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    Freedom of movement for all persons with disabilities video thumbnail
    Video |

    Freedom of movement for all persons with disabilities!

    We call for freedom of movement for all persons with disabilities! The EU is the continent of free movement - but not for persons with disabilities.
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    Press release |

    EFA MEPs demand EU to negotiatie fisheries deal with Western Sahara

    Today, 17 July 2023 the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement expires and its illegal nature as sanctioned by the EU Court of Justice prevents its renewal.
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    Study |

    Green jobs

    By greening our economies, we can provide high-quality green jobs to fight unemployment and at the same time combat climate change and environmental degradation. This brochure looks at Europe’s opportunities for creating green jobs and the efforts of the Greens/EFA in the European Parliament to boost green employment.
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    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
    Opinion |

    Enough is enough! Paving the way for a European Union free from gender-based violence

    Diana Riba i Giner Sylwia Spurek
    Opinion by Diana Riba i Giner & Sylwia Spurek
    After years of feminist fight in the European Parliament, the EU is now a step closer to a legal framework to protect people from gender-based violence.
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    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    News |

    Debriefing of the July Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Nature Restauration Law above all, but also files of the Fit for 55 package, Industrial Emissions Directive, Search and rescue in the Mediterranean, Ecodesign Regulation, and more to discover.
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    News |

    Jordi Solé calls for a full democratic process in the Venezuelan Presidential Elections

    EFA Group President, Jordi Solé intervened in plenary today, to express the need for the Parliament to send an anonymous message to the Venezuelan authorities, ahead of the presidential elections, taking place next year in the country.
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    Press release |

    Urgent need for search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean

    MEPs have just voted on the need for an EU search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean. The Pylos shipwreck in Greece, which occurred on 14th June, leading to the death of over six hundred men, women and children, is a recent example of countless predictable and preventable deaths at sea. The Greens/EFA Group has long called for an EU-…
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    Press release |

    MEPs miss opportunity to safeguard against corruption following Qatargate

    Members of the European Parliament adopted the special report from the Committee on Foreign Interference (ING2) following the Qatargate scandal. While the Greens/EFA welcome the fact that the Parliament is taking steps towards being more transparent, the decision taken falls far short of what is needed.
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    nature restoration law video thumbnail
    Video |

    We saved the Nature Restoration Law

    We won the battle to save our biodiversity and our climate. A historic moment of defending nature together with the climate movement, NGOs & thousands of supporters.
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    News |

    Jordi Solé urges EU to intensify its efforts for de-escalation in Palestine

    EFA Group president Jordi Solé intervened in plenary today, to urge the EU to intensify its relations and political dialogue with the Palestinian Authority after his visit to the territory last month as part of the DROI mission.