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    Position Paper |

    Greens/EFA Amendments to the Multiannual Financial Framework post 2028 Own Initiative Report ahead of the publication of the initial EU Commission proposal

    The Greens/EFA want ensure that the multiannual financial framework (MFF) from 2028 underpins and strengthens European values and long term political priorities as well as adequate replies for political challenges and is therefore fit for purpose. This requires a forward-looking and constructive approach to resource allocation while ad…
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    Press release |

    AGRI vision must not be blind to climate crisis

    Today, the European Commission outlined their Vision on Agriculture and Food for this legislative period. While the Greens/EFA Group welcomes some of the proposals, the text lacks commitment to environmental and climate adaptation measures that factor in the central role of agriculture in the fight against the climate crisis.
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    © European Union 2022 - Source : EP
    Gathering outside the EP building in support to Ukraine
    Letter |

    European Parliament Political Group Leaders on Security & Defence

      In light of the new geopolitical reality, its uncertainty, and the growing threats, it is high time for Europe to step up its own security. Europe can no longer fully rely on the United States to defend our shared values and interests, including continued support for Ukraine's sovereig...
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    ©Alex Urezkov
    Steel
    Policy Paper |

    The EU Clean Industrial Deal

    We firmly believe in a forward-looking industrial policy using every tool possible to develop new industries while accompanying the transformation of existing industrial sectors in Europe towards a climate-neutral, resource-efficient and socially just circular economy.
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    Ukrainian flag
    Press release |

    US approach to Ukraine shows EU urgently needs to invest in own security & defence

    On today's (17 February) meeting between EU leaders in Paris following the Munich Security Conference, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout comment:
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    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Debriefing of the February 2025 Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities during the plenary session included US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, the WHO and the suspension of US development and humanitarian aid, the Commemorating the murder of Alexei Navalny, the EU support for Ukraine after three years of Russia’s war of aggression, the Commission Work Programme for 2025 an…
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    © European Union 2025 - Source : EP
    Maros Sefcovic presenting the work programme in Strasbourg
    Press release |

    Commission must not backtrack on Green Deal & social progress

    Today, the European Commission has presented its Work Programme for 2025 with an emphasis on competitiveness, simplification and defence. The Greens/EFA Group fear that the simplification agenda may become an excuse to strip away elements of the Green Deal and social progress.
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    Press release |

    EU’s silence on Congo-Rwanda conflict becoming deafening

    Ahead of Thursday’s vote on the resolution, MEPs today debate the recent escalation of violence in the East of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). This conflict is linked to a longstanding strategic fight over access to minerals in the region.
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA MEPs welcome Baltic States to the European grid

    From 8 to 9 February, the Baltic States Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania will complete their long-awaited disconnection from the Russian power system and integrate into the Continental European grid. This marks a historic milestone for Europe and the Baltic States, who have prepared for 15 years to ensure a successful accession and a stable…
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    News |

    Plenary Flash: 10-13 February

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are the US withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, Commission Work Programme 2025, the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, the protests in Serbia and many more.