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    Image by NakNakNak from Pixabay
    Press release |

    Climate spending welcome but budget not large enough for Europe’s needs

    Today, the European Commission has just presented its proposal for the EU’s long-term budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for the years 2028-2035. The Commission did not share the proposal with the Parliament ahead of its presentation of the MFF proposal, despite statements to the contrary made in the Conference of President…
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    Image by Dan Novac from Pixabay
    Image by Dan Novac from Pixabay
    Press release |

    Decisions on Cohesion Funds should not be rushed through

    Today, MEPs voted on the position of the European Parliament on the urgency procedure put forward after the Commission proposal which proposed targeted amendments to Cohesion Policy regulations to address new geopolitical and economic challenges. These include major flexibilities and incentives for Member States to redirect funds toward  …
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    Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash 16 - 19 December 2024

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are the situation in Syria, in Georgia, the deforestation law, the right to strike in the EU, anti money-laundering, the preparation of the European Council 19-20 December, and many more.
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    Woman holding a sign during a Ukraine protest / CC0 markus-spiske
    Woman holding a sign during a Ukraine protest / CC0 markus-spiske
    Press release |

    Gregorova worked on a huge EU loan to Ukraine that will be backed by Russian assets

    The European Union will release up to 35 billion euros to help Ukraine. The financial injection will be backed by frozen Russian assets. Members of the European Parliament agreed on this today. Pirate MEP Markéta Gregorová, who worked on the proposal as shadow rapporteur, said it was a matching loan from the G7 countries.
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    Kira Peter-Hansen
    Press release |

    Apple ECJ tax ruling

    “This ruling is a landmark victory for the tax justice, which shows that member states cannot continue the race to the bottom corporate tax policies that undermine European unity and social cohesion" said Kira Peter-Hansen MEP, Greens/EFA First Vice Chair of the of the FISC Committee, following the ruling by the European Court of Justice…
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    Photo by Jason Mavrommatis on Unsplash
    Wind turbines
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group welcomes that Draghi report recognises urgent need for EU action on decarbonisation, competitiveness & jobs

    Mario Draghi, the former head of the European Central Bank, has just come out with his Commission-mandated report on the future of competitiveness in the EU, which suggests a swath of potential reforms of the EU’s economic and industrial policies, defence capabilities, as well as changes to the EU’s governance structures.
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    © European Union 2024 - Source : EP
    Philippe Lamberts in plenary
    Press release |

    Vote on EU's fiscal rules ignores scars of financial crisis & will lead to more austerity

    MEPs will vote on the reform of the EU’s economic governance framework, otherwise known as the fiscal rules. The Greens/EFA Group have long argued for budgetary rules that prioritise people and planet over fiscal hawkishness.
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    Picture of a windmill
    Event |

    Closing the investment gap for Europe to lead the Just Transition

    The panel discussion will take the measure of the investments needed in order to reach net-zero in 2050 and how to fund them to achieve a socially-just transition
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    Windmill in a landscape
    Study |

    Road to net zero

    The collective extra-investment required to implement all decarbonisation measures needed to reach net zero by 2050 is estimated at €10 trillion, or an average of €360 billion per year. This study aims to contribute to ongoing debates within the EU regarding the efforts required to reach our common environmental targets
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    European Parliament building in Strasbourg / © European Union 2019 / Architecture-Studio
    European Parliament building in Strasbourg / © European Union 2019 / Architecture-Studio
    News |

    Debriefing of the January plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included Hungary, the Israel/Gaza conflict, fiscal rules and economic governance, restoration of marine ecosystems, plastic pellets on the Galician coast, the green transition, the fight against neo-fascism in Europe, F-Gases and more.