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    Visual Porto 2023 Statement
    Visual Porto 2023 Statement
    Publication |

    For an ambitious European social agenda

    This week’s Porto Social Forum 2023 is a new opportunity to insist that we desperately need urgent action on social issues. The existence of poverty and precarity in one of the richest regions of the globe is unacceptable and the urgent need to act decisively and in solidarity to ensure a socially just transition to a sustainable socio-ec…
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    Industrial farming seen from above / CCO no one cares
    Industrial farming seen from above / CCO no one cares
    Press release |

    EPP and Renew align with far-right extremists against nature restoration

    A majority of EPP, Renew and right-wing populists in the European Parliament's Fisheries Committee rejected the European Commission's proposal for a Directive on Nature Restoration. The rejection is part of an ideological right-wing campaign against the Green Deal and key legislation to protect the climate and conserve natural resources.
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    Night train map Europe
    Night train map Europe
    Opinion |

    Night trains are coming back! Is travel finally going green in 2023?

    Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg
    Opinion by Anna Deparnay-Grunenberg
    New night train connections are popping up all over Europe. Why are they so crucial for the European mobility transition? How can we make them more accessible for everyone? And how can you book your next journey? Read more to find out.
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    GreensEFA
    beyond growth hand wave earth
    Event |

    The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference

    The Beyond Growth 2023 Conference is a multi-stakeholder event aiming to co-create policies for sustainable prosperity in Europe. The organisers aim to redefine societal goals across the board, in order to move away from the harmful focus on the sole economic growth as the basis of our development model. Visit the website to rewatch the …
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    © European Union 2019 - Source : EP
    European Parliament Building Strasbourg
    News |

    Debriefing of the May Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Methane Regulation, EU accession to the Istanbul Convention, a debate with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and the legislative package "Empowering consumers in the Green Transition".
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    GreensEFA
    beyond growth hand wave earth
    Opinion |

    No economy on a dead planet: why we need to move beyond “growth” to a sustainable economic system

    Philippe Lamberts
    Opinion by Philippe Lamberts
    MEP Philippe Lamberts explains why we need a shift to a new, sustainable economic model and how the Beyond Growth Conference 2023 will help.
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    We will not be silenced/ Women's rights
    Press release |

    MEPs vote for EU accession to the Istanbul Convention

    Members of the European Parliament voted to give consent for the EU accession to the Istanbul Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence Against Women and Domestic Violence (IC). Following today’s vote, the Council is expected to ratify the convention on behalf of the EU as a whole in June.
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    Press release |

    EFA CALLS ON FRANCE TO RESPECT LINGUISTIC DIVERSITY.

    The European Free Alliance Group in the European Parliament calls on the French state to stop the discrimination of regional and minority languages.
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    Press release |

    European Parliament determined to reduce methane emissions in energy sector

    A broad majority of Members of the European Parliament have approved a strong negotiating mandate for the proposal to reduce methane emissions in the energy sector. The proposal includes a ban on the routine flaring and venting of methane, obligations to detect and quickly repair leaks from pipelines and valves, obliges the Commission to …
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    Press release |

    Jordi Solé calls on Olaf Scholz to defend the European Democratic values

    EFA Group President, Jordi Sole intervened in plenary today during the Europe Day debate, to address Olaf Scholz Prime Minister of Germany, asking the Chancellor to halt any relations with anti-democratic tendencies.