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    China: Forced labour and the situation of the Uyghurs in the Xinjiang

    The atrocities against the Uyghur ethnic minority in Xinjiang and rampant state-imposed forced labour are crimes against humanity. The European Parliament is calling on European companies to break off business relations with Chinese partners if they abet human rights violations.
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    Rubber-stamping of Brexit deal ignores European Parliament's responsibilities

    European Parliament group leaders agreed in the Conference of Presidents of the Parliament to push ahead with a vote on a potential Brexit deal before the end of the year. The Greens/EFA group express concern that expediting the consent procedure will not allow adequate time for proper democratic scrutiny of any potential deal with the UK…
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    Protesters face riot police in Belarus
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    Sakharov Prize - Belarussian democratic opposition

    Today (Wednesday 16 December), the European Parliament formally awards the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought to the Belarusian opposition.
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    Parliamentary unity in negotiations on long-term budget paid-off

    Members of the European Parliament are voting on a resolution on the outcome of last week's European Council summit on the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 (MFF), the InterInstitutional Agreement, the EU Recovery Instrument and the Rule of Law Regulation.
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    Photo by Luis Tosta on Unsplash
    Water tap - Photo by Luis Tosta on Unsplash
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    Clean water for the whole EU

    EU-wide clean drinking water is a great success for the initiative from civil society. We owe it to the efforts of civil society that our drinking water will be cleaner in the future. For the first time, limit values for endocrine disruptors and stricter values for lead will make tap water cleaner. All of Europe will see the roll out of p…
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    LGBTI strategy photo action
    LGBTI strategy photo action
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    Hungarian Parliament adopts constitutional amendments against LGBTI community

    The Hungarian Parliament has adopted, Tuesday 15 December, new legislation with constitutional amendments that will further remove the rights of LGBTI citizens in the country.
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    Commission proposal first step to end Wild West of Internet giants

    We welcome the European Commission's move to end the Wild West style Internet giants and to make online platforms accountable for how they spread content and when they remove content from users.
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    Negotiations on a European Climate Law crucial

    The Greens/EFA group welcomes the agreement of European Union leaders to raise their climate target to at least 55% net emissions reduction by 2030, but significantly more effort is needed to reach the Paris climate goals. The Greens/EFA group strongly criticise the overnight push to promote gas as a transitional technology. Now it comes …
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    European Council
    European Council
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    Agreement on the rule of law a good base for action

    Statement by Ska Keller MEP, President of the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, on the agreement reached at today's (Thursday 10 December) summit of EU leaders on a binding rule of law mechanism.
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    Europol reform and counter-terrorism agenda must protect people, preserve rights

    The European Commission presented, on 9 December, two new proposals, on the revision of Europol's mandate and the new counter-terrorism strategy. While the reform must protect people, it must also preserve rights.