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    Press release |

    Government’s attacks on women’s rights has deadly consequences

    The European Parliament has voted in favour of standing in solidarity with the thousands and thousands of Polish citizens who, last week, took to the streets in protest against draconian Polish abortion laws. The restrictive law is just one year old but it has already cost at least two women's lives.
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    Opinion |

    Gender and COP26: Why the climate summit should be on every feminist’s agenda

    Alice Bah Kuhnke
    Opinion by Alice Bah Kuhnke
    Gender justice cannot be sidelined when debating the future of our planet. It’s time for governments and institutions to take note, and put gender equality at the heart of any viable strategies on climate and ecology.
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    Press release |

    EU Parliament sues EU Commission before the European Court of Justice

    The European Parliament today, as called for by the Greens/EFA Group, proceeded with legal action against the European Commission for failing to uphold European law, under Article 265 of the treaties. Pursuing legal action had already been approved by the Legal Affairs Committee of the European Parliament, which made it a condition of the…
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    Event |

    Green Tech Film Festival

    As part of the Green Tech festival, four documentary films will be screened in the Kinograph cinema during two days. The documentaries will all revealed, in their own way, the dark side of the electronics industry
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    Event |

    LIVE WEBINAR: Current practices of biometric mass surveillance in the EU

    On 25 October, the Greens/EFA group will publish its report on the current practices of biometric mass surveillance in the EU. Join us to learn more about these practices, to what extent they are effective and the risks that they pose to fundamental rights! Register now!
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    Study |

    Biometric and behavioural mass surveillance in EU Member states

    The aim of this report is to establish a problematised overview of what we know about what is currently being done in Europe when it comes to remote biometric identification (RBI), and to assess in which cases we could potentially fall into forms of biometric mass surveillance.
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    Press release |

    EU governments miss chance to take concrete action against attacks on rule of law and postpone response to rising energy prices

    The Council and the EU Commission must defend European values, democracy, the rule of law and the rights of Polish citizens. Greens/EFA demand that the Article 7 procedure be pushed forward. On energy prices, the EU needs to end billions in fossil fuel subsidies and invest in 100 percent renewables, sustainable infrastructure and energy e…
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    News |

    Debriefing of the October II plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Poland and the Rule of Law Crisis and Abortion Ban, Farm To Fork Strategy, UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, Global Tax Deal and Pandora Papers, General Budget of the European Union for the Financial Year 2022, Frontex
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    Press release |

    EU Trade policy must prioritise human rights, in Western Sahara and elsewhere

    In advance of the forthcoming European Council meeting which takes place tomorrow and Friday in Brussels, MEPs have today been debating the summit's priorities with European Commission President, Ursula Von der Leyen. One of the subjects up for discussion will be EU Trade Policy. EFA Presi...
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    Press release |

    Time has run out - Commission & Council must act on rule of law in Poland

    Members of the European Parliament have been debating the situation regarding the rule of law and the primacy of EU law in Poland, with Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki and Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The Greens/EFA Group are calling on the Commission and Council to take action against the Polish government's attack…