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Position papers include all papers formally adopted by our Group and thus representing our official position on major issues. Policy papers gather all briefings, brochures, statements from working groups or other Group bodies which have not been submitted to a vote but reflect a more technical position on specific topics. Studies are reports commissioned to experts and are accompanied most of the time with our political recommendations. For information and transparency purposes, we also publish here all Group letters sent to the other institutions or representatives

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    © SeaWatch_ChristianGohdes
    Libyan coast guards and migrants
    Study |

    Beyond borders, beyond boundaries

    The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament commissioned a study carried out by Profundo, ARCI, EuroMed Rights and Action Aid, on how EU funding is linked to human rights violations in neighbouring countries, such as Tunisia and Libya.
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    Parkywiki (CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)
    Empty Glyphosate (Herbolex) container discarded in Corfu olive grove
    Letter |

    Letter to Commission President von der Leyen on glyphosate

    The undersigned Members of the European Parliament are deeply concerned regarding the Commission’s proposal to renew the market licence of the active substance glyphosate for a period of 10 years, in light of new evidence that glyphosate-based herbicides can cause leukaemia in rodents.
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    Sky sunset / CCO Benoit Deschasaux
    Sky sunset / CCO Benoit Deschasaux
    Publication |

    Greens/EFA policy for the prevention, mediation and inquiry of psychological and sexual harassment

    The Greens/EFA Group is committed to fostering a workplace free of any type of inappropriate behaviours and dedicated to implementing a strong zero-tolerance anti-harassment and misconduct policy.
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    poland supreme court (CC BY 2.0) David Berkowitz
    poland supreme court
    Study |

    The case for activating the rule of law conditionality regulation in respect of Poland

    This study will show, the current rule of law situation in Poland does indeed warrant the immediate activation of the Conditionality Regulation
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    Sardines
    Study |

    How to improve the link between the common fisheries policy and the nature restoration law proposal?

    In this note, Betty Queffelec from the University of Western Brittany explores how existing procedures can be improved to ensure that the EU nature restoration law also delivers on marine ecosystems.
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    Biodiversity Forest © texasmary
    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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    Private Jet
    Study |

    Tax the rich: from slogan to reality

    Having fair societies where everyone contributes proportionately is not a dream, it can be a reality, all it takes is the political will to put the billions at the service of the millions.
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    Low waters of the Rhine river in summer 2022 / CC0 Bernd Dittrich
    Low waters of the Rhine river in summer 2022 / CC0 Bernd Dittrich
    Publication |

    Glyphosate is polluting our waters -all across Europe

    In order to raise awareness about the extensive pollution resulting from the current utilisation of glyphosate-based herbicides in Europe, the Pesticide Action Network Europe, along with its members and the Stop-Glyphosate Coalition, conducted a water sampling exercise across 12 EU countries in October 2022, in the period immediately foll…
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    Publication |

    Greens/EFA digital funding tool

    The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament is planning to award a public contract for the development of a digital tool to provide curated funding programs information to potential users.
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    Power lines with sunset / CC0 matthew-henry
    Power lines with sunset / CC0 matthew-henry
    Study |

    Tackling the immediate challenges of energy poverty in the Western Balkans

    This study aims to outline current EU-Western Balkan energy cooperation schemes and propose a concrete set of recommendations, with a particular focus on the most vulnerable group affected: the energy poor.