Greens/EFA priorities during the plenary session included the vote on the new European Commission, support for Ukraine, manipulated elections in Georgia and the climate finance deal at COP29.

Members of the European Parliament have voted in favour of the College of Commissioners, for the new legislative term. A slim majority of Greens/EFA MEPs supported the college, while a sizable minority opposed.

The remaining Commissioner-designates have been approved by the relevant committee coordinators in the European Parliament. It is striking that the document negotiated by the three political groups does not only have no new elements for the political agenda, but utterly fails to draw a red line on cooperation with the far-right.

Amid a dramatic breakdown of the electronic voting system which brings the vote into question, Members of the European Parliament voted on the Commission proposal to delay the Deforestation regulation. It’s deeply concerning that the EPP amendments were adopted as they eviscerate the EU’s deforestation regulation.