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    No mandate for hard Brexit

    Reaction to the results of the UK general election from Greens/EFA co-presidents Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts.
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    farmland©matt-benson
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    EU Member States must not allow organic reform to fail

    "We urgently need a decision on whether we will continue with an outdated and flawed regulation or bring about a positive end to the negotiations on this important package" says Martin Hausling.
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    Bundeswehr/Modes (CC BY 2.0)
    Tanks
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    European Commission defence proposals

    We do not need more money for the defence industry, much less a new arms fund. When the EU Member States pool projects, money is saved and our defence is better and more efficient.
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    Press release |

    Great step towards European security union

    The Justice and Home Affairs Council has come to a political agreement on the European Public Prosecutor (EPPO). The EPPO is tasked with identifying instances of fraud using EU money, for example in cross-border EU-funded construction projects. The European Commission estimates that this amounts to €500 million per year, with a large shar…
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    Press release |

    Glyphosate

    A group of Greens/EFA MEPs has filed a case with the European Court of Justice demanding public access to the studies used by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) in assessing the safety of glyphosate.
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    Frankfurt Skyline Bank District
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    New rules for finance industry sign of political amnesia

    The European Parliament and Council of ministers agreed on new legislation designed to resuscitate the market for "securitisation" - one of the key causes of the financial crisis that began 10 years ago and that Europe has yet to fully recover from.
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    Amaury Laporte (CC BY-NC 2.0)
    Climate Protest
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    As sources signal Trump likely to pull out, all parties must stand together

    It seems likely that Donald Trump will this week announce the US's intention to leave the Paris climate deal agreed in 2015.
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    Road Transport
    Press release |

    Road mobility package

    The European Commission has today (31 May) presented the first part of its road mobility package. The package contains proposals for controversial changes to current laws on the social and environmental aspects of the road transport sector, as well as an update that will affect the working conditions of freight drivers working abroad.
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    ECB Frankfurt
    Press release |

    Commission sets out options for Eurozone's future

    The European Commission has today (31 May) released a reflection paper setting out options for the completion of a robust economic and monetary union. The proposal contains almost nothing on social and taxation issues, which leaves the EU lagging far behind French President Macron's proposals for social minimum standards, as well as a mi…
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    21962.cooperate and undertake 01
    Press release |

    European Commission must invest more to promote solidarity

    “Promoting solidarity between young people across the EU is something we strongly support, but the European Commission will have to do better than this to make it happen," comments Greens/EFA education and policy spokesperson, Helga Trüpel.