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EU Parliament continues to support big Agri over small and medium farmers

Today, Members of the European Parliament approved the Commission's legislative proposal from the 15th of March to abolish, exempt or derogate from the environmental standards governing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

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EU Parliament continues to support big Agri over small and medium farmers

Today, Members of the European Parliament approved the Commission's legislative proposal from the 15th of March to abolish, exempt or derogate from the environmental standards governing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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Philippe Lamberts in plenary
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Vote on EU's fiscal rules ignores scars of financial crisis & will lead to more austerity

MEPs will vote on the reform of the EU’s economic governance framework, otherwise known as the fiscal rules. The Greens/EFA Group have long argued for budgetary rules that prioritise people and planet over fiscal hawkishness.
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EU disability card visual wide
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Genuine freedom of movement for all - The EU disability card

Katrin Langensiepen
Opinion by Katrin Langensiepen
Green MEP Katrin Langensiepen explains why we need an EU disability card that works for everyone, everywhere in the EU.
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No more fossil fuels, more renewables, climate justice now

At COP28 in Dubai, Greens/EFA MEPs, climate activists, economists and scientists are asking to urgently keep to the Paris Agreement.
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Greens/EFA MEPs speak against the far-right

We will mobilise and resist. We are the force against the far-right. NOW is the time to do everything we can. For democracy. For fundamental rights. For freedom.
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Working with nature - a forester's story

In this episode, Greens/EFA MEP Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg listens to the story of a forester from Germany who went for ecological forestry - to the benefit of nature and people.

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