Newsroom

PRESS RELEASES

Filter
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Climate
  • Culture
  • Transparency and Democracy
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International
  • Mobility
  • Rights and freedoms
  • Trade
  • Society
    • Greens/EFA
    EFA
    Pirates
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901882_f0447ba5bfe1a68940e41963506c72c7.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901882) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "f0447ba5bfe1a68940e41963506c72c7.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3541/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3541/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3541/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3541/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Car CO2 emissions

    EU environment ministers today decided to overturn an agreement already reached between the European Parliament and Council on CO2 emissions limits for vehicles for 2020. A legislative agreement had been reached to implement a fleet average for car CO2 emissions of 95g of CO2 per km by 2020 but the ...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901883_dc2b55ffe39370b7a02f55574cfa5c6e.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901883) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "dc2b55ffe39370b7a02f55574cfa5c6e.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3543/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3543/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3543/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3543/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Boardroom quota for women

    A legislative proposal aimed at introducing binding legislation to increase the share of women on company boards was today endorsed by MEPs in a joint vote by the two responsible parliamentary committees: women's rights and legal affairs. Commenting after the vote, Green equality spokesperson Marij...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901885_8e3dcf54e4bf3863ec05bb60995ba020.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901885) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "8e3dcf54e4bf3863ec05bb60995ba020.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3551/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3551/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3551/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3551/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    CIA renditions

    One year after Hélène Flautre's report on European complicity in illegal rendition and secret detention of prisoners by the CIA after the events of September 11, 2001, the European Parliament has adopted a follow-up resolution. Following the vote, Hélène Flautre, MEP of the Greens/EFA group i...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901886_3248e698617ff812d17104b97547158a.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901886) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "3248e698617ff812d17104b97547158a.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3552/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3552/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3552/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3552/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    European border surveillance (EUROSUR)

    The European Parliament today endorsed a legislative agreement on setting up a new European Border Surveillance System (EUROSUR). The Greens have criticised the focus of the proposed system and hit out at weak provisions on assisting refugees in distress at sea. Commenting after the vote, Green migr...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901889_48cd4cee0114e18bd1fb885f5284e3a1.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901889) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "48cd4cee0114e18bd1fb885f5284e3a1.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3561/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3561/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3561/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3561/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Flight times

    The European Parliament today voted to support proposals from the European Commission, revising EU rules on flight times. The Greens had proposed to reject the new rules due to concerns the Commission's draft would lead to an increase in flight times and more strenuous working conditions for pilots,...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901889_0779a1d9f1da7d1ea1af16db2f79ec92.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901889) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0779a1d9f1da7d1ea1af16db2f79ec92.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3563/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3563/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3563/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3563/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Shale gas

    The European Parliament today voted to revise EU legislation on environmental impact assessments (EIAs). The Greens strongly welcomed provisions to make EIAs compulsory for non-conventional fossil fuel projects, notably shale gas extraction and exploration involving fracking. Commenting on the vote,...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901890_2bd0502e8048c342435e162a40826009.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901890) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "2bd0502e8048c342435e162a40826009.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3565/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3565/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3565/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3565/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    State aid for nuclear power

    The European Commission yesterday indicated it would not come forward with proposals to change EU rules on state aid rules, with a view to facilitating state aid for nuclear power as had been mooted (1) The Greens welcomed the outcome of the Commission's orientation debate, with Greens/EFA co-presid...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901891_e5df6639d65b4f133593176c92008624.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901891) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "e5df6639d65b4f133593176c92008624.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3566/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3566/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3566/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3566/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Lampedusa tragedy/asylum policy

    Commenting on the outcome of this evening's council meeting of EU home affairs ministers and ahead of tomorrow's European Parliament debate on the tragedy in Lampedusa, Green migration and asylum policy spokesperson Jean Lambert (UK Euro-MP) said: "The EU cannot continue to allow tragic loss of...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901892_98053701da80929b63e7db7eb87c8913.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901892) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "98053701da80929b63e7db7eb87c8913.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3571/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3571/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3571/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3571/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU tobacco rules

    The European Parliament today voted on proposals to revise EU legislation on tobacco products. The Greens expressed regret at the outcome, which would weaken the proposals made by the European Commission, and hit out at the intense industry lobby behind the result. Commenting after the vote, Green p...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901895_eb6e9ae6e39fbdb06e1c9cd8c99dc52b.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901895) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "eb6e9ae6e39fbdb06e1c9cd8c99dc52b.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3576/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3576/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3576/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3576/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Airline emissions/ICAO

    A meeting of the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) today concluded with a set of decisions on the question of airline emissions, following challenges to the EU's inclusion of aviation in its emissions trading scheme (1). The Greens expressed regret at the outcome, which postpones acti...