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    Press release |

    EU economic imbalances

    The European Commission today presented the first EU Alert Mechanism Report, looking at macroeconomic imbalances in EU member states, as part of a new economic surveillance procedure aimed at timely identification of economic risks in EU member states (1). The Greens criticised the selective approac...
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    News |

    Say No to ACTA!

    Greens/EFA MEPs demonstrated today against ACTA (The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement) in Strasbourg as pressure builds on the European Parliament to take action.  The group has long campaigned on the agreement, alarmed at the lack of transparency surrounding negotiations and now hopes ...
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    Press release |

    Kosovo

    Serb-dominated northern regions in Kosovo are holding a referendum on whether or not to recognise the Pristina-based government. Green foreign policy spokesperson Ulrike Lunacek, who is the European Parliament rapporteur/draftsperson on Kosovo, condemned the referendum stating: "This ...
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    Event |

    Co-Presidents' session briefing

    During the Strasbourg Plenary session briefing, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Dany Cohn-Bendit will present the key issues of the plenary session for the Greens/EFA group
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    Video |

    The situation in Hungary

    The Greens were disappointed yesterday by the the remarks of Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics in a hearing with Commissioner Neelie Kroes. In an ignorant if not scandalous reply to a clear demand from the Commissioner to request an opinion of the Council of Europe on the Hungarian media legislation, Tibor Navracsics tried …
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    News |

    Hungarian laws cannot be put above European Values

    The Greens were disappointed yesterday by the the remarks of Hungarian Deputy Prime Minister Tibor Navracsics in a hearing with Commissioner Neelie Kroes. In an ignorant if not scandalous reply to a clear demand from the Commissioner to request an opinion of the Council of Europe on the Hungarian me...
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    News |

    Strasbourg Flash

    Greens/EFA priorities for the next weeks Strasbourg Plenary include Eurobonds and the response to the crisis, the controversial EU-Morocco trade protocol, elections in Russia, reform of the milk and dairy sector, homelessness stratgy in the EU...
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    Press release |

    Nuclear decommissioning/EU funds

    The European Court of Auditors today published a special report (1) on the use of EU funds for decommissioning nuclear reactors in Lithuania, Slovakia and Bulgaria. The report concluded that the funding to date (including €2.85 billion in EU funds) was far short of what is necessary to safely and ...
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    Event |

    International Agreement on a Fiscal Stability Union

    WATCH RECORDED LIVESRTREAM livestreaming of the hearing The Greens/EFA Group organises a hearing on the conclusions of the legal opinions prepared by Ingolf Pernice, Renaud Dehousse and René Repasi on the International Agreement on a Fiscal Stability Union. The three experts wi...
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    News |

    Gates Foundation

    Bill Gates addressed the Development committee of the European Parliament last week and received a warm welcome from the MEPs present. The questions that followed his address were light and easy with one exception: Green MEP Catherine Grèze challenged Mr. Gates on the funding of his foundation, a...