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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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    The digital person
    Study |

    Investigating users’ attitudes on electronic health data sharing

    A new report commissioned by Greens/EFA takes a closer look at the European Health Data Space and analyses users’ attitudes on sharing electronic health data as part of the proposed EHDS Regulation. The findings need to be taken into account by the co-legislators working on the EHDS Regulation.
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    Visual Porto 2023 Statement
    Visual Porto 2023 Statement
    Publication |

    For an ambitious European social agenda

    This week’s Porto Social Forum 2023 is a new opportunity to insist that we desperately need urgent action on social issues. The existence of poverty and precarity in one of the richest regions of the globe is unacceptable and the urgent need to act decisively and in solidarity to ensure a socially just transition to a sustainable socio-ec…
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    Stock market
    Policy Paper |

    Give the billions to the millions

    Capital gains are one of the main sources of inequality in our economy and they go largely untaxed. But what are they? Who makes them? And why is taxing them a key tool in the fight for economic justice?
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    People standing under solar panels/science-in-hd
    Study |

    Shaping sustainable public procurement laws in the European Union

    This study on sustainable procurement laws analyses the legislative development from ‘how to buy’ to ‘what to buy’ in current and future EU legislative initiatives.
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    Position Paper |

    A transition that works for all the people

    A transition to ecological sustainability must go hand in hand with social justice. Our paper fleshes out how the ecological transition can be used to bring about social and economic justice and explains in detail which areas need change and what needs to be done. Read our position paper and executive summary here.
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    Study |

    Assessing the European Union’s support to Regional and Minority Languages 10 years after the Alfonsi Resolution (2013-2023)

    The goal of this report is to analyse the EU’s support to Regional or Minority Languages (RMLs) over the Europe 2020 decade, and more specifically after the 2013 European Parliament Resolution on Endangered European Languages and Linguistic Diversity – the so-called Alfonsi Resolution.
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    Letter |

    Vote to stop a future of biometric mass surveillance in Europe!

    41 MEPs from different political groups call the French Parliament to stop an unprecedented planned automated mass surveillance of citizens’ behaviour in public using artificial intelligence. This call comes ahead of the vote on planned legislation for the Paris 2024 Olympics.
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    Letter |

    Right to repair

    Raw materials used in ICT are non-renewable. Europe’s economic system fuels the climate crisis and leads to environmental destruction and human rights violations in raw material extraction. To develop a more sustainable use of digital technologies, the European Commission must accelerate the transition to a circular economy by delivering …
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    Policy Paper |

    A European critical raw materials’ act: Shifting from extractivism to circularism

    The imperative climate-neutral and just transition leaves no choice but to swiftly switch from fossil-based to renewable-based energy sources.Shifting from extractivism to circularism is the only path to promote our climate and geopolitical priorities, and to adhere to our human and environmental rights commitments
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    Turkish Flag/ CC0 Dima Rogachevskiy
    Turkish Flag/ CC0 Dima Rogachevskiy
    Publication |

    Solidarity statement with the Peoples' Democratic Party (HDP) in Türkiye

    Against the backdrop of the final verbal defence of the Peopleʼs Democratic Party (HDP) in Türkiye, scheduled for 11 April 2023, the S&D, the Greens/EFA and the Left Groups in the European Parliament express their solidarity with the HDP and condemn in its strongest terms the attempts to ban the party and its politicians from politics.