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    Edoardo Bortoli
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    AGILE will boost EU sovereignty without funding lethal autonomous weapons

    Today, the European Parliament adopted the new EU funding programme AGILE for innovative defence technologies. Thanks to Greens/EFA initiatives, lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) are excluded from the programme.
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    Gas flaring and venting
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    Suspending Methane Regulation is just burning money

    Delaying the EU Methane Regulation won't refill gas storage or lower heating bills. Greens/EFA MEP Jutta Paulus warns that letting gas leak or be flared during an energy price crisis is burning money, and urges the Commission not to give in to the fossil fuel lobby.
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    KOBU Agency
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    Enlargement: New incentives and rules for candidate countries

    Today, the European Commission presented its long-awaited proposals on how to prepare the EU for future enlargements. The package looks at how the EU must adapt its institutions, policies, budget and rule of law safeguards in order to remain strong and able to act in a Union of more than 30 members.
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    Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Terry Reintke Nicolae Ștefănuță
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    New Co-Presidents Terry Reintke and Nicolae Ștefănuță to lead the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament

    The Greens/EFA Group re-elected Terry Reintke, and elected Nicolae Ștefănuță, as Co-Presidents of the Group.
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    50 MEPs affected as Greens/EFA call for stronger protection against digital violence

    A new study by Agora Digitale Transformation provides the first systematic assessment of the extent to which female MEPs are affected by AI-generated sexualised violence. In addition to the 147 previously identified cases involving national parliamentarians, the study identifies a further 50 MEPs who have been affected, 46 of them women. …
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    Chemicals
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    Forever Chemical: New Report PFAS-TFA.

    Forever Chemical: New Report PFAS-TFA. The Greens/EFA Group today presented a report on the results of blood tests carried out before the summer to measure PFAS contamination levels in 110 volunteers from nine European countries. The toxicological analysis revealed significant contamination with TFA (trifluoroacetic acid) in all partici…
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    Housing: The Greens/EFA Group stand in solidarity with the protesters in Madrid

    Last week, together with Más Madrid, the Greens/EFA Group organised a street action in Madrid to bring attention to the growing housing crisis sweeping across the EU.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA MEP among those affected – Greens/EFA call for decisive action against ‘nudifier’ platforms

    A new study by Agora Digital Transformation provides the first systematic analysis of the extent to which politicians across the EU are affected by AI-generated sexualised violence. The researchers identified 147 politicians on relevant deepfake websites, including 138 women. Greens/EFA MEP Lena Schilling is among those affected.
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    Clean planet © Eva Serrabassa
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    Data centres: Tech companies must no longer be allowed to treat their electricity and water consumption as a trade secret

    Today, the European Commission has just come out with its energy efficiency label for data centres and computing centres.
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    EU KIDS Act must tackle addictive design for everyone

    Today, the European Commission presented the EU KIDS Act, aiming at improving the protection of children and young people online. Young people’s mental health is under severe pressure, and girls in particular face bullying, harassment and sexual violence online.