The majority of the leaders of the political groups in the European Parliament today voted to reject a request by the Greens/EFA group to create a special committee in the European Parliament to assess the role of lobbying, notably tobacco lobbying, and create more transparent structures in the futu...
The Artic melt is a wake up call, not a business opportunity. Here is a list of 7 reasons why Europe and the rest of the world should speak up for more protection of the Arctic
2012 saw a record loss of Arctic sea ice in the summer. Across the globe, an enormous number of scientists & experts have warned about the unprecedented Arctic melt. For the Greens the Arctic ice melt must be a wake up call for better and faster climate action!
Commenting on Serbia's rejection of an EU-brokered compromise on normalising relations with Kosovo, Green MEP and EP draftsperson/rapporteur on Kosovo Ulrike Lunacek and Green foreign affairs spokesperson Franziska Brantner stated: "While yesterday's announcement that Serbia was rejecting the d...
Negotiators from the European Parliament and Council reached agreement on crucial new EU legislation on accounting and transparency this evening. The Greens welcomed the agreement, notably provisions on project reporting and transparency on payments to governments, which will help prevent unethical ...
As European Commission (EC) pressure mounts on India to rush into signing a free trade agreement (FTA), activists from across Europe mobilised in Brussels today to demand that the EC withdraw provisions that will harm people’s access to medicines in India and across the developing world. Civil s...
Commenting on the decision by Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych to pardon former Ukrainian prime minister Yuriy Lutsenko and Georgi Heorhiy Filipchuk, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms and foreign affairs spokesperson Werner Schulz stated:"We welcome the release and pardon of Yuriy Luts...
Greens/EFA priorities for the week include Transparency for the extractive industry, Youth in crisis, Arctic melt: a wake-up call, not a business opportunity, Common Fisheries Policy - where should all the money go
Journalists from over 30 countries have published data concerning approximately 130 000 people involved in tax haven companies or activities aimed at evading or avoiding tax (1). This has given a new boost to the debate on tax justice and opaque international financial transactions, which was last b...
