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Reset the world
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EDITION 2 | Digital 1.5(°C) x Digital Reset

For this second edition of the Digital 1.5(°C) event, David Cormand is partnering with the European Environmental Bureau (EEB), a coalition of 180 environmental organisations in Europe, and the European research network "Digitalisation for Sustainability" to present their report "Digital Reset".
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Super yacht in Greece
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Proposals for sanctions against corrupt oligarchs welcomed but EU institutions still excluded

The European Commission has just presented a series of proposals on tackling corruption in Europe. In the wake of the Qatargate scandal and the scale of Russian money in Europe exposed following the invasion of Ukraine, the Greens/EFA Group are calling for strengthened legal framework and investigative tools, greater cooperation between c…
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Stock market
Policy Paper |

Give the billions to the millions

Capital gains are one of the main sources of inequality in our economy and they go largely untaxed. But what are they? Who makes them? And why is taxing them a key tool in the fight for economic justice?
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Aerial view crowd of people green jobs / iStock
Aerial view crowd of people green jobs / iStock
Opinion |

Green jobs are the future: Why protecting the planet and fighting for worker’s rights go hand in hand

Sara Matthieu Kira Peter-Hansen Mounir Satouri Kim Van Sparrentak
Opinion by Sara Matthieu & Kira Peter-Hansen & Mounir Satouri & Kim Van Sparrentak
Green jobs will save the planet and our health! This Labour Day, hear from four Green MEPs fighting for worker's rights, equal pay and more.
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Planet earth first sticker
Event |

The Green Transformation of Europe: What role for sustainable procurement?

In this event, experts and representatives from the European Commission will take stock of recent Green Deal legislation including elements on sustainable public procurement, discuss how those will be used by procurement professionals on the ground, analyse how public procurement can support the objectives of the Green Deal Industrial Pla…
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Press release |

Reform of Stability & Growth Pact should create budgetary rules for the future, not the past

The European Commission has presented its plans for the reform of the EU’s budgetary rules, known as the Stability and Growth Pact. The Greens/EFA welcome efforts to reform the outdated and ineffective current regime, but criticise that some elements risk repeating the mistakes of the past.
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People standing under solar panels/science-in-hd
Study |

Shaping sustainable public procurement laws in the European Union

This study on sustainable procurement laws analyses the legislative development from ‘how to buy’ to ‘what to buy’ in current and future EU legislative initiatives.
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Press release |

Parliament leaders write to Commission over draconian draft laws on teachers & whistleblowing

The leaders of the main political groups in the European Parliament, on the initiative of the Greens/EFA Group have co-signed a call to the Commission on the Hungarian government's law targeting teachers, and the whistleblower law, which could be used against the LGBTIQ community.
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slow fashion is the new black image
Opinion |

An EU fashion revolution? Why we need to make the fast fashion industry go circular

Alice Bah Kuhnke Anna Cavazzini
Opinion by Alice Bah Kuhnke & Anna Cavazzini
Fast fashion exploits cheap labour and our natural resources. Read here what we can do to make the fashion industry part of the circular economy.
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News |

Debriefing of the April Plenary Session

Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included important files from the FitFor55 Package (CBAM, ETS, SCF), the Deforestation regulation, Forever pollutants, EU-China relations and LGBTQ+ rights in Uganda, among others. Read more.