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    A_Babiš
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    Commission audit finds conflict of interest with Czech PM's companies

    The leaked report clearly states Andrej Babiš controls the Agrofert group and that contracts awarded to his companies are in breach of Czech and EU law. The Commission audit has found that around €11 million will need to be returned as a result of Andrej Babiš' conflict of interest.
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    European Parliament to send mission to Malta after the revelations around the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia

    The priority of the Parliament mission must be to investigate all potential links to the Prime Minister who has protected and defended three ministers for so long. Malta must adhere to the rule of law and European values so that there can be justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia and her family.
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    Why wait ? climate emergency
    Why wait ? climate emergency
    Press release |

    Climate emergency declaration must lead concrete actions

    The EU must commit to a range of goals including: Achieving climate neutrality by 2040, a 65% reduction in emissions by 2030, and to put the environment and biodiversity at the centre of the EU's agricultural policy to halt biodiversity loss
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    Justus Lipsius EU Council
    Press release |

    EU Ministers fail to agree corporate transparency measures

    EU Ministers failed to agree on Thursday 28 November, on proposals for greater corporate transparency. The proposals, which have been on the table for over three years, for public country-by-country reporting would ensure more transparency around the profits earned and taxes paid by large multinational companies.
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    New Commission presentation
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    Neither blank cheque nor a red card

    The Greens/EFA are very concerned about the selection of Commissioners from Hungary, France and Croatia and are extremely critical of the linking of the title 'promoting our European way of life' with migration policy.
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    Frank Vincentz (CC BY-SA 3.0)
    Office of the Prime Minister of Malta
    Press release |

    Maltese Prime Minister's Chief of Staff Keith Schembri resigns

    Keith Schembri the Chief of Staff of the Maltese Prime Minister Joseph Muscat, has resigned following the arrest of businessman Yorgen Fenech last week in connection with the investigation into the murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia. Fenech owns the company 17 Black, which appeared in the 'Panama Papers' with connections to Schembri and Tou…
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    Silhouette behind glass door
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    International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women & Istanbul Convention

    The EU must take a stand and end all gender based violence. The Commission must make violence against women and girls and other forms of gender-based violence a crime under EU law. We need considerably more investment in the fight against violence against women and a radical change of course to put an end to hatred against women.
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    Fridays for Future Berlin 2019 (CC BY 2.0) Jörg Farys / WWF
    Fridays for Future Berlin 2019
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    Greens/EFA call on action instead of empty declarations

    A Group of MEPs among which the Greens/EFA tabled an amendment for the resolution ahead of the UN Climate Conference COP25 to ask for the declaration of climate emergency on a European level. The European Parliament should not only officially declare climate emergency, but also agree on a number of concrete measures to make the declarati…
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    Budget
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    Breakthrough for climate budget

    The European Parliament, the Council and the European Commission agreed on a green EU budget for the year 2020. The climate budget is finally becoming real under pressure from the Greens/EFA and the European Parliament. The ambitious fight against youth unemployment threatened to fail because of national egotisms in the Council. Yet, in t…
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    EIB takes big step towards becoming a climate bank but loopholes remain

    EU Member States and the Commission agreed to a new energy lending policy for the European Investment Bank. It is a good step in the right direction and a milestone on the road to ending investments for fossil fuels altogether. The EIB needs to become the climate bank of Europe but we're not quite there yet.