Newsroom

PRESS RELEASES

Filter
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Climate
  • Culture
  • Transparency and Democracy
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International
  • Mobility
  • Rights and freedoms
  • Trade
  • Society
    • Greens/EFA
    EFA
    Pirates
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    Human rights in China

    On the occasion of the hearing on Human rights in China organised in the premises of the European Parliament, Green MEP Heidi Hautala (Finland), Chairwoman of the Sub-Committee for Human Rights, deplored the deterioration of working conditions for the civil society and the harassment of human r...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    EU Financial Supervision

    Sven Giegold, Coordinator of Greens/EFA in the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee and the EP's rapporteur for the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) declares: "In today's negotiations between Council, Commission and the Parliament it became clear that more movement on the sid...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    Assassination of Rwandan Green Party Vice-President

    Rebecca Harms, Co-Chair of the Greens/EFA GroupEva Joly, President of the Development committeeHeidi Hautala, President of the sub-committee on Human RightsIsabelle Durant, Vice-President of the European Parliament "We are shocked and deeply saddened by the death of André Kagwa Rwisereka,...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    European Standardisation

    On the occasion of today's vote on the future of European standardisation in the Industry Committee of the European Parliament, the Rapporteur Reinhard Bütikofer(Germany), Vice-Chair of the Greens/European Free Alliance and spokesperson on industrial policy, declares: "With today's vote the Eu...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    GMO cultivation

    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    Seasonal Workers

    Commenting on the Commission proposal for a directive on seasonal employment. Green MEP Judith Sargentini (Netherlands), Coordinator for the Greens on the Home Affairs committee, said: "Seasonal work is an important part of a well functioning European labour migration policy. This directive wil...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    Financial Transaction Tax

    Commenting on EU Taxation Commissioner Algirdas Šemeta opposition to a financial transaction tax (1), Greens / EFA economic and financial spokesman, Sven Giegold (MEP, Germany), said:"It is absolutely scandalous that after seeing German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble and French Finance Ministe...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    ITER

    Today the Council for Agriculture adopted the conclusions on the future financing of the nuclear fusion project ITER as an 'A-item' without debate. Rebecca Harms, president of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament comments: "Today's decision to reaffirm the commitment to the ITER proj...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    SWIFT Agreement

    The European Parliament today, in the Strasbourg plenary, has adopted the so-called SWIFT agreement for bank data transfers to US authorities. Greens/EFA home affairs expert in the European Parliament Jan Philipp Albrecht comments: "The adoption of the new swift agreement by the majority of the...
    array(3) { ["url"]=> string(43) "files/layout/img/default_article_header.jpg" ["alt"]=> bool(false) ["copyright"]=> bool(false) }
    Press release |

    European External Action Service

    Commenting on today's approval by the European Parliament of the European External Action Service (EEAS), Franziska Brantner, foreign affairs spokesperson of the Greens/EFA Group, said: "Parliament's approval paves the way for a more coherent and effective European foreign policy that better m...