The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament decided last night to propose Israeli NGO Breaking the Silence (1) for this year's Sakharov Prize (2). After the decision, Greens/EFA co-president Dany Cohn-Benditsaid:
"In nominating 'Breaking the Silence', the Greens/EFA group wants to recognise...
SNP Member of the European Parliament Alyn Smith has today (Wednesday) hailed the approval by MEPs of a number of financial measures designed to better co-ordinate and better regulate financial markets across the EU.The Parliament voted on a number of reports which will create new EU financial super...
EP succeeds in giving financial authorities real teeth, insists authorities given sufficient means The Greens welcomed the adoption of legislation setting up new European financial supervision authorities. The EP succeeded in gaining greater powers for the new authorities but Green MEPs have vowed to fight to ensure they are properly equi…
The European Parliament today adopted new EU legislation on security of gas supply. Green MEPs voted for the report, which aims to ensure Europe is better prepared to respond to emergencies and supply disruptions, but called for a more strategic EU approach to the role of gas. After the vote, Luxemb...
The European Parliament today adopted a report on the implementation of EU legislation aimed at conserving biodiversity. The report highlights the lack of progress made towards achieving the EU's biodiversity goals and calls for steps to be taken at EU-level. While the Greens believed the report sho...
