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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
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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Debriefing of the June 2025 Plenary Session

Greens/EFA priorities during the plenary session included the Clean Industrial Deal, the debate on the Pride ban in Hungary and the EU-Israel Association Agreement.
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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
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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Marzà Condemns EU Council's “Backdoor Deal” to Weaken Passenger Rights

EFA MEP Vicent Marzà has strongly condemned the European Council’s proposed reforms to the EU Air Passenger Rights Regulation, warning that they would legalise abusive practices and undermine EU consumer protections and the authority of the European Parliament.
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EU must suspend the Association Agreement with Israel over the war in Gaza.

The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament is calling for the immediate suspension of the EU-Israel Association Agreement,in light of Israel’s continued violations of international law and the deepening humanitarian disaster in Gaza.
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