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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Mercury rules; Gender equality: still a long way to go on equality; Arctic policy; Animal welfare; Firearms control; LuxLeaks appeal verdict; Official controls in the food chain; Shareholders' rights; Conclusions of the European Council/Rome Declaration; Conflict minerals; Fishing…
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    Transparency of the General Expenditure Allowance

    To put in practice the Parliament's call last year for full transparency of the general expenditure allowance (GEA), and to clearly lead by example in one of our strategic priority areas, the Greens/EFA group has adopted a series of measures to ensure transparency and accountability of the GEA
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    Press release |

    Convictions show the need for urgent EU protection of whistleblowers

    The verdict of the LuxLeaks trial shows just how urgently we need a directive offering a minimum level of protection at the European level to guarantee the rights of whistleblowers, across all sectors.
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    Press release |

    Revised legislation will improve long-term performance

    The European Parliament has given its approval to the revised directive on shareholders' rights. This will strengthen both the long-term commitment of shareholders in listed companies and the link between directors' pay and long-term performance.
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    Principles for European whistleblower legislation

    The need to protect whistleblowers is increasingly recognised at international, national and local level, and in many different sectors, ranging from health care, to public spending, to banking or the environment.
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    News |

    Anti-Corruption

    Concerned about the recent attempts of the Romanian government to decriminalise corruption and weaken the country’s conflicts of interest rules, a group of Greens/EFA Members of the European Parliament have written on 27 February 2017 to Secretary General of the Council of Europe Mr. Thorbjørn Jagland, and to the Group of States against C…
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Emissions Trading System revision; Whistleblowers: Greens keep up pressure on Commission to act; Austrian President Van der Bellen addresses plenary; Future of the EU: joint debate; Statement by the President of the Eurogroup; Parliamentary vote on CETA; Terrorism directive; Robot…
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    Video |

    European Parliament calls for whistleblower protection

    Clear signal coming out of the European Parliament today that the EU Commission must act to protect #whistleblowers all across Europe!
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    Video |

    Protect Whistleblowers

    Parliament expresses our solidarity with all whistleblowers and our impatience for an EU-wide law to protect all those who share information in the public interest.
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    Event |

    European Ideas Lab

    During a three-day event, Greens/EFA welcomed more than 300 "changemakers" from around 130 organizations of most European countries. This lab was the opportunity for us to listen, discuss and develop ideas with our guests.