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    Photo by Michael Benz on Unsplash
    The sea from above
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    Commission risks turning Frontex into European ICE

    Today, the European Commission has just published its long awaited borders and migration package, which includes a revised Frontex regulation and the digitalisation of returns. The proposals will equip the Agency with expanded surveillance capacities and foresee vast social media monitoring to predict arrivals, introduce a stronger focus …
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    Photo by Erik Karits on Unsplash
    Antalya coastline
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    MEPs adopt COP31 position: No credibility in Antalya without a fossil phase-out - Greens/EFA Group

    The European Parliament has adopted its position for COP31, the UN climate conference in Antalya, Turkey (9–20 November), backing the 1.5°C goal and a transition away from fossil fuels. Greens/EFA MEPs Pär Holmgren and Kai Tegethoff warn the EU is becoming a climate laggard. They call for fossil fuel phase-out plans, more climate finance …
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    Press release |

    Conservatives and Social Democrats Put Jobs at Risk

    With the support of both Conservatives and Social Democrats, a majority within the Committees on Industry and Transport voted today (Thursday, October 22) to approve an agreement, reached late Monday night, to move away from the planned phase-out of combustion engines by 2035. A vote in the lead committee, the Committee on the Environment…
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    Tim Hurst (CC BY-SA 2.0)
    Methane venting and flaring
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    Methane Regulation: European Parliament capitulates to fossil fuel lobby and Trump administration

    The European Parliament has just called for the Methane Regulation to be postponed by three years.
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    COP17/Armenia: Jutta Paulus, MEP, to attend as member of the European Parliament Delegation

    Jutta Paulus will participate in the COP17 biodiversity conference - currently underway in Yerevan, Armenia - as a member of the European Parliament delegation. She will be on-site with the delegation from Monday, October 26, to Wednesday, October 28, and meet with the COP17 Presidency, United Nations and World Bank representatives and Yo…
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    MEPs vote in favour of better train connections between cities

    Today, MEPs voted in favour of increasing high-speed rail in the EU. The Greens/EFA Group has always supported increasing better rail connections between Europe’s main cities.
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    Photo by Gauravdeep Singh Bansal on Unsplash
    Birds flying in front of a pink and blue sky
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    Greens/EFA welcome strong outward facing EU amid irresponsible attempts to cut budget

    The European Parliament has adopted its position on the €200+ billion Global Europe instrument, which funds all EU external action. Greens/EFA secured key wins on Ukraine, Gaza reconstruction, human rights and a ring-fenced €20 billion for humanitarian aid. MEPs Tineke Strik and Mounir Satouri warn national capitals against cutting the EU…
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    European Council
    European Council
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    Meet Nicolae Ștefănuță at the Summit of Heads of States and Governments - today (Thursday, 15 October) from 6:30pm on

    For the first time, Nicolae Ștefănuță will attend today´s European leaders´s summit as newly elected Co-President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. Nicolae Ștefănuță will be present at the Justus Lipsius building from 6:30pm on and will be available for interviews and background talks in English, French, German and of co…
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    Greens/EFA Group elects bureau

    Today, the Greens/EFA Group elected the new members of its bureau.
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    Sakharov Prize: Greens/EFA call on MEPs to back detained Gaza doctor Hussam Abu Safiya

    Ahead of the 19 October shortlist vote, MEP Catarina Vieira calls on colleagues across political groups to unite behind doctor Hussam Abu Safiya and send a clear message: healthcare workers must be protected, and international law must be upheld.