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Climate change and employement

Two days before the European Commission is due to release its "climate package", it is important to focus again on a study launched last year by a consortium led by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the Social Development Agency (SDA). It underlines severale positive aspects on employement of climate friendly measures.
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Green Future Team

We are looking for dynamic young people who can think critically to participate in the Green Future Team, which will develop new ideas for discussion in the run-up to the European Green Summer University, from 29-31 August 2008 and possibly beyond.
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Arrest of the Chinese human rights defender Hu Jia

The Greens/EFA Group expresses its deepest concern about Hu Jia's arbitrary detention, which takes place in the context of a violent wave of repression and increased political persecution against Chinese human rights defenders related to the Olympics. The Group calls on Chinese authorities to release him immediately since his detention is…
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DRC and rape as a weapon of war

The Greens/EFA condemn all acts of sexual abuse and exploitation as well as other forms of criminal acts carried out by government forces, rebel groups or other forces in violation of basic human rights.
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Natural catastrophes

The re-insurer company Munich Re reported that, at US$75bn (€51bn), losses due to natural catastrophes last year were up 50 per cent on those the year before but still well short of record losses of US$220bn in 2005. It expects more weather extremes linked to climate change in the coming years
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Car emissions

Read the political summary of the study commissioned by the Greens/EFA group on car efficiency which outlines the key priorities for the Greens in tackling the CO2 emissions from new passenger cars.
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International Migrants' Day

The Greens held a protest in Brussels on 18 December 2007 calling for more humane treatment of irregular migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. The protest, 'Refugees have names, not numbers', marked UN International Migrants' Day and was part of a common action by European Green Party (EGP) member parties in 10 European countries.
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Nuclear and health

A study commissioned by the German federal Office of protection against radiances shows that the leukaemia risk increases significantly for children living close to nuclear power plants.
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The EU-China Summit and the EU/China human rights dialogue

The Greens/EFA group is of the opinion that human rights concerns should receive more focus in the build-up to the Beijing Olympic Games; reiterates, in this regard, that respect for universal fundamental ethical principles and promotion of a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity are enshrined in Articles 1 and…
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Lisbon Treaty

The Greens in the European Parliament support the Treaty of Lisbon as a further step in the European constitutional process. It is a compromise, and in many ways an unsatisfactory one, however it is indispensable and represents a step forward.