The European Parliament today voted to declare a climate and environmental emergency in Europe.
There were calls for the EU to take the necessary action in cutting greenhouse gasses in order to achieve climate neutrality.
The European Parliament resolution was supported by SNP MEP Aileen McLeo...
EU Ministers fail to agree corporate transparency measures
EU Ministers failed to agree on Thursday 28 November, on proposals for greater corporate transparency. The proposals, which have been on the table for over three years, for public country-by-country reporting would ensure more transparency around the profits earned and taxes paid by large multinational companies.
The Greens/EFA are very concerned about the selection of Commissioners from Hungary, France and Croatia and are extremely critical of the linking of the title 'promoting our European way of life' with migration policy.
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Maltese Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Keith Schembri resigns
Keith Schembri the Chief of Staff of the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, has resigned following the arrest of businessman Yorgen Fenech last week in connection with the investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech owns the company 17 Black, which appeared in the 'Panama Papers' with connections to Schembri and Tou…
European Parliament calls for the immediate return of the children of Jihadist fighters
By calling for the repatriation of children and a coordinated European response, the European Parliament is taking responsibility and responding to Member States' inaction.
International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Istanbul Convention
The EU must take a stand and end all gender based violence. The Commission must make violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence a crime under EU law. We need considerably more investment in the fight against violence against women and a radical change of course to put an end to hatred against women.
The responsible ministers of the EU countries will discuss the proposal in their meeting of 28 November. Send them a clear message: Ask them to stop blocking corporate transparency and tax justice!
World Children's Day – Europe must do more to build a better world for all children
On World Children's Day – 20 November 2019 – EFA MEP Diana Riba has called for the EU to do more to build a better world for all children.
That means ensuring that children's rights are respected in all aspects of EU law, and taking concrete steps to end child poverty in Europ...
Thirty years ago, 20 November 1989, Members of the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). To date, it is the most widely ratified binding international treaty in the world - only the United States of America did not ratify it. However, there is still a lot of work to be done!
