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    Person with European Flag in Rome / CCO Antoine Schibler
    Person with European Flag in Rome / CCO Antoine Schibler
    Opinion |

    Happy 30th Birthday, EU Single Market! Ready to join the fight against the climate crisis?

    Anna Cavazzini Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Anna Cavazzini & Kim Van Sparrentak
    The EU Single Market is turning 30-years-old. We reflect on what it has achieved and how it can help fight the climate crisis.
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    A common squirrel monkey in the Amazon forest in Colombia / Diego Guzman on Unspalsh
    A common squirrel monkey in the Amazon forest in Colombia / Diego Guzman on Unspalsh
    Opinion |

    Net zero pledges and carbon removals - greenwashing the climate disaster

    We need real solutions to the climate and biodiversity crisis. Net zero pledges and carbon removals divert attention from real action.
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    European Pine Marten / Unsplash
    European Pine Marten / Unsplash
    Opinion |

    COP15 - A Paris Moment for Biodiversity?

    Ville Niinistö Jutta Paulus Caroline Roose
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö & Jutta Paulus & Caroline Roose
    COP15: Why the UN's biodiversity conference is a once-in-a-decade opportunity to advance the protection and restoration of nature worldwide.
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    forced sterilisation visual /Greens/EFA
    forced sterilisation visual /Greens/EFA
    Opinion |

    For a feminist future - End forced sterilisation of persons with disabilities in Europe

    Katrin Langensiepen
    Opinion by Katrin Langensiepen
    As shocking as it may sound, today in Europe, people with disabilities can still have their capacity to have children forcibly removed.
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    Woman with a laptop in bed/ CC0 victoria-heath
    Woman with a laptop in bed/ CC0 victoria-heath
    Opinion |

    Cyberviolence – why we need a safe and feminist internet now

    Sylwia Spurek
    Opinion by Sylwia Spurek
    European collaboration can offer solutions on how to end cyberviolence. Sylwia Spurek MEP on why ending online violence should be considered a priority for the European Parliament when fighting gender-based violence.
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    Opinion |

    Europe is on track for three degrees of global warming - COP27 is a wake-up call for the EU to do more

    Michael Bloss
    Opinion by Michael Bloss
    At this rate, we are headed towards a 3 degrees hotter world. COP27 is a wake-up call for the EU to do more, now.
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    Single tree in a desert landscape / CC0 Wolfgang Hasselmann
    Single tree in a desert landscape / CC0 Wolfgang Hasselmann
    Opinion |

    Global South at COP27: "Those responsible for the climate crisis need to pay for our loss and damages"

    Bas Eickhout
    Opinion by Bas Eickhout
    Loss and damage: COP27 is the chance for the global leaders to work together on ambitious climate goals and justice. We need to act now.
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    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Opinion |

    Fighting TotalEnergies: Why climate activists shut down a giant fossil fuel corporation

    Malte Gallée
    Opinion by Malte Gallée
    Over 1000 activists from the Code Rouge/Rood coalition protested against fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies’ by blocking their sites in Belgium.
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    Credit picture Photo European Parliament
    Picture of EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen
    Opinion |

    Derailing the Green Deal will weaken the EU’s prosperity

    Philippe Lamberts
    Opinion by Philippe Lamberts
    The Commission President’s own political family is pushing to derail key Green Deal files. To allow it will be a major mistake for EU competitiveness
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    Pandora Papers visual / GreensEFA
    Pandora Papers visual / GreensEFA
    Opinion |

    One year after the Pandora Papers scandal - has the EU learned any lessons on tax havens?

    Damien Carême Kira Peter-Hansen
    Opinion by Damien Carême & Kira Peter-Hansen
    A year after one of the biggest tax evasion scandals, the Pandora Papers, what lessons has the EU learned?