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    CC0 Maksym Diachenko
    Sunset over the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
    Opinion |

    A law to heal our forests: why we need to restore nature now

    Ville Niinistö Jutta Paulus
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö & Jutta Paulus
    The European Commission proposed a new EU Nature Restoration Law to protect nature and ecosystems. But the new law is under attack. Read why here.
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    Erik Marquardt
    ukraine poland refugees
    Opinion |

    Letters from Lviv, Ukraine - MEP Erik Marquardt visits the Polish-Ukrainian border

    Erik Marquardt
    Opinion by Erik Marquardt
    Almost three million people have fled the Ukraine to seek safety in the EU. Read about MEP Erik Marquardt’s visit to the border between Ukraine and Poland.
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    Opinion |

    Solidarity with the people in Ukraine - what we can do now to help

    Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine is an unprecedented attack against a European country. Against a democracy. Against peace in Europe. Now is the time to show our support and solidarity to the people in and fleeing from Ukraine. There are many things you can do to help the people in the Ukraine
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    Opinion |

    Spot the tax haven? Avoiding the blacklist is a game for zero tax countries

    Kira Peter-Hansen Ernest Urtasun
    Opinion by Kira Peter-Hansen & Ernest Urtasun
    The EU’s latest ‘blacklist’ for tax havens has just been released, but some of the biggest names are not on the list. Greens/EFA MEPs Kira Peter-Hansen and Ernest Urtasun say it's time for the EU to take its own blacklist seriously and stop treating tax avoidance like a game.
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    CC0 ehimetalor-akhere-unuabona
    Black and white track lanes
    Opinion |

    ‘Sportswashing’ – Why the Beijing Winter Olympics pose a threat to human rights

    Patrick Breyer Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Opinion by Patrick Breyer & Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Are mass-scale sports events being used to normalise the use of surveillance technologies in our cities? Biometric mass surveillance, like high-tech facial recognition, is on the rise - but what is the cost to our human rights?
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    ©axel-ahoi
    Container ship
    Opinion |

    European businesses have concerns about the EU-Mercosur deal: new YouGov poll shows

    Anna Cavazzini Yannick Jadot
    Opinion by Anna Cavazzini & Yannick Jadot
    A new YouGov poll, published today, has captured the opinion of business leaders on the EU-Mercosur Trade deal.
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    MJ Haru CC0
    white and yellow apartment buildings
    Opinion |

    Who (really) owns your city? How corporate landlords are using homes to make money

    Ernest Urtasun Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Ernest Urtasun & Kim Van Sparrentak
    Greens/EFA MEPs, Kim van Sparrentak and Ernest Urtasun, throw open the doors on Europe’s housing crisis and find out who’s really in control of our homes.
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    CC0 martin-krchnacek
    Person holding a European Union flag
    Opinion |

    A greener Europe and better healthcare - recommendations from the Conference on the Future of Europe

    Eleonora Evi Michèle Rivasi
    Opinion by Eleonora Evi & Michèle Rivasi
    An independent and randomly-selected panel of EU citizens has called for better climate protection and equal access to healthcare systems across Europe.
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    GreensEFA Group
    Collage image future
    Opinion |

    The Digital Services Act is coming. What will it mean for you?

    Alexandra Geese
    Opinion by Alexandra Geese
    The European Parliament has voted on a new law for online services, known as the Digital Services Act. Alexandra Geese MEP talks us through some of the problems of the digital age and what the Greens/EFA are doing to protect our fundamental rights.
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    GreensEFA Group
    Young climate activists protesting taxonomy
    Opinion |

    Climate activists: The EU Taxonomy is a financial and environmental threat to younger generations and we will not accept it

    Late last year, the Commission published a draft for a new law on sustainable investments and quietly tried to include gas and nuclear power. Sneaking dirty energy onto a list of sustainable investments is the worst kind of greenwashing. We told the EU Commission that we do not want their dirty present.