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    Publication |

    Framework for an inquiry committee on the renewal of the approval of Glyphosate

    26 October - At the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament, the Greens/EFA group proposed the establishment of an inquiry committee on glyphosate. The purpose of the committee would be to investigate the handling of the decision-making process for the proposed renewal of glyphosate's licence.
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    Female worker in warehouse © Steve Debenport
    Female worker in warehouse
    Press release |

    Revised directive will help reduce workplace cancer

    The European Parliament has voted on the final agreement on the revision to the directive on limiting exposure to carcinogens and mutagens at work.
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    Event |

    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 |

    European Parliament demands an end to use of palm oil as a biofuel

    The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) has backed a report from Greens/EFA MEP Bas Eickhout that would see palm oil biofuels phased out in the EU from 2021. The report forms a part of the revision to the Renewable Energy Directive.
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    @Erich Westendarp
    Pesticides
    Press release |

    European Parliament demands an end to glyphosate

    The European Parliament has objected to the European Commission’s proposal to extend the EU licence for glyphosate by ten years. It calls on the Commission not to renew the licence at the end of the year, and for the substance to be phased out entirely within five years.
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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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    Publication |

    Alternatives to herbicide in weed management

    The present report aims to emphasise that we already have all the tools necessary to gradually start building a pesticide-free agricultural model and to confirm that weed control is possible using other means than harmful herbicides.
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    Video |

    A herbicide-free future

    Watch testimonies from farmers, fruit farmers and wine producers across Europe already successfully using ecological alternatives to the use of herbicides.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA nominee Aura Lolita Chávez on shortlist

    The European Parliament’s foreign affairs and development committees have today agreed on the shortlist for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought for 2017.
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    Chafer Machinery (CC BY 2.0)
    Glyphosate
    Video |

    Monsanto's Tricks

    The Monsanto Papers are secret, internal documents that have now been made public thanks to over 10,000 farmers who have taken Monsanto to court, accusing the company's glyphosate weedkillers of causing them to develop a cancer called non-Hodgkins Lymphoma.