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    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash 23-26 November 2020

    During this week plenary session, the European Parliament will debate and vote on tackling homelessness rates in the EU, planned obsolescence, LGBTI equality strategy, new industrial strategy, abortion rights in Poland, pharmaceutical strategy, MFF/Recovery Plan, ...
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    Offshore wind farm / CC0 Nicholas Doherty
    Offshore wind farm / CC0 Nicholas Doherty
    Press release |

    Offshore energy must be integral part of the Green Deal

    By promoting offshore wind power alongside tidal and wave energy, renewable energies will contribute up to 40% of the energy supply in 2030.
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    Event |

    Affordable Housing

    We want to have a conversation about ‘the AirBnB-effect.’ The expansive growth of short-term holiday rental is extracting housing from the market and driving up prices, and has a negative impact on liveability in large cities and popular tourist destinations in Europe.  This phen...
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    © Nancy Louie
    Health learning
    Press release |

    EU4Health

    The cuts in EU4Health called for by the Council were irresponsible, especially in times of pandemic. It is a success that the European Parliament has tripled the amount envisaged by the Council in the budget negotiations.
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    Jigsaw and money
    Press release |

    Long-term budget stronger on climate, biodiversity & rule of law

    Negotiators for the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed on a text for the EU's seven year budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The Parliament succeeded in gaining an additional €16 billion in top-ups for EU programmes such as EU4health, Horizon, Erasmus and Rights and Values, on top of the €1,074…
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    VDL CAP Green Deal
    VDL CAP Green Deal
    News |

    Update: Von Der Leyen promises to fix the CAP despite her refusal to withdraw it

    On Friday October 24, Bas Eickhout, together with more than 40 other Members of the European Parliament - supported by over 3000 citizens - sent a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asking her to withdraw the CAP proposal, since it no longer aligns with the Commission's priorities on climate and biodiversity. Last week w…
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    Trees in Sequoia National Park/ CC0 Susan Yin
    Trees in Sequoia National Park/ CC0 Susan Yin
    Opinion |

    How Trees Can Stop Climate Change

    Trees are literally the lungs of the earth. They act as a ‘carbon sink’ absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it into oxygen. After oceans, our forests are the world’s largest carbon sinks.
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    Euro banknotes © Markus Spiske
    Euro banknotes © Markus Spiske
    Press release |

    Commission proposal welcome but falls short on ambition to fight poverty & inequality

    The European Commission has just released its draft directive on a European minimum wage. The proposal sets out minimum standards and uniform criteria for the level of EU-wide minimum wages. For the Greens/EFA group, the European Commission's proposal falls short of its stated ambition to fight poverty and inequality.
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    ©hassan-anayi
    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    A Greens/EFA take on the plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Digital Services Act, Artificial Intelligence, deforestation, gender equality in EU’s foreign and security policy, the state of the Energy Union, the Energy Charter Treaty, serious security threats through the sale of EU passports and visas and the T…
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    Promoting women's rights
    European flag with women symbol
    News |

    Gender equality in EU's foreign and security policy

    "The European Parliament will adopt the first-ever report calling on gender equality in EU’s foreign and security policy. While several countries around the world have already adopted a foreign policy with a strong focus on gender equality, the EU continues to lack one. This is why we call on the EU and its leaders to promote a gender tra…