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    Opinion |

    DiscoverEU 2026: Your guide to travelling by train for free this summer (+ green travel tips)

    DiscoverEU is an EU initiative that gives 18-year-olds a free train pass to explore Europe. It’s part of the Erasmus+ programme and is designed to promote sustainable travel, cultural exchange, and youth mobility.
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    Opinion |

    Toxic Beauty: How the EU’s new cosmetics rules could put our health at risk

    Majdouline Sbaï
    Opinion by Majdouline Sbaï
    The EU’s proposed relaxation of cosmetics safety rules could expose you and your family to dangerous chemicals - here is how we can stop them.
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    Press release |

    Israel: Greens/EFA urge EU response to death penalty law

    The Greens/EFA Group strongly condemns the Israeli parliament’s approval of the death penalty law affecting Palestinians, who were convicted of terrorist attacks. We have requested a plenary debate on the urgent need for the EU to respond to the new law and to continued settler violence and Israel’s unlawful imposition of sovereignty over…
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    Press release |

    AI ‘nudifier ban’ will protect women and children in EU

    Today, the European Parliament is expected to adopt its position on the updated Artificial Intelligence Act, the AI Omnibus, in the mini plenary session in Brussels. After a Greens/EFA initiative during the negotiations, the text includes a ban on using and introducing apps for “nudifier” purposes, which allow the creation of nude and sex…
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    Press release |

    EU-US Turnberry Deal

    Today the European Parliament will debate and vote on the mandate to enter into inter-institutional negotiations regarding the EU tariff aspects of the EU-US Turnberry Deal.
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    Press release |

    Rerun of vote on ChatControl 1.0: Quote from MEP Markéta Gregorová

    Ahead of the European Parliament repeating the vote on its position on the extension of the temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive, also called ChatControl 1.0, Pirate Party MEP Markéta Gregorová, Greens/EFA shadow rapporteur for the legislation, comments: "Today&rsqu...
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    Press release |

    Returns Regulation vote marks a shameful turn for Europe

    Today, Members of the European Parliament have just voted on the Returns Regulation ahead of inter-institutional negotiations with the Council. Thanks to the EPP cooperation with the far-right, the Parliament’s position includes efforts to lock up unaccompanied children, indefinite detention and deportation to offshore camps known as retu…
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    Press release |

    Rejected ChatControl 1.0 extension: Quote from MEP Markéta Gregorová

    Today, the European Parliament has just rejected the extension of the temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive, also called ChatControl 1.0. The European Parliament continues to support effective child protection through its mandate on the permanent CSAM regulation, ChatControl 2.0, which was backed by all major political groups.
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    Zen Chung
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA victory against AI misuse

    Today, the Committees on Internal Market (IMCO) and Civil Liberties (LIBE) have just voted on the European Parliament’s position on the Artificial Intelligence Omnibus, which, thanks to a Greens/EFA initiative, includes a ban on misusing AI tools for nudification purposes.
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    Photo by Miquel Parera on Unsplash
    Photo by Miquel Parera on Unsplash
    Press release |

    Negotiations collapsed in best possible outcome: Quote from Markéta Gregorová MEP

    Greens/EFA MEP Markéta Gregorová welcomes the collapse of EU trilogue negotiations on “Chat Control 1.0”, marking a major win for privacy and fundamental rights. The outcome could end mass scanning of private communications across platforms, as Greens/EFA vow to continue resisting new EU surveillance proposals and defend judicial safeguar…