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    Environment and Health: Forever Chemicals Pollution

    Press release Copenhagen, 1/7/2025   Environment and Health: Forever Chemicals Pollution Commission is risking the health of Europeans by whitewashing PFAS* in drinking water     Today, the Greens/EFA req...
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    Photo by Justin Lim on Unsplash
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    Europe’s Green Tech Revolution - Greens/EFA plans to power the first electro-continent

    Our Clean Tech Action Plan: a place where green innovation, energy independence, and economic justice go hand-in-hand. From the Middelgrunden Windmill cooperative wind farm in Copenhagen, Greens/EFA MEPs are meeting with Clean Tech industry leaders to launch our group’s plan to drive a new technological revolution aimed at revitalising Eu…
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    Image by Boris Štromar from Pixabay
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    More than 120,000 rally for freedom, love, equal rights - Greens/EFA stands united with historic protest

    Today (Saturday, 28 June), more than 120,000 took the streets of Budapest, estimates going up to 300,000. The Greens/EFA joined today´s protests of around 70 Members of the European Parliament.
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    Miteni trial: PFAS must be banned in the EU

    Yesterday marked the conclusion of the Miteni trial in Vicenza. The Italian court sentenced eleven chemical company executives to up to 17 years in prison for polluting water used by hundreds of thousands of people with PFAS through the Miteni plant.
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    Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework.

    Press Release Brussels, 25/06/20255 Clean Industrial Deal State Aid Framework. The focus should be on prioritising renewables.     Today, the European Commission has presented the new framework governing state aid....
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    Withdrawal would show Commission pandering to industry lobbying & EPP posturing

    Today, the European Commission has announced its intention to withdraw the Green Claims Directive, which was in the final stage of inter-institutional “trilogue” negotiations, due to be finalised Monday the 23rd. The Green Claims Directive is intended to ensure that voluntary green claims on products on the EU market are backed by evidenc…
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    EPP & far-right institutionalising their campaign against NGOs

    Today’s Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament decided against setting up a Committee of Inquiry into NGO financing, but has agreed to the setting up of a working group on NGO financing inside the Budgetary Control Committee, with a right-wing majority of EPP, ECR & PfE.
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    Image by Matthias Böckel from Pixabay
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    Making industry greener is Europe’s answer to China & Trump

    Today, the European Parliament adopted its first resolution on the Clean Industrial Deal. The resolution includes a call on the Commission for a clear plan and concrete measures on how to make Europe’s industries greener and cleaner.
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    Image by Boris Štromar from Pixabay
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    MEPs stand up to attacks on democracy ahead of Budapest Pride

    Today, MEPs debated the Pride ban in Budapest. The Greens/EFA Group call on the Council and the Commission to not stand idly by while Hungary descends further into authoritarianism.
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    Defence Omnibus must mark step towards true solidarity & shared responsibility

    Tomorrow, the European Commission will present the Fifth Omnibus on Defence, aiming at strengthening European defence capabilities by reducing bureaucracy. Greens/EFA MEPs have long advocated for new rules for the military sector, which would create a genuinely European defence market and allow more effective support for Ukraine in its re…