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    car emissions © Mike Schmidt
    car emissions_header© Mike Schmidt.jpg
    Press release |

    Toll systems must reflect environmental costs

    The European Parliament’s Transport and Tourism committee has today backed proposals to reform EU-wide car tolls. The report includes a number of demands of the Greens/EFA group.
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    Press release |

    Court action should be wake-up call to Germany, France and UK

    The Greens/EFA group has welcomed the decision of the European Commission to refer several EU countries to the European Court of Justice over their failure to take action on air quality.
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    Rolf van Melis | CC
    Road Transport
    Press release |

    Commission needs to get serious on CO2 from trucks

    The European Commission has today presented its third mobility package, intended to reduce CO2 emissions and improve road safety.
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    Press release |

    New dawn for plastic management

    Reaction from Greens/EFA MEP Margrete Auken to the leak of the European Commission's draft legislative proposal on plastics.
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    @oli-dale
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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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    European Union
    Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
    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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    @Erich Westendarp
    Pesticides
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA group calls for Commission decision to be annulled

    The Greens/EFA group will try to build a majority in the European Parliament to refer the European Commission’s decision to renew the licence for glyphosate to the European Court of Justice.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA group calls for Special Committee on pesticide authorisation

    At today's Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament, the Greens/EFA group will call for the establishment of a special committee to investigate the handling of the assessment process for pesticides. The call for a special committee follows negotiations with the S&D and GUE/NGL groups.
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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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    @dominik-scythe
    airplane
    Press release |

    EU should strengthen air passenger rights

    A plenary debate is taking place on the cancellations of flights by Ryanair and the enforcement of the regulation on air passenger rights. Greens/EFA MEP and Chair of the Committee on Transport and Tourism, Karima Delli, comments ahead of the debate.