The European Parliament’s International Trade Committee has today recommended that the European Parliament given its consent to CETA. The committee rejected an amendment from Greens/EFA MEP Heidi Hautala, calling for a five month suspension of the consent procedure.
The European Parliament's Environment committee has today voted to strengthen the European Commission's Waste Directive proposal.
The committee has supported amendments in a number of key areas, including the effective implementation of a waste hierarchy (prioritising prevention...
Who are the middlemen helping to dodge tax or launder dirty money?
Nine months ago, the biggest leak and international tax dodging scandal to date was revealed to the public by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists. Greens have used the public data from the ICIJ to find out more about the intermediaries between wealthy clients and corporate service providers like Mossack Fonseca,
Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: EP Presidency; Greens/EFA candidate for EP Presidency; EP Vice-Presidency; New MEPs joins Greens/EFA Group; Brexit; European Pillar of Social Rights; International Science and Technology Centre; Union Customs Code implementation; Money-laundering blacklist.
The European Parliament today rejected a delegated act on third countries at high-risk of money laundering, and has urged the Commission to make a new assessment on which countries should be included on the blacklist.
Social rights must be foundation of European Union
Catalan MEP Jordi Solé has called for social rights to be a cornerstone of the European Union.
MEPs in Strasbourg have been debating plans to create a 'European Pillar of Social Rights'.
They insist that this must be more than well intentioned words, and call for a law to guaran...
The European Parliament has today re-elected Ulrike Lunacek as Vice-President. This will be her second term as Vice-President, having previously been elected in July 2014.
Commenting on the election of Antonio Tajani as the new President of the European Parliament, President of the EFA Group in the European Parliament, Josep-Maria Terricabras said:
"I congratulate Mr Tajani on his election as President of the European Parliament.
"This institution whi...
British Prime Minister Theresa May has today delivered a highly anticipated speech, outlining her position for the Brexit negotiations.
The speech confirms that the British Government has chosen the hardest form of separation between the UK and the European Union, exiting the single mar...
