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    Study |

    My home is an asset class

    In this report by Daniela Gabor and Sebastian Kohl, we explore the growing importance of institutional landlords such as Blackstone, focusing in particular on the mechanisms through which European legislation has accommodated their strategies to transform housing into asset classes. We use data to map the complex financial ecosystem behin…
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    Press release |

    Large investors playing monopoly with Europe’s homes

    New data published by the Greens/EFA Group reveals the amount of housing being bought up and controlled as investment assets by large firms across Europe. The study 'My home is an asset class: The Financialization of Housing in Europe' shows how investors, facilitated under the capital markets union, are rapidly buying up significant amou…
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    Opinion |

    Who (really) owns your city? How corporate landlords are using homes to make money

    Ernest Urtasun Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Ernest Urtasun & Kim Van Sparrentak
    Greens/EFA MEPs, Kim van Sparrentak and Ernest Urtasun, throw open the doors on Europe’s housing crisis and find out who’s really in control of our homes.
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    Opinion |

    Big profits should mean fair taxes

    Damien Carême Claude Gruffat Kira Peter-Hansen Ernest Urtasun
    Opinion by Damien Carême & Claude Gruffat & Kira Peter-Hansen & Ernest Urtasun
    Greens/EFA MEPs Kira Peter-Hansen, Ernest Urtasun, Claude Gruffat, Damien Carême explain the new European minimum taxation plans and where they fall short of the changes needed to achieve tax justice.
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    Press release |

    Taxonomy: Greens/EFA warn against greenwashing

    The European Commission formally adopted the first delegated act on the list of criteria for sustainable investment, "Taxonomy". Greens/EFA call on the Commission not to let investments in gas and nuclear power pass as sustainable. Greenwashing and the Green Deal do not go together.
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    Event |

    Overcoming the COP26 Gaps: A Transformed EU External Action for a Climate-Just World

    The event will present the findings of an E3G report commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. The study shows how the European Green Deal can be mobilised to secure an EU foreign policy aligned with the Paris Agreement and capable of accelerating the transition towards a climate-just world for all.
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    Study |

    Paris aligned EU external action for a climate just world for all

    The study - commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament - shows how the European Green Deal can be mobilised to secure an EU foreign policy aligned with the Paris Agreement and capable of accelerating the transition towards a climate-just world for all.
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    Letter |

    MEPs send a letter to the European Commission on a European repair score

    According to an EU-wide poll, 74% of Europeans surveyed want environmental labels on electronic devices, while 90% of Europeans surveyed think that durability is important when choosing a new electronic device. One main barrier to consumers willing to purchase durable and reparable products was the lack of clear and comparable information…
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    News |

    Debriefing of the November plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), 2022 budgetary procedure, the outcome of the COP26 in Glasgow, the critical materials INI report, taxonomy, condemning Police Violence against Romani people, the situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina, the Belarus debate and address by Sviatlana Tsikhanousk…
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 22-26 November 2021

    During this plenary session, the European Parliament will debate the Common Agricultural Policy, the EU budget for 2022, the outcome of COP26, a European strategy for critical raw materials, ...