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    Press release |

    GDPR: MEPs to vote on faster and fairer enforcement

    Today, MEPs will adopt additional procedural rules regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These new rules, negotiated by Greens/EFA and Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová, close these gaps by setting clear deadlines and strengthening the rights of complainants and consumers.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group call for inquiry committee into allegations of spying on EU officials

    Greens/EFA call for inquiry into shocking allegations of Hungarian spying on EU officials. Reports claim the Orbán government ran an espionage network within EU institutions. The Group urges urgent investigation to defend the integrity of European democracy.
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    Press release |

    Continuing witch-hunt on civil society

    At today’s meeting of the Committee on Budgetary Control (CONT), our four groups - the Socialists & Democrats, Renew, Greens/EFA and The Left - jointly voted against the creation of a Working Group, whose supposed aim is to uncover alleged irregularities in EU funding for civil society.
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    Image by Boris Štromar from Pixabay
    Press release |

    More than 120,000 rally for freedom, love, equal rights - Greens/EFA stands united with historic protest

    Today (Saturday, 28 June), more than 120,000 took the streets of Budapest, estimates going up to 300,000. The Greens/EFA joined today´s protests of around 70 Members of the European Parliament.
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    Press release |

    Paragon: New NGO findings call for urgent EU action

    Today, the NGO Citizen Lab published a report revealing new forensic evidence about the illegal use of Paragon spyware in Italy, particularly targeting journalists, civil society and activists working on migration issues. For the Greens/EFA Group, these findings further emphasize the ongoing and expanding misuse of surveillance technology…
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 21 - 24 October 2024

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are the urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon, the debate on recent events concerning migration, the Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia, deforestation and many more.
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    European Parliament building in Strasbourg / © European Union 2019 / Architecture-Studio
    News |

    Debriefing of the October I 2024 plenary session

    This week, MEPs debated a range of issues, including the Hungarian Presidency of the EU Council, the Middle East, the car industry, gender-based violence in Europe, the housing crisis and taxing the super-rich to reduce inequalities.
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    Position Paper |

    Greens/EFA proposals for a human- and rights-based approach for EU internal security policies

    This paper explains our vision of security for the coming years and makes concrete policy proposals. It identifies transversal and crosscutting issues that concern all areas of crime and makes transversal proposals to be applied to all areas of crime.
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    Event |

    An honest broker? The Hungarian Council presidency in the context of Hungary’s ongoing Rule of Law Crisis

    In this event, Hungarian civil society partners will shed light on the latest and ongoing Rule of Law deficiencies of the incoming presidency. We will also discuss with EU scholars which measures should be taken by the EU institutions.
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    Letter |

    In Defence of Democracy

    Together we strongly condemn the recent brutal attack against MEP Matthias Ecke, MP Kai Gehring, and to other political families, the acts of violence by far right supporters in Stockholm, attacks against party headquarters in Spain and the targeting  of politicians’ homes in Belgium. We strongly condemn  the constantly growing cases of h…