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    News |

    Diana Riba: “Let’s be more rigorous, or soon there will be no democracy nor Rule of Law left”

    EFA MEP Dian Riba i Giner intervened in plenary during the debate of the Rule of Law in many European countries but with a particular focus on Spain and Malta.
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    Press release |

    Renewable Energy Directive

    Greens/EFA shadow Ville Niinistö will participate in the scheduled final negotiations (“trilogue”) on the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED). The main divisive items on the table are the headline ambition target for renewable energy and the sustainability framework for bioenergy.
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    Press release |

    European Parliament poised to recognize ecocide

    On the initiative of the Greens/EFA Group, the European Parliament recognises ‘ecocide’ as "any conduct causing severe and widespread, or severe and long-term, or severe and irreversible damage" to the environment, specifically addressing environmental damage resulting from armed conflicts, such as the destruction of forests.
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    Press release |

    Final Council agreement on the combustion engine phase out

    "The end of the internal combustion engine is confirmed. Finally, the reckless blockade ends, along with the future of the combustion engine. The compromise, which was reached months ago, is clear: in 2035 we will definitely move on from polluting cars to zero-emission transport only." said Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA Group
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group will continue to fight for fair & effective approach to migration

    The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee voted on four key files from the Commission’s Pact on Migration. "Overall, we support a reform that improves the situation of refugees and asylum-seekers in the EU but we cannot endorse the current trends towards widespread and prolonged detention at our external borders" said MEP Ti…
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    Currency bank notes / CC0 ibrahim-boran money laundering
    Currency bank notes / CC0 ibrahim-boran money laundering
    Opinion |

    No More Dirty Money: What is money laundering and what can the EU do to stop it?

    Kira Peter-Hansen Ernest Urtasun
    Opinion by Kira Peter-Hansen & Ernest Urtasun
    We have had years of scandals and leaks when it comes to money laundering. From banks, to football clubs, financial institutions, celebrities and Russian oligarchs – in the last decade we have lived through many money laundering scandals. Greens/EFA MEPs Kira Peter-Hansen and Ernest Urtasun explain what the EU can do to stop money launder…
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    Madrid skyline
    Press release |

    MEPs mission to Spain met with lack of openness and transparency over spyware scandal

    The Pegasus Committee of Inquiry (PEGA) has just finalised its two day mission to Spain to investigate the wide-spread use of the Pegasus spyware software against political and social leaders, including Greens/EFA MEPs Diana Riba i Giner and Jordi Sole. The PEGA Committee, which was set up in the wake of the Pegasus surveillance spyware s…
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    Press release |

    Right to repair/consumer package

    The European Commission presented its Consumer package which includes two proposals for sustainable consumption, the right to repair and a proposal for a Green Claims Directive. The Greens/EFA welcome the proposal for a right to repair and will push for an extension of the warranty in the upcoming negotiations.
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    Position Paper |

    A transition that works for all the people

    A transition to ecological sustainability must go hand in hand with social justice. Our paper fleshes out how the ecological transition can be used to bring about social and economic justice and explains in detail which areas need change and what needs to be done. Read our position paper and executive summary here.
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    Study |

    Assessing the European Union’s support to Regional and Minority Languages 10 years after the Alfonsi Resolution (2013-2023)

    The goal of this report is to analyse the EU’s support to Regional or Minority Languages (RMLs) over the Europe 2020 decade, and more specifically after the 2013 European Parliament Resolution on Endangered European Languages and Linguistic Diversity – the so-called Alfonsi Resolution.