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    People standing under solar panels/science-in-hd
    Opinion |

    Green hydrogen & renewables

    Damien Carême Henrike Hahn
    Opinion by Damien Carême & Henrike Hahn
    On Wednesday 8 July 2020, the European Commission presented its so-called “Hydrogen Strategy”. Our MEPs Henrike Hahn and Damien Carême, co-chairs of Greens/EFA's Green Industrial Policy Campaign look at why hydrogen will be a key energy source to achieve carbon neutrality by 2040. But not any type of hydrogen: green hydrogen only!
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    Power Grids
    Opinion |

    A new European energy infrastructure policy in line with the climate emergency

    Marie Toussaint
    Opinion by Marie Toussaint
    During this week’s plenary session, Members of the European Parliament will adopt a resolution setting out the Parliament’s views on the upcoming revision of the trans-European energy infrastructure Regulation (TEN-E Regulation). The current law sets out the process and criteria to select cross-border electricity, gas and oil infrastructu…
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    Event |

    No community left behind / La population au coeur de la transition

    Join Greens/EFA MEPs Mounir Satouri, Henrike Hahn and Green Mayor of Loos-en-Gohelle, Jean-Francois Caron to discuss how to safeguard social and economic justice in the transition, the infrastructure and initiatives that will put people at the centre, and how to support green investment in local industry and start-ups.
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    Event |

    No community left behind

    The transition away from fossil-fuel-based economies is starting, and it has the potential to create new jobs and new resources for Europe. Join our MEPs Mounir Satouri and Henrike Hahn for this chat to discuss how to safeguard social and economic justice in the transition.
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    Fridays for Future demonstration European Council/Anuna De Wever/Adélaïde Charlier
    Fridays for Future demonstration European Council/Anuna De Wever/Adélaïde Charlier
    Opinion |

    The EU recovery plan

    In our previous blog, “Financing the green deal,” we have already briefly discussed the EU Recovery Plan. This plan was proposed by the European Commission to define the procedure of recovery in Europe after the COVID crisis. While it is mainly focused on rebuilding the economy, a lot of voices in and outside of the European institutions …
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    © European Union 2015 - Source EP
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    News |

    A Greens/EFA take on the plenary week

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd, Hong Kong, sustainable investment/taxonomy, tax sub-committee, the Disability Strategy, the animal transport inquiry committee, investigation against the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on the misuse of EU funds and potential…
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    © Eva Serrabassa
    21861 safe and secure energy in europe helsink
    Press release |

    European Parliament approval paves way for sustainable investments

    The European Parliament has approved a law on sustainable investments known as 'taxonomy', designed to make the financial sector more sustainable.
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    Womens wheelchair basketball / Audi Nissen
    Picture of women in wheelchair playing basketball
    Press release |

    Discrimination has to stop: European Parliament to vote on resolution for strong Disability Strategy

    Today, (Thursday 18 June) on the initiative of Katrin Langensiepen, Greens/EFA MEP, the European Parliament will vote on a resolution that calls on the Commission to put forward a comprehensive, ambitious and long-term post-2020 European Disability Strategy.
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    @united-nations
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    Press release |

    Commission agrees to additional protections for frontline workers

    Member States will be required to include written instructions for workers in order to protect them in the workplace. The Commission will report back to the European Parliament on this revision by the end of 2020. This follows the demands of the Greens/EFA group to improve protections for frontline workers potentially exposed to the virus…
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    Event |

    EU Funding for Cities

    Cities and local governments can take the lead in climate action and realize ambitious action plans for a sustainable future. This recognition leads us to raise the question, how the EU can back cities’ efforts in the most effective way?V4 capital cities are advocating a proposal to strengthen EU financing for cities in the next MFF, the …