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Health and safety of citizens must come first

The Greens/EFA group has today won the support of the European Parliament’s Environment Committee for its objection to proposals to change the rules on the import of food from the Fukushima area of Japan.
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EU Commission must get tough on boycotting Member States

Member States must show solidarity or face consequences, says Greens/EFA president Ska Keller.
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Investor courts have no place in a fair EU trade policy

Yannick Jadot welcomes the announcement that the ECJ will have a say on CETA.
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Top 10 Green recommendations to improve the PANA Report

We take a look at some of the key improvements the Greens/EFA group wants to see to the Panama Papers inquiry report.
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Parliament moving forward on whistleblower protection

The move to protect whistleblowers across Europe continues, thanks to the approval yesterday of a report drafted by Greens/EFA MEP Molly Scott-Cato which calls for ambitious protection of those reporting wrongdoing and illegal activities all across Europe. Emphasising that whistleblowers’ alerts are useful in various sectors, this report …
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International Day of the Disappeared

On the occasion of the "International Day of the Disappeared" (30 August) we would like to recall the fate of tens of thousands of people in Syria. Since March 2011, Syrian security forces have had countless people arbitrarily arrested, imprisoned, disappeared, and many of them killed.
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Bayer/Monsanto merger

It is clear from the Commission judgement on the potential merger that they share our concerns, as Greens, about risks of further consolidation in the market for seeds and pesticides.
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EU Leaks

Greens/EFA have decided to set up a secure email account, which allows you to blow the whistle in defence of the public interest, whilst remaining anonymous.
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Passenger data agreements need to be revised

The European Court of Justice has today presented its opinion on the compatibility of the EU-Canada Passenger Name Record data agreement (PNR) with EU law. The judges stated that the agreement should must be concluded in its present form, singling out in particular the long-term storage of pass...
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Greens/EFA wish you a pleasant summer

During the parliamentary summer recess, from 21 July to 27 August 2017 inclusive, the general secretariat of our Group will operate on a reduced service.