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    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
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    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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    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
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    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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    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
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    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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    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.
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    Old phone taken apart/ CC0 James Jewis
    Old phone taken apart/ CC0 James Jewis
    Opinion |

    E-WASTE IS JUST LIKE LOVE

    Have you ever heard about premature obsolescence? Negligent – and sometimes intentional – design practices that reduce the lifetime of products. We want a common EU market that favours products that last. Good for your pockets, good for consumers, and good for the planet!
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    Shoal of fish/ CC0 Sebastian Pena Lambarri
    Shoal of fish/ CC0 Sebastian Pena Lambarri
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    Maritime Spatial Planning

    Grace O'Sullivan
    Opinion by Grace O'Sullivan
    New study shows that effective Maritime Spatial Planning does not view the marine space through prisms of exploitation and economic development, or environmental protection alone.
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    Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski
    Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski
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    Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance

    Governments are experimenting with highly intrusive facial recognition systems and other biometric mass surveillance in public spaces in the EU. We think they have alarming consequences for fundamental rights and want them to be banned.
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    Shipping containers and cranes/ CC0 Ammiel JR
    Shipping containers and cranes/ CC0 Ammiel JR
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    Let’s rebuild a fairer, greener and more sustainable trade policy

    The EU Trade Policy Review is a unique opportunity to fundamentally rethink and reshape our rules to ensure EU trade is fairer, greener, more sustainable and better for people and planet. These are some of the Greens/EFA's highlights.