Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included European Council Summit, fiscal rules, COP28, rainbow families, Israel/Gaza, the Sakharov Prize, mental health and protection of consumers against addictive design of online services.
Miranda speaks up against the coup d’etat in Guatemala
EFA MEP Ana Miranda, intervened in plenary this week in the debate on the situation in Guatemala, to defend the legitimacy of the elections and the sovereignty of the Guatemalans
MEPs urge Council to protect rainbow children’s rights to their parents
Members of the European Parliament voted on the Report on the Regulation for cross-border recognition of parenthood, which urges the European Council to adopt the regulation with unanimity. The Greens/EFA Group has long advocated for the protection of the rights of the child, and of Rainbow Families
EU leaders have agreed to open accession negotiations with Ukraine and Moldova and reached an agreement on the revision of the EU’s seven year budget, the multiannual financial framework.
Breakthrough at World Climate Summit marks the end of the fossil fuel era
The World Climate Summit (COP28) ends with a breakthrough towards phasing out oil, coal and gas in energy systems. The presidency of the United Arab Emirates threatened to gamble away the trust it had built up by setting up the Loss and Damage Fund at the start of the conference.
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Rule of law & EU policy must not be blackmailed by Orbán
The leaders of the main democratic political groups in the European Parliament are sending a letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, ahead of the Commission’s expected decision to proceed with payments under Cohesion Policy to Hungary. The Commission is scheduled to agree to release funding despite detail…
Greens/EFA Group & European Pirate Party reach agreement to continue positive and productive collaboration
The Greens/EFA Group and the European Pirate Party (PPEU) have come to an agreement to continue their collaboration with the PPEU as a distinct delegation within the Greens/EFA Group. Greens/EFA MEPs have just approved the agreement and delegates for the European Pirate Party will vote on ratifying this agreement this weekend at the PPEU …
Nicolae Ștefănuță MEP elected as Vice President of the Greens/EFA Group
Tonight, the Greens/EFA elected Nicolae Ștefănuță MEP as Vice-President of the Group. Nicolae Ștefănuță succeeds Ernest Urtasun, who was recently appointed Minister for Culture in the new Spanish Government.
Today, a great majority of members of the European Parliament voted in favour of the report on tackling the addictive design of online services. The Greens/EFA Group has long advocated for measures to tackle big tech’s tricks to keep you hooked to your screens. The report introduces a number of new concepts for consumer law in the text, w…
