FIGHTING FOR YOU

Our parliamentary work

Filter
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901847_20c896b79acb618d1d1bb2850b47e632.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901847) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "20c896b79acb618d1d1bb2850b47e632.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3490/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3490/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3490/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3490/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

Energy subsidies

The European Commission is set to present a report today on the situation with regard to public subsidies for energy in Europe. The Greens hit out at the intervention by EU energy commissioner Oettinger to change the Commission’s own findings, with a few to masking the level of aid received by nuc...
array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
Press release |

Plastic waste and bags

The European Commission today presented proposals to amend existing EU legislation on plastic waste with a view to reducing the use of lightweight plastic bags. Commenting on the proposals, Green environment spokesperson Margrete Auken (MEP, Denmark) said: "While a European approach to reducing...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901880_28befaa9eb5d7eaa0b8c8ddd58c84047.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901880) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "28befaa9eb5d7eaa0b8c8ddd58c84047.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3536/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3536/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3536/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3536/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Video |

Join the Food Revolution

It is time for food policies to reflect people's concerns. Join the Food Revolution now and share your examples of good practice and experiences with a wide range of people all over Europe.
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901803_f2ad09549822111ce30de030a1b99ae7.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901803) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "f2ad09549822111ce30de030a1b99ae7.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3410/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3410/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3410/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3410/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
News |

Brussels Agenda

Greens/EFA priorities for the week include Limiting CO2 emissions from vans, Reducing the use of plastic bags, Forcing through GMO authorisations, A pollinator-friendly agricultural model: the way forward, Nuclear Transparency Watch: launch of a European civil society initiative to improve nuclear safety and transparency
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901848_655aac3b228cfcf9aa540ec4bd64b560.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901848) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "655aac3b228cfcf9aa540ec4bd64b560.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3493/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3493/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3493/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3493/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

Reform of the Cohesion and Structural Funds 2014-2020

The Permanent Representations of the Member States (COREPER) yesterday approved the negotiation results on the outstanding chapters of the Structural and Cohesion Funds regulations for 2014-2020. This agreement includes the European Council's demand for EU structural and coh...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901848_ba1709b743e4fc191369d89f995b62df.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901848) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ba1709b743e4fc191369d89f995b62df.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3494/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3494/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3494/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3494/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

Georgia elections

Commenting on the results of the presidential elections in Georgia, Greens/EFA MEP Werner Schulz, member of the Foreign Affairs Committee and the Parliamentary Assembly of the States of the Eastern Partnership (EURONEST), said:"The international and domestic election observers testify that Sund...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901849_ba98c50a93965136366870e32125fdba.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901849) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ba98c50a93965136366870e32125fdba.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(50) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3497/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(49) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3497/list" ["photo"]=> string(50) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3497/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(53) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3497/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
News |

Greens/EFA Round-up

        Table of contents     EU data protection rules Towards a UN climate change deal Sexual and reproductive health and rights Medical implants and consumer safety Ship recycling: reducing the risk Sustainable fisheries at risk Mig...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901849_0d921c2a8ad0bc1f0c7ae0a66586429a.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901849) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0d921c2a8ad0bc1f0c7ae0a66586429a.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(50) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3498/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(49) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3498/list" ["photo"]=> string(50) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3498/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(53) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/3498/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

EU summit

At today's EU summit in Brussels, the leaders have not made any clear policy decisions on data protection or refugee issues. Rebecca Harms, Co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said: "The heads of state and government apparently do not want to be on an equal footi...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901850_97138e00e36e876f60456a716b886f73.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901850) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "97138e00e36e876f60456a716b886f73.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3499/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3499/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3499/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3499/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Video |

Alfredo Sfeir - Green candidate for the Presidential election in Chile

array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901850_413bd720a4703b3a2a3c77b494a9dfde.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901850) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "413bd720a4703b3a2a3c77b494a9dfde.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3500/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3500/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3500/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3500/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
News |

Mikhail Khodorkovsky

Mikhail Khodorkovsky has been in detention for 10 years. He was arrested on 25 October 2003 and sentenced to a total of 14 years imprisonment in two politically motivated trials. The well known legal expert and trial observer Prof. Otto Luchterhandt has written: “The second judgement against Khodo...