icon

ADVANCED SEARCH


Press Releases, Opinions, Publications, Events and Videos

Filter
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(58) "files/assets/imgs/list/20171214_ep-063150a_fma_006_web.jpg" ["title"]=> string(76) "European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP" ["alt"]=> string(76) "European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP" ["copyright"]=> string(76) "European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP" ["updated_at"]=> int(1613129194) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "36e4b7a32f425e612adcf86dee4b5de8.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(35) "20171214_EP-063150A_FMA_006_web.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9841/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9841/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9841/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9841/portrait" } }
European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
News |

Greens/EFA debriefing of the plenary session

Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included: the EU’s Vaccination Strategy, the Economic Recovery and Resilience Facility, the de-facto abortion ban in Poland, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the report on ayslum border procedures, the situation in Yemen, and the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets.
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(68) "files/assets/imgs/list/poland_supreme_court__cc__david_berkowitz.jpg" ["title"]=> string(20) "poland supreme court" ["alt"]=> string(20) "poland supreme court" ["copyright"]=> string(48) "poland supreme court (CC BY 2.0) David Berkowitz" ["updated_at"]=> int(1612868262) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "99b322b34347bffcfaa967665c7d26d7.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(45) "poland supreme court (cc) David Berkowitz.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9825/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9825/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9825/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9825/portrait" } }
poland supreme court (CC BY 2.0) David Berkowitz
poland supreme court
Press release |

Poland: De facto abortion ban

Members of the European Parliament are debating the de facto ban on abortion in Poland, as called for by the Greens/EFA group. The Greens/EFA group supports the Women's Strike protests and call on the Commission and Council to act in defence of the rule of law in Poland.
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(54) "files/assets/imgs/list/14177-1204-vote_h__mi_bxl-3.jpg" ["title"]=> string(18) "Hemicycle Brussels" ["alt"]=> string(18) "Hemicycle Brussels" ["copyright"]=> string(145) "Photo European Parliament - Architecte : Association des architectes du CIC : Vanden Bossche sprl, C.R.V. s.a., CDG sprl, Studiegroep D. Bontinck" ["updated_at"]=> int(1612804279) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "4dfc782bf20efcda1f503c458cab712a.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(31) "14177-1204-Vote Hémi Bxl-3.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9819/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9819/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9819/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9819/portrait" } }
Photo European Parliament - Architecte : Association des architectes du CIC : Vanden Bossche sprl, C.R.V. s.a., CDG sprl, Studiegroep D. Bontinck
Hemicycle Brussels
News |

Flash - Plenary session 8-12 February 2021

During the plenary session, the European Parliament will debate and/or vote on COVID vaccines, new circular economy action plan, recovery and resilience facility, report on border procedures, Ostrovets nuclear power plant, combating human trafficking, ghost flights in Europe, de facto abortion ban in Poland,...
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(47) "files/assets/imgs/list/green_digitalisation.jpg" ["title"]=> string(20) "Green digitalisation" ["alt"]=> string(20) "Green digitalisation" ["copyright"]=> string(13) "©tyler-casey" ["updated_at"]=> int(1611914433) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "55d2d274de1bc21f639cfc51e2014627.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(24) "green digitalisation.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9799/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9799/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9799/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9799/portrait" } }
©tyler-casey
Green digitalisation
Event |

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

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.
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(62) "files/assets/imgs/list/european-parliament-__-rauf-guliyev.jpg" ["title"]=> string(35) "European-Parliament-©-Rauf-Guliyev" ["alt"]=> string(35) "European-Parliament-©-Rauf-Guliyev" ["copyright"]=> string(15) "© Rauf Guliyev" ["updated_at"]=> int(1612294000) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "4d484105f65c3f670edc8a45e9a54cc2.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(39) "European-Parliament-©-Rauf-Guliyev.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9806/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9806/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9806/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9806/portrait" } }
© Rauf Guliyev
European-Parliament-©-Rauf-Guliyev
Press release |

