Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included Council and Commission statements on the IPCC report and on EU Protection of children and young people fleeing the war against Ukraine, conclusions of the European Council meeting of 24-25 March 2022, including the latest developments of the war against Ukraine and the EU sanctions again…
Putins Krieg gegen die Ukraine: Grünen/EFA fordern Verschärfung der Sanktionen
Die Mitglieder des Europäischen Parlaments debattieren zur Zeit über die Massaker und Gräueltaten in der Ukraine und die Sanktionen der Europäischen Union gegen Russland. Morgen (Donnerstag, 7. April) zwischen 12 und 14 Uhr stimmen die Abgeordneten über eine Resolution ab. Die Grünen/EFA-Fraktion fordert die konsequente Umsetzung aller Sa…
EFA group condems the comparison between Putin's Regime, the extreme far-right and the self-determination movements
The EFA Group regrets the topical debate proposed by the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats parliamentary group. The discussion titled "Cooperation and similarities between the Putin regime and extreme right and separatist movements in Europe" compares the regime of Putin and the extreme far-right to the pacific and democrat…
PRESS CONFERENCE: Greens/EFA MEPs Reintke and Von Cramon together with Ukrainian MPs
Press conference on the war in Ukraine with Greens/EFA Vice-President Terry Reintke, MEP Viola von Cramon and Ukrainian MPs Maria Mezentseva, Lesia Vasylenko, Yelyzaveta Yasko and Yevheniia Kravchuk.
"We are not only losing lives, but also futures" - MEP Diana Riba i Giner
EFA MEP Diana Riba intervened in plenary session to raise the issues children and young people fleeing Ukraine are facing as more than four million people have fled Ukraine at the moment, and 90% of those refugees are women and children.
EFA MEP Diana Riba speaks up for women and girls in Afghanistan
EFA MEP Diana Riba raised the challenges and threats women and girls faced in Afghanistan just for their gender. She talked about the majority of the females in the country that have been forced to quit dreams, education, jobs and more.
EFA Group President Jordi Solé intervened in the plenary to raise the importance of an approach that does not disregard China's relationship with Russia and their human rights violations.
The EFA Group announces the departure of MEP Tatjana Ždanoka.
EFA MEPs are advocates for peace, dialogue, democracy and human rights. We believe that nothing can justify a military invasion violating human rights and international law. In consequence EFA MEPs strongly condemn Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
For this reason, Tatjana Ždanoka has left our group today.
The Greens/EFA Group announces that MEP Tatjana ŽDANOKA has left the group
European Parliament President Roberta Metsola announced during the opening of the plenary session in Strasbourg that Tatjana Ždanoka MEP will leave the Greens/EFA Group.
Neuer IPCC-Klimabericht: Die EU kann und muss Klimaschutz beschleunigen
Heute (Montag, 4. April) hat das IPCC-Gremium den dritten Teil seines sechsten Sachstandsberichts vorgelegt. Der Bericht legt Empfehlungen dar und beschäftigt sich mit der Frage, ob der Klimawandel angegangen werden kann. Die Wissenschaftlerinnen und Wissenschaftler des Gremiums analysieren die weltweit erzielten Fortschritte zur Bekämpfu…