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We need to see the evidence on glyphosate

We've been campaigning for a ban on the toxic herbicide glyphosate. While the World Health Organisation says it is "probably carcinogenic", the European Food and Safety Authority says it is safe - so why won't they release the release the studies behind their claim?
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EU summit

Speaking after the EU heads of state and government agreed deal that will see thousands of refugees in Greece forced to return to Turkey with little or no chance to apply for asylum, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts said: “This agreement falls far short of what needs to be done to find a...
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European Commission says "sorry, but no" to European Parliament's call for stronger rights for citizens

As we reported back in October 2015, the European Parliament has called on the European Commission  to improve the European Citizens' Initiative whose dismal success rate in its first three years has  clearly demonstrated that urgent changes need to be made if we want citizens to keep thei...
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EU summit

Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts will be attending the European Council on 17/18 March. Philippe will be arriving at the summit at 16.15 and will be available for interviews and questions in the press area. Ahead of the summit, Greens/EFA co-president Philippe Lamberts said: "EU leader...
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Time to change the record on corporate tax-dodging

"We follow the rules"..."We follow the rules"..."We follow the rules". Anyone listening to a recording of yesterday's hearings on tax havens in the European Parliament could be forgiven for thinking that somehow the soundtrack was stuck on repeat, so often was this phr...
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European steel industry

Today the European Commission presented its communication on the challenges faced by the European steel industry. Reinhard Bütikofer, industrial policy spokesperson of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, has called for more common European resolve in this matter: "We have no time...
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Greens reject Commission's "rosy" vision of nuclear power

In spite of mounting evidence to the contrary, the European Commission is still dreaming of a nuclear Europe.
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IKEA Tax Avoidance

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PINC 2016

A reality check of the 2016 Nuclear Illustrative Programme prepared by the European Commission to be presented under Article 40 of the Euratom Treaty A report by Yves MARIGNAC and Manon BESNARD commissioned by Rebecca Harms, co-president of the Greens/EFA group and Claude Turmes, energy ...
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Due diligence needed to protect human rights

In the beginning of March I received sad and worrying news from Honduras. Berta Cáceres, an internationally acknowledged human rights activist, co-founder of the Council of Indigenous Peoples of Honduras (COPINH), had been murdered. Gunmen had broken into her home and shot her. Her assassinati...