Navalny sentenced - quote from Sergey Lagodinsky MEP

The Moscow District Court has sentenced Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in prison for allegedly violating parole conditions. "This verdict and the crackdown by the security forces and judiciary show that Navalny and the demonstrators have hit a nerve. The Russian people need the backing of the European Union" said Sergey Lagodins…
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(65) "files/assets/imgs/list/biometric_surveillance_thumbnail.jpeg.jpeg" ["title"]=> string(32) "biometric surveillance thumbnail" ["alt"]=> string(32) "biometric surveillance thumbnail" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1617211110) ["file_name"]=> string(37) "26301bc48c7deeda5f34a6c615d1de1b.jpeg" ["fname"]=> string(37) "biometric surveillance thumbnail.jpeg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9970/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9970/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9970/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9970/portrait" } } biometric surveillance thumbnail
Video |

Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance In Public Spaces!

This is not a sci-fi movie or the latest episode of a dystopian tv-show! Throughout the European Union, governments are already experimenting with highly intrusive systems of facial recognition and other biometric technologies. These technologies pose alarming risks for fundamental rights, fuelling mass surveillance and racial discrim…
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(64) "files/assets/imgs/list/milosz-klinowski-bw0d0illw8e-unsplash.jpg" ["title"]=> string(41) "Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski" ["alt"]=> string(41) "Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski" ["copyright"]=> string(41) "Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski" ["updated_at"]=> int(1611736577) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "c1c77aceb37ea2a49e0b03699f41a461.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(41) "milosz-klinowski-BW0d0IllW8E-unsplash.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9798/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9798/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9798/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9798/portrait" } }
Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski
Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski
Opinion |

Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance

Governments are experimenting with highly intrusive facial recognition systems and other biometric mass surveillance in public spaces in the EU. We think they have alarming consequences for fundamental rights and want them to be banned.
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(47) "files/assets/imgs/list/facial_recognotion_2.jpg" ["title"]=> string(20) "facial recognotion_2" ["alt"]=> string(20) "facial recognotion_2" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1610991408) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "783c747e30dcf18d1eba5e20ad663f7e.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(24) "facial recognotion_2.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9764/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9764/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9764/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9764/portrait" } } facial recognotion_2
Event |

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

Often when people think of facial recognition, they think about unlocking their phones with their face. Facial authentication is used to verify that someone is who they say they are, when for example gaining secured access to a building or traveling through a passport gate. This is a one-to-one comp...
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(40) "files/assets/imgs/list/navalny.jpeg.jpeg" ["title"]=> string(7) "Navalny" ["alt"]=> string(7) "Navalny" ["copyright"]=> string(63) "Alexey Yushenkov / Алексей Юшенков (CC BY-SA 3.0)" ["updated_at"]=> int(1611594276) ["file_name"]=> string(37) "51a5f206b3e44530278f9734bf38cade.jpeg" ["fname"]=> string(12) "Navalny.jpeg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9797/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9797/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9797/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9797/portrait" } }
Alexey Yushenkov / Алексей Юшенков (CC BY-SA 3.0)
Navalny
Press release |

Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers

Commenting on today's virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers, Sergey Lagodinsky, spokesperson on Russia for the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said: "We in the Greens/EFA group condemn the arrests and brutal crackdown by Russian security forces against peaceful demons...
array(8) { ["url"]=> string(60) "files/assets/imgs/list/hassan-anayi-azw4yrpgtrc-unsplash.jpg" ["title"]=> string(30) "European Parliament Strasbourg" ["alt"]=> string(30) "European Parliament Strasbourg" ["copyright"]=> string(14) "©hassan-anayi" ["updated_at"]=> int(1616670118) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "9bc766d0d53663ae71f2dd7d24f10f38.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(37) "hassan-anayi-azW4yRpgtRc-unsplash.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9944/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9944/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9944/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/9944/portrait" } }
©hassan-anayi
European Parliament Strasbourg
News |

Greens/EFA debriefing of the plenary session

Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included: presentation of the Portuguese Presidency, EU global Strategy for COVID-19 vaccination, Inauguration of the new President of the United States and the current political situation, report on decent and affordable housing, the EU Strategy for Gender Equality, debate on the situation in th…