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    Event |

    Green Social Summit

    On 29 and 30 September, the Green Social Summit will gather 300 leaders from across Europe to discuss how to build a stronger European Union based on social and ecological justice, and centered on human dignity. It will be a chance to discuss with politicians, trade unions, civil society organisations, experts and academia, and find commo…
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    Letter |

    Greens-EFA letter to Vice-President Sefcovic and Commissioner-designate Hoekstra on the Green Deal

    In their letter, the Greens/EFA group wants to highlight again the climate and biodiversity crisis we are in and the emergency to act and fully deliver on the transformative EU Green Deal agenda in the months to come. Summer 2023 has been the hottest summer ever recorded. The door to keep 1.5°C alive is closing at an alarming pace and the…
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    European Union
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA Group call on Commissioners-designate to get Green Deal over the finish line

    Today, the Greens/EFA Group have set out the key elements that need to be finalised by the new Commission-designates, ahead of the hearings of Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič next week. There are five fundamental commitments that ...
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    European Union
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 2-5 October 2023

    On the agenda this week: debate on the European Media Freedom Act, MFF, appointment and new responsibilities of Wopke Hoekstra and Marius Sefcovic, impact of the proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU, Asylum and Migration Package, ...
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    News |

    Self-Determination Conference “Unlocking our Potential: Our Right to Independence”

    As a final act of EFA’s campaign on Multilevel Governance and Self-Determination, we organised an international Conference on Sel-Determiantion in Barcelona celebrating the occasion of Catalonia’s National Day, 11th of September.
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    News |

    European Day of Languages

    This year on the European Day of Languages EFA MEPs, Francois Alfonsi and Lydie Massard attended an event hosted by the Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.
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    Press release |

    Progressive forces meet in Madrid for a fairer Europe

    On Friday and Saturday, the Greens/EFA Group will gather in Madrid for its Green Social Summit, together with the European Green Party and in partnership with the Sumar alliance of Spanish Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Yolanda Diaz.
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    Extraction of raw material
    Study |

    An alternative narrative on raw material access

    The global shift towards renewable energy, digitalization of our economies and societies and increased demand by defence and space industries, means that demand for raw materials is set to increase. There are therefore inherent tensions at play for the EU
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    Press release |

    New study shows small wealth tax could increase tax revenues across EU by nearly quarter of a trillion euros

    Today, the Greens/EFA Group are publishing a new report highlighting the amounts of tax revenue that European countries could garner through a small tax on the wealthiest 0.5%. The study finds that even a tax of 1.7-3.5% could bring in as much as €213.3 billion to national coffers.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA urge the Council to ban glyphosate

    Today, the Commission published their proposal to renew the authorisation to use glyphosate for an additional 10 years. The Council will now hold an exchange of views and is expected to vote on the proposal in mid October. Greens/EFA group urge the Council to not approve the Commission's proposed prolongation but instead ban the use of gl…