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    Event |

    European Sustainable Tech Day

    This event aims at exchanging best practices when it comes to greening our tech and encouraging the organization of a European Sustainable Tech Day to stimulate and spread initiatives on how best to use sustainable technologies.
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    Female healthcare worker / CC0 jeshoots-com
    Letter |

    Statement on healthcare worker shortages

    Ahead of the next meeting of the Employment, Social Policy, Health and Consumer Affairs Council (12-13 June 2023), Greens/EFA MEPs and green national MPs have issued a statement demanding coordinated action from European government in order to tackle the alarming shortage of healthcare personnel in the EU.
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    @Erich Westendarp
    Pesticides
    Policy Paper |

    Request for the setting up an inquiry committee on pesticides

    The inquiry aims to investigate alleged contraventions of Union law and alleged maladministration in the application of Union law law in relation to the placing of plant protection products on the market.
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    Press release |

    Commission proposal underwhelming, underpowered & uninspired

    The European Commission has come out with its proposals for an ‘EU Ethics Body’. The Greens/EFA Group have long been calling for an independent EU Ethics Body that would handle issues of corruption, conflicts of interest and breaches of ethics in the EU institutions.
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    protecting the eu against corruption visual
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group remain steadfast in push for reforming Parliament six months after scandal

    Tomorrow marks the six month anniversary of the ‘Qatargate’ scandal, which exposed cases of foreign influence among MEPs in the European Parliament. The Greens/EFA Group have long led the calls for higher standards of transparency, accountability and integrity inside the EU institutions and strongly support efforts to reform the rules.…
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    Photo by Jakob Owens on Unsplash
    Rough sea
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group reject Council's inhuman asylum deal

    This evening, Ministers in the Justice and Home Affairs Council have agreed their position on reforms to the EU’s Asylum system under the Pact on Migration. The Greens/EFA Group have long been fighting for a fair and efficient asylum system that protects human rights and dignity. The Council’s agreement fails to deliver on multiple fronts…
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    Job |

    Policy adviser for the SANT sub-committee

    Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament is looking for a full-time policy adviser (maternity cover) for the sub-committee on public health (SANT), as part of the Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). Read more.
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    Event |

    Six months after Qatargate: How has the Parliament reacted?

    Six months after the Qatargate corruption scandal in the European Parliament, the Greens/EFA Group organises a round table of key civil society organisations and institutions working for transparency and integrity. MEPs and guest speakers will take stock of what has changed and which reforms are needed to prevent corruption and mismanage…
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    Deforestation / CIFOR / Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
    Study |

    The EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement, its impacts on Agriculture

    This study, carried out by the Institut de l’Elevage, focuses on agricultural and food goods, and the likely impacts of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement’s implementation on social aspects, human health, animal welfare and the environment.
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    Press release |

    Word-leading binding rules take shape

    The European Parliament has adopted its report on the Corporate Sustainability and Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD). The Greens/EFA group have long advocated for mandatory rules requiring companies to identify and remedy risks to human rights arising from the activities throughout their value chain. We welcome this new step forward.