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    Video |

    We demand tax justice

    Each year, big corporations dodge between €50 - €70 billion in the EU. But there's a solution! This week, EU governments can take the decision to demand real tax transparency and make multinationals publish data on where they generate their profits and where they pay tax.
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    News |

    What's coming up in Parliament

    A look ahead to next week's session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the Greens/EFA priority issues on the agenda
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Debriefing

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary week included: Commission proposals on plastics, sustainable finance, sustainable fishing, Multiannual Financial Framework and cohesion policy, trade dispute on steel and aluminium tariffs, debate with Luxemburgish Prime Minister, posting of workers, reform of the CAP, objections to the aut…
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    The Greens/EFA Co-Presidents' briefing

    Greens/EFA co-presidents Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts present the key issues of the plenary session and of the European agenda for the Greens/EFA group
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    Press release |

    Parliament backs Greens/EFA plans on sustainable finance

    The European Parliament has today voted in favour today of an initiative report from Greens/EFA MEP Molly Scott Cato, setting out the parliament’s position on Sustainable Finance. The Greens/EFA group has successfully steered the parliament's position on the sustainability transition to include support for plans to extend the concept of s…
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    Big win for a socially just Europe

    The European Parliament backed the outcome of trilogue negotiations on the revision of the Posting of Workers Directive. Under the agreement, workers who provide a service in an EU Member State other than their country of origin will not only be guaranteed the same pay as their colleagues, they'll also receive the same entitlements, makin…
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    Greens/EFA welcome Commission back-track on partnership principle

    The European Commission has today presented its first sectoral proposals for the post 2020 Multiannual Financial Framework, starting with the European Regional Development Fund, Cohesion Fund and Common Provisions Regulation.
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    Time for a comprehensive strategy on plastic waste

    The Greens/EFA group has welcomed the European Commission's proposals for a directive on single use plastics, but called for stronger reduction targets and action on chemicals used in plastics.
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    News |

    What's coming up in Parliament

    A look ahead to next week's session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the Greens/EFA priority issues on the agenda
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    Press release |

    Going green will future proof the finance sector

    The European Commission has today published two proposals on Sustainable Finance. The first is a way of classifying the climate risks of various financial products ("taxonomy"). The second makes clear the responsibility of investment professionals towards the people whose money they are managing.