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    Press release |

    Final Council agreement on the combustion engine phase out

    "The end of the internal combustion engine is confirmed. Finally, the reckless blockade ends, along with the future of the combustion engine. The compromise, which was reached months ago, is clear: in 2035 we will definitely move on from polluting cars to zero-emission transport only." said Co-Presidents of the Greens/EFA Group
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group will continue to fight for fair & effective approach to migration

    The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs Committee voted on four key files from the Commission’s Pact on Migration. "Overall, we support a reform that improves the situation of refugees and asylum-seekers in the EU but we cannot endorse the current trends towards widespread and prolonged detention at our external borders" said MEP Ti…
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    Currency bank notes / CC0 ibrahim-boran money laundering
    Opinion |

    No More Dirty Money: What is money laundering and what can the EU do to stop it?

    Kira Peter-Hansen Ernest Urtasun
    Opinion by Kira Peter-Hansen & Ernest Urtasun
    We have had years of scandals and leaks when it comes to money laundering. From banks, to football clubs, financial institutions, celebrities and Russian oligarchs – in the last decade we have lived through many money laundering scandals. Greens/EFA MEPs Kira Peter-Hansen and Ernest Urtasun explain what the EU can do to stop money launder…
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    Press release |

    MEPs mission to Spain met with lack of openness and transparency over spyware scandal

    The Pegasus Committee of Inquiry (PEGA) has just finalised its two day mission to Spain to investigate the wide-spread use of the Pegasus spyware software against political and social leaders, including Greens/EFA MEPs Diana Riba i Giner and Jordi Sole. The PEGA Committee, which was set up in the wake of the Pegasus surveillance spyware s…
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    Press release |

    Right to repair/consumer package

    The European Commission presented its Consumer package which includes two proposals for sustainable consumption, the right to repair and a proposal for a Green Claims Directive. The Greens/EFA welcome the proposal for a right to repair and will push for an extension of the warranty in the upcoming negotiations.
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    Position Paper |

    A transition that works for all the people

    A transition to ecological sustainability must go hand in hand with social justice. Our paper fleshes out how the ecological transition can be used to bring about social and economic justice and explains in detail which areas need change and what needs to be done. Read our position paper and executive summary here.
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    Study |

    Assessing the European Union’s support to Regional and Minority Languages 10 years after the Alfonsi Resolution (2013-2023)

    The goal of this report is to analyse the EU’s support to Regional or Minority Languages (RMLs) over the Europe 2020 decade, and more specifically after the 2013 European Parliament Resolution on Endangered European Languages and Linguistic Diversity – the so-called Alfonsi Resolution.
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    News |

    Press Conference on the study "Assessing the European Union's support for regional and minority languages: 10 years after the Alfonsi resolution (2013-2023)"

    During the plenary week in Strasbourg, EFA MEPs, amongst others presented the study "Assessing the European Union's support for regional and minority languages: 10 years after the Alfonsi resolution (2013-2023)"
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    Press release |

    The window is closing, but we can still stop global climate collapse

    The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) call for rapid action and drastic measures to achieve the goal of limiting global warming to below 1.5 degrees in their latest report. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change states that global warming has already reached 1.1 degrees. Bas Eickhout and Pär Holmgren comment.
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    News |

    Debriefing of the March I Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, regulation for Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry, right for an adequate minimum income, EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders, among others.