Israeli military operation against the humanitarian flotilla and the Gaza blockade

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

The Greens/EFA condemn the military operation against the humanitarian ship convoy and urge Israel to immediately, comprehensively and permanently end the siege on Gaza while reaffirming there is an urgent need for a comprehensive reshaping of EU policy towards the Middle East.

Situation in Ukraine

Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Haiti

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA callvon the High Representative of the EU to put in place a European civil protection force to guarantee EU's humanitarian aid more effective and better coordinated. They also call for an immediate cancellation of all Haiti's outstanding debts and stress that any emergency earthquake assistance is provided in the form of grants, not debt-incurring loans.

Iran

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Belarus

Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Freedom of expression in Azerbaijan

Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Uganda anti-homosexual draft legislation

Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Sahara occidental: le cas de Aminatou Haidar

Proposition de résolution de Groupe des Verts/ALE

Violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA call for an immediate end to the violence and human rights abuses in eastern DRC and stress the need for further efforts to put an end to the activity of foreign-armed groups. They also express particular concern about MONUC's involvement with the Congolese army in operation Kimia II and call on the ONU to investigate.

The rights of minorities in China and the use of death penalty

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution - Rule 122 debate on cases of breaches of human rights, democracy and the rule of law

Political solution for piracy in Somalia

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Preparation of the EU-Russia Summit in Stockholm of 18 November 2009

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA stress once more that democracy and human rights must be at the core of any future agreement with the Russian Federation, with regard, in particular, to the definition and inclusion of an effective and operational human rights clause.

Democracy Building in the EU’s External Relations

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA recommend the Council conclusions to include concrete and practical suggestions for improving coordination of democracy support in the EU foreign, human rights and development policy instruments; they also consider that the embedding of democracy and democratic processes in third countries offers the best prospects for developing effective policies.

Iran

Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Greens/EFA strongly condemn the excessive force, arbitrary arrests and alleged torture in the repression of protests over the disputed Iranian presidential elections. They reaffirm their absolute opposition to the use of the death penalty and deplore the systematic restriction of the freedom of information.

EU-US Summit

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Guinea

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

The Greens/EFA resolution condemns the brutal attacks against peaceful demonstrators by security and armed forces and all acts of sexual violence during the repression. Greens/EFA welcomes arms embargo against Guinea and the setting-up of an international commission of enquiry, and call on the authorities and the military Junta to immediately release all political prisoners and on the EU to suspend the current fisheries partnership agreement.

G 20 Summit in Pittsburgh (24 - 25 September 2009)

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

SWIFT - making available financial payment messaging data to prevent and combat terrorism and terrorist financing

A Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Killings of human rights defenders in Russia

Greens/EFA motion for resolution

Greens/EFA call on the Russian authorities to put an end to the ongoing and widespread impunity for violence against human rights defenders and to protect and guarantee the physical integrity of human rights defenders in conformity with relevant international and regional human rights instruments.

Greens/EFA demand Council not to resume Association Agreement negotiations with Honduras

Open letter by Greens/EFA MEPs

Greens/EFA call on the General Affairs Council, scheduled for 14-15 September 2009, not to accept COLAT's recommendations. We demand that no negotiations take place with Central America, including at technical level, as long as democratic order according to the Honduran Constitution is not reinstalled.

Iran: Shirin Ebadi addresses Greens/EFA Group

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi called for respect for the right to protest peacefully

Nobel Peace Prize winner Shirin Ebadi today addressed members of the new Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, underlining the right of the Iranian people to protest peacefully.

Rights first

The Greens' commitment to promoting human rights

Human rights are not a subsidiary issue for the European Union. Within the Subcommittee on Human Rights (2004-2009), chaired by a Green MEP, Greens have stood for human rights without distinction and without exception and have proposed a number of practical ways of making the Union's human rights policy more effective.

Conflict in the Gaza Strip

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

The Greens/EFA Group reiterates its view that there cannot be a military solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict; firmly condemns the massive and disproportionate offensives by the Israeli air and ground forces in a densely populated area and condemns at the same time the shelling of rockets by Hamas on Israeli civilians.

Situation in the Gaza Strip

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA welcome the role played by the Egyptian authorities as regards the management of this emergency situation and call for an urgent and exemplary energy project for Gaza, possibly in the Rafah area, in order to assure autonomy and self sufficiency in electricity production and desalinazation for the Gaza population

Green Security Strategy for Europe

A Greens/EFA position paper

The Greens are taking on responsibility for conflict prevention and disarmament. Only when European security policy tackles the causes of conflicts and deals with security issues as cross-cutting tasks in all policy areas can a contribution be made towards stability and lasting peace in the world.

China

Green delegation to China seeks to highlight environmental and human rights issues

A Greens/EFA delegation carried out a fact-finding mission in Beijing and Shanghai. The delegation held meetings with Communist Party members, officials and other stakeholders on a wide range of issues, including environmental standards, the fight against climate change, management of resources, as well as democracy and freedom of expression.

