the main political parties operating in the EU member states.
In 2002, Pat Cox was elected President of the European Parliament.
This places the European Parliament and the Council on an equal footing and the laws passed using this procedure are joint acts of the Council and Parliament.
www.library.uiuc.edu /edx/EU/backup/index_en.htm   (876 words)

  
 European Parliament - dKosopedia
The European Parliament is the 732 seat unicameral legislative body for the 25 member state European Union.
The first direct elections to the European parliament were conducted in 1979 and subsequent elections were held every five years.
Elections to the European Parliament are conducted using a proportional representation electoral system.
www.dkosopedia.com /wiki/European_Parliament   (98 words)

  
 The Greens | European Free Alliance in the European Parliament - PROJECT   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
European Free Alliance in the European Parliament - PROJECT
The Greens/European Free Alliance is a European parliamentary group made up of Greens and representatives of stateless nations ("regionalists").
It is born in July 1999 from the will of two separate and progressive European political families to co-operate in the European Parliament.
www.greens-efa.org /cms/default/rubrik/6/6646.project@en.htm   (442 words)

  
 European Greens–European Free Alliance - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The European Greens – European Free Alliance (The Greens - European Free Alliance; Greens - EFA; French: Le Groupe Verts - Alliance libre européenne; Les Verts - ALE, German Fraktion der Grünen/Freie Europäische Allianz) is one of the parliamentary groups in the European Parliament.
This group consists of two distinct European political parties - the European Green Party and the European Free Alliance.
Before February 2004, the European Greens existed as a coalition known as the European Federation of Green Parties rather than a formal political party.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/European_Greens_-_European_Free_Alliance   (240 words)

  
 INSIGHTS: EU Enlargement and the Pan-European Green Party
MEP Monica Frassoni of Belgium is one of the parliamentary leaders of the European Greens.
But such high hopes could possibly be dashed by the absorption into the European Union (EU) in May as the EU absorbs 10 new countries from the Eastern Bloc and Central Europe, where a tradition of environmental activism is lacking or has in the past been quashed by authorities.
The Greens/European Free Alliance group in the EP is currently composed of 44 members, of the 626 European Parliament seats.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/mar2004/2004-03-11-insmar.asp   (1194 words)

  
 Historical Archives of the European Union / CVCE - WWW-VL European Integration History - Political
The European Convention: The contents of the European Convention website was last updated on 31 July 2003 but the site remains open for consultation.
European Movement International and JEF-Europe-Yes to the European Constitution: "YES is a transnational campaign in favour of the ratification of the Constitution and is coordinated by the European Movement International with the support of JEF-Europe."
Futurum-The Future of the European Union: Futurum is the interinstitutional site relating to the future of the European Union in general and the process of drafting the European Constitution in particular.
vlib.iue.it /hist-eur-integration/Political.html   (528 words)

  
 EA | The European Alliance | The EU Alternative
The European Alliance will do just that with a combination of existing agreements like EFTA, to EA specific measures on security and the environment.
The European Alliance is the pro-European alternative vision to a federal United States of Europe or a single superstate EU project.
The EA offers European countries a way to work together free of the corruption and fraud that dogs the EU and enables them to retain and protect their national sovereignty whilst actively promoting European issues.
www.europeanalliance.org.uk   (341 words)

  
 - europeangreens.org
Marking the closure of their successful 2nd Congress in Geneva, the two co-speakers of the European Green Party, Ulrike Lunacek and Philippe Lamberts, recorded their satisfaction with a mission well accomplished.
The European Greens have congratulated their Austrian colleagues on an excellent performance in Sunday's General Elections.
Die Grünen's become the third largest force in parliament, is a welcome sign for the growth of Green politics across Europe.
www.europeangreens.org   (207 words)

  
 Mebyon Kernow : Archive : MK joins the European Free Alliance   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09)
The European Free Alliance is a federation of progressive autonomist and regionalist political parties from throughout Europe, with which MK has had informal links for a number of years.
In the European Parliament, the EFA is allied with the Greens.
At the present time, their 45-strong Greens/European Free Alliance Group is the fourth largest in the Parliament.
www.mebyonkernow.org /Public/Stories/93-1.shtml   (365 words)

  
 Articles - Greens Want European Parliment Funding for Homeopathy
The Greens and the European Free Alliance in the European Parliament have called for a stronger homeopathy presence in Europe and urged the Commission to fund research into alternative medicine in the next framework programme.
Yet, while European directives state that veterinary homeopathy has a prime place in organic farming, European and national legislation work to restrict the access and availability of those medicines by exaggerated safety standards, believes Ms Frassoni.
The seventh framework programme is also a way to implement the European Research Area, the ultimate goal of which is the gradual integration of European research at local, regional, national and international level.
www.thenhf.com /articles_108.htm   (425 words)

