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    Samos Camp ©MSF/Dora Vangi
    Samos Camp ©MSF/Dora Vangi
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    One year after the EU migration pact, a better future for refugees?

    Damian Boeselager
    Opinion by Damian Boeselager
    A year ago, the European Commission published its proposals for a new Pact on Migration and Asylum. But the last 12 months have painfully highlighted the shortcomings in the EU’s approach on asylum. Read more about what needs to change, and which solutions we propose.
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    Man holding beetroots/ CC0 heather-gill
    Man holding beetroots/ CC0 heather-gill
    Opinion |

    How the Farm to Fork Strategy can Fix our Food System

    Tilly Metz Sarah Wiener
    Opinion by Tilly Metz & Sarah Wiener
    As the food and farming arm of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork strategy aims to push forward the ongoing sustainable transformation of food systems, whilst ensuring fair economic returns for farmers. Despite the backlash from certain industries, can the Farm to Fork Strategy actually fix our food system?
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    Women in a climate march/ CC0 hello-i-m-nik
    Women in a climate march/ CC0 hello-i-m-nik
    Opinion |

    Get active for the climate this summer

    Get active for the climate this summer: join us at a climate camp near you! Climate camps are used for nonviolent action for people to meet, train, exchange ideas and strategize for climate action.
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    Fighting for a welcoming Europe

    “You can really set something in motion by simply showing an interest.” writes Kristina Koch, a journalist and refugee worker at the organisation Willkommen in Nippes, in Cologne. She tells us the story of Thaer Jafar, a Syrian refugee with an incredible talent, and reminds us that small gestures can make a world of difference.
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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
    Opinion |

    Are we fit for 2030?

    It’s been called Fit for 55, Fit for 1.5 and now Fit for 2030. EU jargon aside, this new EU climate package is about our future on a liveable planet and finding a fair way to get there.
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    Italy needs a green recovery

    Ignazio Corrao Rosa D’Amato Eleonora Evi Piernicola Pedicini
    Opinion by Ignazio Corrao & Rosa D’Amato & Eleonora Evi & Piernicola Pedicini
    Despite some good last-minute changes, the Italian Recovery and Resilience Plan greenlit by the European Commission still seems unable to face the challenges ahead of Italy after COVID-19, write Greens/EFA Italian MEPs, Rosa D’Amato, Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi and Piernicola Pedicini. We need a path that leads towards a more sustainable…
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    Opinion |

    Short haul flights are a luxury the planet can’t afford

    Ciarán Cuffe
    Opinion by Ciarán Cuffe
    Aviation is exempt from paying fuel tax and receives massive benefits in public funding, despite being the most polluting form of transport. It’s the fastest-growing source of greenhouse gases, in large part caused by unnecessary short-haul flights. It’s time to stop aviation’s preferential treatment and invest in sustainable travel, writ…
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    Deforestation in the Amazon/ Ana_Cotta S.O.S Amazônia/ Flickr CC BY 2.0
    Deforestation in the Amazon/ Ana_Cotta S.O.S Amazônia/ Flickr CC BY 2.0
    Opinion |

    Our groceries shouldn’t cost the earth: How EU consumption causes the destruction of the rainforest

    Marie Toussaint
    Opinion by Marie Toussaint
    A new EU law to stop Europe's complicity in global deforestation is in the pipeline. Time is running out. We need a strong law that effectively bans products linked to the destruction of forests and other ecosystems. The rainforest can’t wait any longer, writes Marie Toussaint MEP.
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    Who is watching you?
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    Reinforce rights, not racism!

    Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Opinion by Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield MEP in conversation with Laurence Meyer, from the Digital Freedom Fund, about the dangers of the increasing use of biometric mass surveillance - both within the EU and outside it, as well as the impact it can have on the lives of people who are already being discriminated against.
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    Fridays-for-Future-Berlin-2019-CC-BY-2.0-Jorg-Farys-WWF_web
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    The new European Climate Law breaks the EU’s Paris Agreement promises

    Michael Bloss
    Opinion by Michael Bloss
    The compromise climate target in the EU Climate Law will not meet the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement. We can’t endorse a climate law that breaks all our climate promises, writes Micha Bloss MEP, Greens/EFA negotiator on the European Climate Law.