MEPs have voted to impose much stricter conditions on the sorts of projects that can benefit from the European Fund for Strategic Investments, also known as "the Juncker plan". The Greens/EFA group want funding to go only to projects that need it to be viable, and to see more energy efficiency and social infrastructure investments in futu…
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EU reaches deal on copyright exceptions on books for the blind or visually impaired
The European Parliament, Council and Commission have reached a compromise deal on the implementation of the Marrakesh treaty in the EU. The treaty makes exceptions to some copyright rules for books and other materials in accessible formats for people who are blind or visually impaired (such as audiobooks, large print, and braille).
Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans and UDB (Breton Democratic Union), both members of the European Free Alliance (EFA) stand together to defend the rights of four Breton activists who had participated in the struggle against France's 'Labour Law'.
Many people in Brittany have fought this law,...
European Commission lacks a vision for fair globalisation
"We want openness and a fair and global system of trade, not a return to nationalist protectionism. But this does not mean we want to give a free pass to uncontrolled greed", says Ska Keller.
European Court rejects Commission's attempt to block anti TTIP citizens' initiative
The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission's decision to refuse the registration of the Stop TTIP European citizens’ initiative. "We owe it to the over 3,000,000 citizens that signed this ECI to finally make the European Citizens' Initiative a fully functional tool of direct democracy in Europe", says Gre…
Ensuring transparency, balanced participation and ethical decision-making in the UNFCCC
This week kicks off the intersessional climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. When we see the climate crisis continuously escalating, the people negotiating our future need the best possible space to do it. They need a space free from the fossil fuel lobby. However, as reports regarding conflicts of interest and sponsoring of the CO…
Commission’s decision to withdraw Anti-Corruption Report Widely Criticised
The European Commission was supposed to publish its second Anti-Corruption Report last year, but after a series of delays it has now been withdrawn and will no longer be published. Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans confirmed to the European Parliament last week that they had decided to scrap the report but promised to MEPs, who h…
Macron must be bold to prevent another far-right challenge
While it is a deep relief to see the majority of voters standing together when democracy and rule of law are at stake, this is no time for complacency, says Philippe Lamberts.
