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/1481901245_ecd6933af6c01ed806ff91f36a265613.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901245) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ecd6933af6c01ed806ff91f36a265613.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3005/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3005/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3005/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3005/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU enlargement

    The European Parliament today adopted its annual report on the accession progress of Serbia. Commenting on the report and the ongoing talks on a normalisation of relations between Serbia and Kosovo, Green foreign affairs spokesperson Franziska Brantner said: "Today's vote is clearly overshadowe...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901245_a956a0262260165ffcf7f2b5bd9019c7.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901245) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "a956a0262260165ffcf7f2b5bd9019c7.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3006/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3006/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3006/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3006/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Responsibility to protect (R2P)

    The European Parliament today adopted a recommendation to the Council on the UN principle of 'Responsibility to Protect' (R2P). Speaking after the vote, EP draftsperson/rapporteur and Green foreign affairs spokesperson Franziska Brantner said: "The EP has today sent a strong message to EU gover...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901245_814930e843b9d5dab706bda11b7f1e26.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901245) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "814930e843b9d5dab706bda11b7f1e26.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3007/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3007/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3007/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3007/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Ship scrapping/recycling

    The European Parliament today voted to revise EU legislation on the recycling of ships. MEPs supported proposals by Green draftsperson Carl Schlyter to strengthen the draft legislation, with a view to preventing the beaching of old ships in non-OECD countries. However. MEPs rejected a crucial provis...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901306_0d921c2a8ad0bc1f0c7ae0a66586429a.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901306) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0d921c2a8ad0bc1f0c7ae0a66586429a.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3011/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3011/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3011/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3011/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Financial aid to non-Euro members

    The European Parliament today adopted a report setting out its opinion on EU rules governing financial assistance to non-Euro area EU member states, ahead of a review of the rules. The Greens welcomed the report, which underlined the need for a more balanced and democratic framework for financial as...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901306_8ec79e125982a035836267933cd306b2.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901306) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "8ec79e125982a035836267933cd306b2.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3012/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3012/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3012/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3012/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Hungary/democratic values

    Commenting in the context of a debate in the European Parliament today on recent constitutional amendments passed in Hungary and their democratic implications, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "Fundamental rights and the rule of law are cornerstones of the European project. It is of ...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901310_48cd4cee0114e18bd1fb885f5284e3a1.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901310) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "48cd4cee0114e18bd1fb885f5284e3a1.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3019/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3019/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3019/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3019/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Airport rules

    The European Parliament today voted to approve EU legislation aimed at liberalising ground-handling services at airports. The Greens hit out at the revised plans and expressed regret at the EP vote, with Green transport spokesperson Eva Lichtenberger stating: "MEPs have regrettably given cleara...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901310_0ee55f44934dbb1a3574fdc6010558f2.png" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901310) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0ee55f44934dbb1a3574fdc6010558f2.png" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3020/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3020/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3020/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3020/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU bank regulation (CRD IV)

    The European Parliament today approved legislative proposals establishing rules for banks (the capital requirements directive - CRD IV). The Greens played a central role in the legislative process and welcomed the vote and the legislation, which will provide for an EU cap on bank bonuses and provisi...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901310_eb6e9ae6e39fbdb06e1c9cd8c99dc52b.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901310) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "eb6e9ae6e39fbdb06e1c9cd8c99dc52b.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3021/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3021/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3021/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3021/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Airline emissions

    The European Parliament today voted in favour of freezing the implementation of the EU emissions trading scheme for non-intra EU flights (1). The Greens regretted the measure, which will undermine the only means available to address growing aviation emissions, whilst doing little to guarantee better...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901311_ab5575f7fdddc0bd375d3aab90d33c45.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901311) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ab5575f7fdddc0bd375d3aab90d33c45.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3022/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3022/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3022/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3022/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU emissions trading

    The European Parliament today voted to reject a regulatory proposal aimed at tackling the oversupply of emissions allowances in the EU's emissions trading scheme by postponing the auctioning of 900 million allowances (1). The Greens strongly condemned the vote and called on the Commission to urgentl...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901316_40021968d44ab1d6ed6419cea3275ae3.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901316) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "40021968d44ab1d6ed6419cea3275ae3.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3029/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3029/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3029/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3029/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU truck dimension regulations

    The EU Commission today presented proposals to revise EU legislation on truck dimensions (Directive 96/53/EC). The move marks a reversal by EU transport commissioner Siim Kallas who had originally announced that he was planning to change EU policy on heavier and longer trucks, so-called gigaliners, ...