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    Deforestation illegal-logging-amazon-brazil
    Deforestation illegal-logging-amazon-brazil
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    EPP creates chaos: Greens/EFA call on von der Leyen to withdraw weakened Deforestation Regulation

    Amid a dramatic breakdown of the electronic voting system which brings the vote into question, Members of the European Parliament voted on the Commission proposal to delay the Deforestation regulation. It’s deeply concerning that the EPP amendments were adopted as they eviscerate the EU’s deforestation regulation.
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    Parliament calls for clear commitments on climate finance & the release of political prisoners

    Members of the European Parliament are calling on the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku to make clear commitments on climate finance, binding measures on promises made at the COP28 in Dubai and to release all political prisoners in Azerbaijan. The resolution is the European Parliament's mandate for the COP.
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    Container ship
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    Russia’s shadow fleet: Quote from MEP Niinistö

    Greens/EFA MEP Ville Niinistö from Finland, shadow rapporteur on the resolution on the Russian shadow fleet, comments on the resolution on EU actions against the Russian shadow fleet and ensuring a full enforcement of sanctions against Russia.
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    EPP Group pandering to far-right jeopardises new Commission

    The EPP’s irresponsible and short sighted political games are jeopardising the democratic alliance of this house. Through their desperation to form unscrupulous alliances with the far-right, the EPP is undermining the democratic process of evaluating the skills of candidate Commissioners.
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    Raffaele Fitto
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    Fitto fails fitness test, final decision postponed

    The Greens/EFA Group participated in the hearing of Commissioner designate Raffaele Fitto. His lack of commitment to the Green Deal and his refusal to acknowledge his past voting behavior failed to convince Greens/EFA MEPs.
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    Valencia’s devastating floods

    The situation in the Valencian Country is devastating. All our solidarity with the victims and our thanks to the rescue teams who are working tirelessly. We will ask for an urgent solidarity debate and the activation of all emergency funds.
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    Photo by Elinda Gjonomadhi on Unsplash
    Waves
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    EU must not bow down to far-right fear mongering & populist propaganda on migration

    Members of the European Parliament will debate recent news around the externalisation of migration policies to third countries, such as the recent Italy-Albania deal. The Greens/EFA Group have long called for an approach to migration that maintains human rights and protections for asylum seekers and includes safe and legal pathways for th…
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    Photo by Ingeborg Korme on Unsplash
    Logging trucks
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    EPP must stop fanning the flames of climate catastrophe

    MEPs will vote on whether to use the urgency procedure for the Commission’s proposal to delay the application of the EU’s flagship regulation on preventing deforestation in supply chains. At the start of October, the Commission announced a postponement of the implementation of  this important regulation by 12 months. The law, which lays d…
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    Freedom for Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu and all political prisoners

    Members of the European Parliament are debating the persecution of opposition figures, journalists and human rights activists in Azerbaijan, ahead of the UN Climate Change Conference (COP29) in Baku in November. President Ilham Aliyev finances his dictatorship with the sale of fossil fuels.
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    Bas Eickhout and Volodomir Zelensky shaking hands
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    President of Ukraine Volodomir Zelensky in the European Parliament

    Ahead of the European Council Summit on 17th-18th October, political group leaders met the President of Ukraine, Volodomir Zelensky. "The Greens/EFA stand with Ukraine and will keep up with support for as long it takes. Pro-European forces in this house need to work together in ensuring the financial and military support Ukraine needs." s…