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    Opinion |

    ‘Sportswashing’ – Why the Beijing Winter Olympics pose a threat to human rights

    Patrick Breyer Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Opinion by Patrick Breyer & Gwendoline Delbos-Corfield
    Are mass-scale sports events being used to normalise the use of surveillance technologies in our cities? Biometric mass surveillance, like high-tech facial recognition, is on the rise - but what is the cost to our human rights?
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    Press release |

    Commission proposal to label gas & nuclear as sustainable tantamount to greenwashing

    The European Commission published its final draft of the Delegated Act to the EU Taxonomy Regulation, which seeks to list gas and nuclear projects as potential sustainable investments. The Delegated Act is supposed to classify which financial investments may be labelled as sustainable. The Greens/EFA Group strongly objects to the inclusio…
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    Study |

    Impacts of the use of biometric and behavioural mass surveillance technologies on Human Rights and the Rule of Law

    Public authorities justify the implementation and further development of biometric and behavioural technology as a need that requires no discussion, in order to fight terrorism and ensure security. This study includes a summary of the legal framework that regulates the use of such technologies, in addition to an analysis of the ways in wh…
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    Opinion |

    European businesses have concerns about the EU-Mercosur deal: new YouGov poll shows

    Anna Cavazzini Yannick Jadot
    Opinion by Anna Cavazzini & Yannick Jadot
    A new YouGov poll, published today, has captured the opinion of business leaders on the EU-Mercosur Trade deal.
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    Study |

    My home is an asset class

    In this report by Daniela Gabor and Sebastian Kohl, we explore the growing importance of institutional landlords such as Blackstone, focusing in particular on the mechanisms through which European legislation has accommodated their strategies to transform housing into asset classes. We use data to map the complex financial ecosystem behin…
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    Press release |

    Large investors playing monopoly with Europe’s homes

    New data published by the Greens/EFA Group reveals the amount of housing being bought up and controlled as investment assets by large firms across Europe. The study 'My home is an asset class: The Financialization of Housing in Europe' shows how investors, facilitated under the capital markets union, are rapidly buying up significant amou…
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    Opinion |

    Who (really) owns your city? How corporate landlords are using homes to make money

    Ernest Urtasun Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Ernest Urtasun & Kim Van Sparrentak
    Greens/EFA MEPs, Kim van Sparrentak and Ernest Urtasun, throw open the doors on Europe’s housing crisis and find out who’s really in control of our homes.
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    Video |

    Access to migration and integration funding for cities

    Watch the recording of our webinar co-organised by the Municipal Integration and Development Initiative (MIDI) and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament
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    Event |

    Access to migration and integration funding for cities

    Join this webinar on 'Access to migration and integration funding for cities: What can (not) be achieved within the new EU budget?', co-organised by the Municipal Integration and Development Initiative (MIDI) and the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament.
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    Event |

    European Water Forum

    On Tuesday 25 January, the European Water Forum will be held in La Rochelle, the meeting place for all those committed to sustainable water resource management in Europe.