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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA secure huge win for privacy

    Today, the European Parliament has just voted to extend the temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive, also called ‘ChatControl 1’. A crucial amendment tabled by the Greens/EFA Group was able to implement more privacy-friendly, targeted solutions to protect children online instead of indiscriminatory and ineffective mass scanning o…
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    LIBE Committee voting
    Press release |

    Returns Regulation vote will endanger lives & violate dignity

    Greens/EFA MEPs warn that the European Parliament’s new position on the EU Returns Regulation, adopted in the LIBE Committee by a right-wing majority, risks undermining fundamental rights. The proposal could introduce harsher deportation rules, prolonged detention and entry bans, raising serious concerns over dignity, legality and humane …
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    EU cannot afford to be at the mercy of Putin's puppets Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico

    Terry Reintke MEP, President of the Greens/EFA Group, comments on tomorrow's anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine and Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico blocking the 20th sanctions package and the already agreed loan of € 90 billion to Ukraine:
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    Event |

    EU TECH STARS SUMMIT

    Join us in the European Parliament for the EU Tech Stars Summit and meet the European tech ecosystem that champions the Union’s core values and principles of democracy, privacy and transparency.
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    EP Strasbourg
    News |

    PLENARY FLASH: Greens/EFA Priorities 19 to 22 January

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are Mercosur, AI Deepfakes, Greenland, Hungary, Venezuela & Iran, the detergents regulation, air passenger rights and much more.
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    Event |

    Feminist futures – fighting fascism & building solidarities

    This conference seeks to bring together various feminist fighters and thinkers to create new narratives and to strategise together for a feminist future in the face of fascism. We aim to make the EP a space for collective reflection, networking, sharing of struggles and tools to face fascism and far-right movements from a feminist perspec…
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    Press release |

    Digital Omnibus: Greens/EFA call for digital enforcement - not a blank cheque for Big Tech

    On Wednesday, the European Commission will present its Digital Omnibus proposal, promoted as a simplification of EU digital rules. In reality, it risks reopening and weakening flagship achievements such as the GDPR, the AI Act and the Data Act.
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    Press release |

    GDPR: MEPs to vote on faster and fairer enforcement

    Today, MEPs will adopt additional procedural rules regarding the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). These new rules, negotiated by Greens/EFA and Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová, close these gaps by setting clear deadlines and strengthening the rights of complainants and consumers.
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    News |

    PLENARY FLASH: Greens/EFA Priorities 20 to 23 October

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are Omnibus I, COP30, Gaza, energy imports from Russia, Hungary, the Budget 2026, GDPR and much more.
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    Press release |

    Gaza flotilla: return of Green/EFA MEP Mélissa Camara

    On Monday, Mélissa Camara returned to France after five days in detention in Israel.