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    Wind turbines on hill ridge/ CC0 Nuno Marques
    Wind turbines on hill ridge/ CC0 Nuno Marques
    Opinion |

    Rebuild greener, rebuild fairer, rebuild stronger

    Ville Niinistö
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö
    2020 was a challenging year for all of us. The unprecedented crisis of the COVID-19 pandemic has had a tremendous impact on societies and economies across the globe. Recovery must go hand in hand with our common goal to tackle the climate emergency.
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    Child holding a balloon during a climate march/ CC0 Mika Baumeister
    Child holding a balloon during a climate march/ CC0 Mika Baumeister
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    The case for a European Climate Change Council

    Why we need a European Climate Change Council to ensure the European Climate Law works.
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    Opinion |

    State of emergency at the French-Italian border

    The European border and coast guard agency (FRONTEX) has allegedly assisted and took part in pushbacks of asylum seekers into the sea, which is contrary to the international law and to the Geneva Convention. While we obtained the implementation of an inquiry into the agency’s actions at the EU’s external borders, we do not forget that EU …
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    Opinion |

    Call on the European Commission to urgently propose a directive to prevent, respond and end gender-based violence

    On International Women’s Day, we call on the European Commission to propose a comprehensive and inclusive directive to prevent, respond to and end gender-based violence online and offline.
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    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
    Opinion |

    Why the EU urgently needs to act on gender-based violence

    Terry Reintke
    Opinion by Terry Reintke
    Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations in the world, claiming thousands of lives every year even before the pandemic. Under COVID-19, it has surged worldwide into a shadow pandemic. It’s time the EU moves from empty words to concrete actions.
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    Opinion |

    We desperately need stronger action on social rights

    The COVID-19 pandemic is having profound health, economic, employment and social impacts. We desperately need a stronger Social Europe. Here are the Greens/EFA's proposals ahead of the launch of the European Pillar of Social Rights.
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    Tiblissi, Georgia, Annette Bouvain/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
    Tiblissi, Georgia, Annette Bouvain/ Flickr/ CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
    Opinion |

    Georgia’s crisis is the EU’s problem, too

    Markéta Gregorová
    Opinion by Markéta Gregorová
    As Georgia will celebrate the first anniversary of the so-called 8th March Agreement, we, as the European Parliament, need to send a strong signal in order to let Georgians know that we watch the situation very closely and care about their democratic future.
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    Opinion |

    Live animal transports across the EU are out of control

    Caroline Roose
    Opinion by Caroline Roose
    Over a billion farm animals a year are transported across the EU and to third countries, often in poor conditions that breach EU law.
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    Black mailboxes / CC0 Bernard Hermant
    Black mailboxes / CC0 Bernard Hermant
    Opinion |

    Protecting people's rights online

    The European Commission has replied to our crowd-sourced model law on how online platforms should deal with content moderation procedures whilst respecting fundamental rights. Read it here.
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    Opinion |

    New GM technology has no place in sustainable farming

    Benoît Biteau Martin Häusling
    Opinion by Benoît Biteau & Martin Häusling
    New report shows that new GM technology won’t solve the problems of industrial agriculture and will undermine nature, climate protection and the European Green Deal.