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    Ivan Aleksic
    Press release |

    Serbia/Mladić: Quote from MEP Prebilič

    MEP Vladimir Prebilič from Slovenia, Greens/EFA negotiator on the situation in Serbia, comments on the glorification of convicted war criminal Ratko Mladić, who will be given a funeral in Belgrade on Monday.
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    Esma Nur Büyükgüçlü
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    Serbia: Greens/EFA call for consequences after new spyware scandal

    Revelations by the digital rights group SHARE foundation that the Serbian government was actively spying on at least 14 individuals such as activists, lawmakers and a local councillor for two years showcases the deteriorating human rights situation in the EU candidate country.
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    ELG21
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    Wildfires: Greens/EFA call for urgent Heatwave Action Plan

    As extreme heat and wildfires hit large parts of Europe, forcing evacuations and putting lives at risk, the Greens/EFA Group calls on the European Commission and Member States to urgently implement a European Heatwave Action Plan.
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    Press release |

    European Commission significantly weakens its best weapon against climate change

    Around ten thousand people have died as a result of the heatwaves of recent months, and with its reform of the European Emissions Trading System (ETS) presented today (Friday, 17 July), the European Commission is putting forward a proposal to significantly weaken the exact market-based solution for climate action and the future of Europea…
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    ©fre-sonneveld
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    Press release |

    Heatwaves and extreme record temperatures make the switch to electricity a must

    The action plan presented today by the European Commission aims to make Europe the world’s first fully electrified continent and to significantly increase the EU’s electrification rate – which has stagnated at 23 per cent for over a decade.
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    Rex_Wholster
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA call for banning all trade with illegal settlements

    Two years ago, the International Court of Justice concluded unambiguously that Israel’s settlements are unlawful under international law. Yet, the European Union is still trading with them. Yesterday, after reviewing three different proposals from the Commission, the Foreign Affairs Council stated that taking action against the trade with…
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    © European Union 2026 - Source : EP
    Daniel Freund in the CONT Committee
    Press release |

    Misuse of taxpayers' money: Conservatives Shield the Far Right from Consequences

    Today, in the Budgetary Control Committee, EPP alongside far-right groups voted against imposing meaningful sanctions on the far-right Patriots group, for the missuse of taxpayers money. More than €270,000 was improperly spent in the second half of 2024 alone. Yet, so far, the far-right group has escaped any meaningful consequences – than…
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    StockSnap
    Press release |

    ChatControl return: A dangerous precedent for democracy and privacy

    Today, the European Parliament adopted the renewed temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Regulation, also known as ‘ChatControl 1.0’ against the votes of the Greens/EFA Group.
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    Robert Fruehauf
    Press release |

    Top 5 Mega Polluters must foot the bill to make Europe heatwave-proof

    One heatwave follows another and again, people across Europe are once again battling record temperatures of around 40 degrees. The consequences are forest fires, droughts and floods.
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    Leonardo1982
    Press release |

    Parliament puts far-right party on notice

    Today, MEPs have just voted to refer the ESN party to the Authority for European Political Parties and European Political Foundations for breaches of EU values, which could result in the far-right party and its foundation losing around three million euros in EU funding.