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Photo by Gabriel Miklós on Unsplash
Photo by Gabriel Miklós on Unsplash
Press release |

Rule of law & EU policy must not be blackmailed by Orbán

The leaders of the main democratic political groups in the European Parliament are sending a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, ahead of the Commission’s expected decision to proceed with payments under Cohesion Policy to Hungary. The Commission is scheduled to agree to release funding despite detail…
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Greens/EFA
Greens/EFA
Press release |

Greens/EFA Group & European Pirate Party reach agreement to continue positive and productive collaboration

The Greens/EFA Group and the European Pirate Party (PPEU) have come to an agreement to continue their collaboration with the PPEU as a distinct delegation within the Greens/EFA Group. Greens/EFA MEPs have just approved the agreement and delegates for the European Pirate Party will vote on ratifying this agreement this weekend at the PPEU …
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Press release |

Nicolae Ștefănuță MEP elected as Vice President of the Greens/EFA Group

Tonight, the Greens/EFA elected Nicolae Ștefănuță MEP as Vice-President of the Group. Nicolae Ștefănuță succeeds Ernest Urtasun, who was recently appointed Minister for Culture in the new Spanish Government.
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Press release |

MEPs vote to end endless scrolling

Today, a great majority of members of the European Parliament voted in favour of the report on tackling the addictive design of online services. The Greens/EFA Group has long advocated for measures to tackle big tech’s tricks to keep you hooked to your screens. The report introduces a number of new concepts for consumer law in the text, w…
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Press release |

New draft conclusions do not yet promise a breakthrough

COP28 President Sultan Al Jaber has just presented the preliminary conclusions of the COP28 climate summit (Monday, 11 December). The texts form the basis for the final round of negotiations, which the COP28 presidency has announced will be concluded tomorrow (Tuesday, 12 December). Bas Eickhout and Jutta Paulus, Greens/EFA members of the…
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European Union
Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
Press release |

Vote on EU’s fiscal rules will entrench austerity & limit capacity to tackle crises

Today, Members of the Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee (ECON) have just voted in favour of a reform of the EU’s fiscal rules, which are likely to force more austerity on national governments and limit the amounts they can spend in times of crisis.
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Position Paper |

Greens/EFA future priorities regarding Cohesion Policy and Regional Development

This paper has been conceived at the midterm of the current election cycle 2019 - 2024. It is an initiative to gain a clear perspective on the remaining 1.5 years of the mandate, to streamline the work of the Greens/EFA group in the Committee on Regional Development (REGI), agree on our shared vision on Green Regional Policy, and create a…
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European Union
Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
Press release |

Plenary Flash 11-14 December 2023

On the agenda this week: European Council Summit, Fiscal rules, Role of tax policy in times of crisis, COP28, Adding hate crime and hate speech to the list of EU crimes, Rainbow families, Ecocide Ukraine.
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Opinion |

Why we reject the new fiscal rules

Philippe Lamberts
Opinion by Philippe Lamberts
Conservatives and socialists want to make our economies more “stable” by cutting down on the very pillars that hold our societies together. They are wrong. The age of austerity and restrictive economic policies belong to the past. There will be no sustainable debt in an unsustainable world.
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Picture of Budapest - Hungary © Jaap Hart
Picture of Budapest - Hungary
Event |

5 years and counting

Safeguarding the rule of law situation in Hungary has been a long-term battle for the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament. This conference aims to take stock of what has been achieved since the 2012 Tavares report on fundamental rights in Hungary, but also, ensure that both the European Commission and the Council of the EU work in a coo…