Parliament to vote on MFF revision - Quote from Rasmus Andresen
Today, MEPs will vote on the Parliament's position on the revision of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF), the EU’s seven year budget. The Greens/EFA Group support the Commission proposal revision of the MFF to account for funding for Ukraine and greater flexibility in Next Generation EU debt payments as a package.
Members of the European Parliament voted on the new European Media Freedom Act. The Greens/EFA Group has long fought for EU-level rules to address issues such as media market monopolies, the fair allocation of state funding and the independence of public service media and national regulatory authorities. The Group has managed to include s…
Parliament votes in favour of the new Media Freedom Act
Today the European Parliament has voted in favour of a new regulation to guarantee the fundamental principles of democracy and free speech with the introduction of the new European Media Freedom Act. The position of the European Parliament on this groundbreaking legislation, passed with the overwhelming support of the chamber, seeks to fo…
MEPs urge for deescalation on the Kosovo-Serbia border
This evening, on the Greens/EFA Group’s initiative, Members of the European Parliament will debate the tensions between Kosovo and Serbia with EU Commissioner Janez Lenarčič and the Spanish Presidency. In the upcoming October II plenary session, MEPs will vote on a resolution.
Greens/EFA Group call on Commissioners-designate to get Green Deal over the finish line
Today, the Greens/EFA Group have set out the key elements that need to be finalised by the new Commission-designates, ahead of the hearings of Wopke Hoekstra and Maroš Šefčovič next week. There are five fundamental commitments that ...
On the agenda this week: debate on the European Media Freedom Act, MFF, appointment and new responsibilities of Wopke Hoekstra and Marius Sefcovic, impact of the proposed extension of glyphosate in the EU, Asylum and Migration Package, ...
Self-Determination Conference “Unlocking our Potential: Our Right to Independence”
As a final act of EFA’s campaign on Multilevel Governance and Self-Determination, we organised an international Conference on Sel-Determiantion in Barcelona celebrating the occasion of Catalonia’s National Day, 11th of September.
This year on the European Day of Languages EFA MEPs, Francois Alfonsi and Lydie Massard attended an event hosted by the Intergroup on Traditional Minorities, National Communities and Languages.
Progressive forces meet in Madrid for a fairer Europe
On Friday and Saturday, the Greens/EFA Group will gather in Madrid for its Green Social Summit, together with the European Green Party and in partnership with the Sumar alliance of Spanish Second Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour, Yolanda Diaz.
