On the agenda for the plenary session: Election of a new Vice-President of the Parliament, the terrorist threat posed by far-right extremist networks, the storming of the Brazilian democratic institutions, executions of protesters in Iran, Uber lobbying practices in the EU, food price inflation debate, and Waste Shipment Regulation.
Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield is running for the European Parliament Vice-President seat for Greens/EFA
The Greens/EFA group has selected Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield to run as their candidate for the position of Vice-President of the European Parliament. Delbos-Corfield has a long history of advocating for anti-corruption and rule of law measures, more recently as European Parliament Rapporteur for the situation in Hungary.
Drop the charges against Seán Binder and other humanitarian workers
"Helping someone who is at risk of drowning is the most normal thing to do. It shouldn’t be praised. It shouldn't be criminalised. It should just be done.” Seán Binder and 23 other humanitarian workers return to trial in Greece. They are facing 20 years in prison for saving lives at sea. We are calling on the Greek authorities to drop the…
After four years of discussion, more than 190 states finally adopted, Monday, December 19 in Canada, a historic agreement to tackle the gigantic challenge of the collapse of nature.
Clear signal to industry to reduce emissions, Member States must urgently ramp up support for vulnerable households
On Sunday, 18 December, the negotiators of the European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission reached an agreement on the revision of the European carbon market (ETS) and the creation of a new EU Social Climate Fund. Emissions trading as a climate policy instrument is a central building block of the Green Deal and the Fit f…
Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the corruption affair in the European Parliament/Qatar, pay transparency, the Sean Binder case, the aviation agreement with Qatar among others. Read more.
EFA Calls for a two-state solution in the Israel and Palestine Conflict.
The European Free Alliance in the European parliament stands in solidarity with the people of Palestine and demands a two-state solution for the Israel and Palestine conflict.