Turkey before the elections

Briefing note

The outcome of the elections looks wide open, even if no-one says so out loud. The EU now plays virtually no role in the ongoing election campaign. Or if it does, it's a purely negative role. The election of Sarkozy in France has merely reinforced this mood. (pdf)

EU-Russia Summit in Samara on 18 May 2007

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA point out that democracy and human rights must be at the core of any future agreement with the Russian Federation and regret the timid reaction by the EU Presidency and the Commission at the Moscow and Saint Petersburg events. They also express their concern about Russian state re-taking control of all resources, including energy.

Transatlantic relations

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Climate change is now at the top of the agenda and the EU must pressure the US to engage meaningfully in international efforts to tackle the problem. Civil and human rights concerns - whether over data-sharing, CIA renditions or Guantanamo - must also be addressed, as must foreign policy issues like the Middle East, Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Non proliferation and nuclear disarmament

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA urge the EU Presidency to break the deadlock on establishing a verifiable Fissile Material Cut-Off Treaty, to speed up the signing and ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) by all countries, especially those required for it to enter into force

Situation in Darfur

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA call on the United Nations immediately to set a date for deployment of a UN peacekeeping force in Darfur and on the UN Security Council to consider a global arms embargo on Sudan and other targeted sanctions against those responsible for massive abuses of human rights and other atrocities

EU/Russia relations after the murder of Anna Politkovskaya

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA voice their deep concern about the systematic intimidation, harassment and murder of independent journalists as well as other persons critical of the government and recalls that the resulting climate of impunity in which killers seem not to fear the law is seriously damaging to Russia's reputation as a Council of Europe presidency state

Freedom of expression on the internet

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Freedom of expression is a key element of the EU's policy in promoting human rights and democratisation in third countries. Greens/EFA call on the EU to take all necessary measures vis-à-vis the authorities of the concerned countries for the immediate release of all detained Internet users.

Guantanamo

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution

Greens/EFA reiterate the call for the immediate closure of the Guantánamo Bay detention centre; demand that the detainees be released or that those suspected of having committed internationally recognizable criminal offences be prosecuted in proceedings that meet international standards of fairness

Democratic Republic of Congo

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution for the March 2006 plenary session

Greens/EFA consider that the post-electoral stability will mainly depend upon the cooperation of all political parties and the population and call therefore on all political parties to participate genuinely in the election and build a parliamentary democracy on the result obtained

Kosovo's future status

Hearing on ethnic minorities in the Kosovo Status talks

The need to include all ethnic minorities in talks on the future status of Kosovo was the key message to emerge from a joint hearing in the European Parliament on 6 March.

Publication of cartoons satirising the Muslim Prophet Muhammad

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution on the right to freedom of speech and respect for religious beliefs

Greens/EFA call on public actors to act with responsibility, refraining from actions that are deliberately aimed at hurting the sensibility of religions and cultures and thereby leading to intolerance and ask the media to contribute to a de-escalation ...

On the result of the Palestinian elections and the situation in East Jerusalem

Green motion on a resolution: We have to respect democratic expression of the Palestinian people

All sides, parties and the international community have to accept the result of the Palestinian elections. However, it is clear that the newly elected Palestinian Government must distance itself from violence. Otherwise the EU should not continue to provide assistance and economic aid.

The Srebrenica massacre - "a constantly open wound in the history of Europe"

Greens/EFA motion for a resolution on the massacre in the Bosnian town ten years ago

Srebenica was the biggest crime against humanity in Europe since the end of the Second World War. We have to commemorate this tragic event so that it never happens again. Moreover, this motion shall wind up the debate on the Balkans as further efforts are needed to achieve overall stability. (pdf)

The European Dream – America's nightmare?

Panel discussion with the US-author Jeremy Rifkin scrutinizes the big visions

Are some Europeans creating a radical new dream? Is the EU really a new beacon of light in a troubled world, as Jeremy Rifkin suggests? Or is European culture too pessimistic, as EU-commissioner Pascal Lamy replies? Read the reports on the panel discussion with these and other exciting participants!

“Act of unilateral aggression”

Declaration of the Green Party Leaders the day after the beginning of the Iraq war

Top Greens from all over Europe make clear: This war is illegitimate and illegal! In this unequivocal statement they close ranks with the millions demonstrating against the US-strategy of pre-emptive strikes! We say ‘No’ to regime change by force and stand up for peaceful conflict solution. (pdf)

Situation in Iraq

Group position

Iraq is only one of the many countries world-wide allegedly in possession of weapons of mass destruction. We stress the importance to increased world-wide efforts towards arms reduction as well as the ultimate goal of replacing warfare as a means of policy by negotiated conflict resolution.

Terrorist attacks on USA

Position of the Greens/EFA Group

The Greens/EFA Group condemned, in the strongest possible terms, the terrorist attacks on New York and Washington. In the European Parliamentary debate the Greens/EFA Co-President described the terrorists’ actions as ‘an attack on human civilization’ and a 'crime against humanity'.