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Breakthrough as civil society organisations finally receive legal protection in operating across EU borders

The European Commission has published its proposal giving legal protections to civil society organisations operating across borders in the EU. The publication follows Greens/EFA Rapporteur Sergey Lagodinsky’s report. The proposal picks up long standing demands by civil society organisations to gain EU-wide protection.
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MEP Marie Toussaint on the new pesticide scandal

Help us protect our nature!
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What does it mean to look beyond growth video thumbnail
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What does it mean to look beyond growth?

What is the problem of our current economic model and who benefits from it? What needs to change? Learn from Kate Raworth, Vandana Shiva, Jason Hickel, Sandrine Dixson-Declève and Timothée Parrique.
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Freedom of movement for all persons with disabilities video thumbnail
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Freedom of movement for all persons with disabilities!

We call for freedom of movement for all persons with disabilities! The EU is the continent of free movement - but not for persons with disabilities.
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EFA MEPs demand EU to negotiatie fisheries deal with Western Sahara

Today, 17 July 2023 the EU-Morocco fisheries agreement expires and its illegal nature as sanctioned by the EU Court of Justice prevents its renewal.
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Debriefing of the July Plenary Session

Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Nature Restauration Law above all, but also files of the Fit for 55 package, Industrial Emissions Directive, Search and rescue in the Mediterranean, Ecodesign Regulation, and more to discover.
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Jordi Solé calls for a full democratic process in the Venezuelan Presidential Elections

EFA Group President, Jordi Solé intervened in plenary today, to express the need for the Parliament to send an anonymous message to the Venezuelan authorities, ahead of the presidential elections, taking place next year in the country.
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Urgent need for search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean

MEPs have just voted on the need for an EU search and rescue mission in the Mediterranean. The Pylos shipwreck in Greece, which occurred on 14th June, leading to the death of over six hundred men, women and children, is a recent example of countless predictable and preventable deaths at sea. The Greens/EFA Group has long called for an EU-…
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MEPs miss opportunity to safeguard against corruption following Qatargate

Members of the European Parliament adopted the special report from the Committee on Foreign Interference (ING2) following the Qatargate scandal. While the Greens/EFA welcome the fact that the Parliament is taking steps towards being more transparent, the decision taken falls far short of what is needed.
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nature restoration law video thumbnail
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We saved the Nature Restoration Law

We won the battle to save our biodiversity and our climate. A historic moment of defending nature together with the climate movement, NGOs & thousands of supporters.