  
 Furman: Engaged Learning at a Leading Liberal Arts University
She is also co-president of the The Greens/European Free Alliance, the fourth largest political group in the European Parliament.
Four years later, she was elected European General Secretary of the European Organisation of Young Federalists and moved to Brussels, Belgium.
Beginning in 1990, she worked for the Greens/European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament as an adviser on institutional issues, internal rules and immunity.
www.furman.edu /press/pressarchive.cfm?ID=780   (352 words)

  
 Pressure Grows for GMO Free Zones in Europe
Organized by the Green and European Free Alliance parties in the European Parliament, the conference was called to highlight frustration among proponents of GM free zones that GM crops cannot currently be banned at local level even where there is public support for such a move.
The European Commission is currently battling to lift a de facto European Union moratorium on new GM crop approvals.
Late last year the European Union's scientific committee on plants backed its case against bans on approved GM maize (corn) varieties introduced in Austria and Germany.
www.ens-newswire.com /ens/jan2001/2001-01-11-02.asp   (426 words)

  
 The Greens | European Free Alliance in the European Parliament - – Home
The European Parliament marked the 50th anniversary of the uprising against communism in Hungary in 1956 by holding a debate in its plenary session on 24 October in Strasbourg.
In his contribution to the debate, Greens/EFA Co-President Daniel Cohn-Bendit also honoured the German philosopher Hannah Arendt, who was the first to dare to condemn communism and fascism at the same time...
Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Dany Cohn-Bendit and Monica Frassoni addressed the outcome of the informal EU summit in Lahti and the disturbing EU tendency to pander to Russia.
www.greens-efa-service.org   (356 words)

  
 IVth Congress of the European Greens: European Free Alliance
The whole concept of Europe is this year of reunification is at risk from mounting xenophobia caused by high unemployment, sluggish growth and racism.
So, I am calling for an alliance on this, between the ETUC, the European Greens, civil society and other allies to prevent Europe from being swamped by an over-emphasis on business and carelessness with social dialogue and environmental standards.
I was generally pleased by the progress made in the Convention on both social and environmental matters.
www.etuc.org /a/864   (902 words)

  
 European Free Alliance
The European Free Alliance is a European political party.
It is an alliance of progressive parties with a regional or democratic nationalist programme.
The EFA has more than 200 elected representatives at European, national and regional levels.
www.e-f-a.org   (216 words)

  
 New Name for the European Forum - FSI Stanford
This year's address will be delivered by the European Parliament's Greens/European Free Alliance Co-President, Daniel Cohn-Bendit.
European Integration/Payne Distinguished Lecture - Lecture by a prominent European public figure that addresses timely issues of integrating the expanding number of EU member states.
The expansion of the European Union deepens the challenges of democratic governance, economic growth, security, and cultural integration.
fsi.stanford.edu /news/new_name_for_the_european_forum_20060901   (497 words)

  
 European Patent Process Under Review in New Study Sponsored by Open Source Risk Management; Launched at European ...
The conference is timed to help educate European policy makers as the Parliament reconsiders whether to accept liberal European Patent Office practice or to reassert the European Patent Convention's clause precluding computer program patents.
European Free Alliance in the European Parliament (http://www.greens-efa.org/), the conference will bring together economists, software professionals, and policy makers to assess the global impact of software patents.
Supported by Free and Open Source Software leaders as well as experts in patents and copyrights law, Open Source Risk Management (OSRM) is the industry's only vendor-neutral provider of risk mitigation, indemnification, and management services for enterprise Free and Open Source Software users.
www.ereleases.com /pr/20041108009.html   (1230 words)

  
 EUROPEAN UNION: The World's New Leading Economic Power
The conservative European People's Party (Christian Democrats)/European Democrats holds 231 of the 622 seats in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, followed by the Party of European Socialists, with 173.
After that come the centrist European Liberal Democrats and Reformists (52 seats), the Confederal Group of the European United Left/Nordic Green Left (49), the Greens/European Free Alliance (44), and the extreme-right Union for a Europe of Nations (23).
He says the most frequent questions are ''whether it will be diluted into a mere free trade area, the objective of many opponents of integration who have nonetheless applauded the expansion.
www.ipsnews.net /interna.asp?idnews=23556   (1297 words)

  
 Fall 2006 ESA events
The European Studies Alliance calendar comprises all events sponsored by its member centers: the European Union Center of Excellence (EUCE), the Center for European Studies (CES), the Center for German and European Studies (CGES), and the Center for Interdisciplinary French Studies (CIFS).
The European Studies Alliance is the umbrella group for the
The European Studies Alliance is part of the International Institute at the UW-Madison
www.europeanstudiesalliance.org /calendar.htm   (637 words)

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