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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…
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA welcome stricter animal transport regulations

    The European Commission published the revision of the Animal Transport Regulation. The Greens/EFA has long pushed for this, and welcome the Commission revision. However, the proposed measures are not enough. It’s long overdue to significantly raise EU standards for animal transports.
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    EU disability card visual wide
    EU disability card visual wide
    Opinion |

    Genuine freedom of movement for all - The EU disability card

    Katrin Langensiepen
    Opinion by Katrin Langensiepen
    Green MEP Katrin Langensiepen explains why we need an EU disability card that works for everyone, everywhere in the EU.