Events

Gene editing - the reality behind the hype

23.02.2021

Live Webinar - Register here!

In this online event, experts will respond to questions such as: How does gene editing work? What can it achieve? How does it compare with older-style genetic engineering technology? Who is promoting it and why? And what does it mean to maintain the EU’s regulatory framework or not?

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The European Pillar of Social Rights: the tool for a just climate transition?

19.02.2021

Live Webinar - Register here!

Experts from civil society will discuss and put key questions to Greens/EFA MEPs Mounir Satouri and Kim van Sparrentak.

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A Digital and Green Transition: Will Artificial Intelligence foster or hamper the Green New Deal?

03.02.2021

Live Webinar - Register here!

Two of the European Commission’s key priorities for the upcoming years are Europe fit for the Digital Age and the Green Deal. In our event the Greens/EFA will explore how we can ensure the two goals promote each other and which actions we need to ensure the digital transition and Green Deal are not mutually exclusive.

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Putting an end (at last) to neonicotinoids

27.01.2021

A Greens/EFA Webinar - Register here!

Despite their ban, neonicotinoids are still a scourge for bees, consumers and farmers.

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Face surveillance vs Facial Authentication: What is it and why should biometric mass surveillance be banned in the public space?

26.01.2021

Live Webinar - Register here!

Often when people think of facial recognition, they think about unlocking their phones with their fa...

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For an independent EU ethics body common to all EU institutions

13.01.2021

Online conference - Register here!

The EU institutions have some of the best ethics rules for lobby transparency, for Commissioners and...

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Find me if you can – Detecting gene-edited plants in the EU food chain

10.12.2020

Live Webinar - Register here!

EU governments are worried that GM plants engineered with so-called “gene editing” canno...

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The Risks of Discrimination of Biometric Mass Surveillance

03.12.2020

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Throughout the European Union, governments are experimenting with highly intrusive systems of facial...

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Affordable Housing

18.11.2020

AirBnB and the Digital Services Act - Possibilities for regulating online short-term rental to ensure affordable housing

We want to have a conversation about ‘the AirBnB-effect.’ The expansive growth of short-...

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Migration Pact – A better future for migration and asylum in the EU?

28.10.2020

Online Event 28 October, 15.00-17.00 CET

On 23 September, the European Commission proposed a new Migration and Asylum Pact, which is meant to create a new balance between responsibility and solidarity and streamline the asylum process. There are many questions to be clarified and discussed to understand the European Commission’s proposal and its implication