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    Justus Lipsius EU Council/JLogan (CC BY-SA 3.0)
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    European Council Summit

    EU leaders will meet (Friday 19 June) to discuss the recovery fund to respond to the COVID-19 crisis and a new Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
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    MORE TRANSPARENCY TO FIGHT TAX AVOIDANCE
    Tax avoidance transparency
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    European Parliament permanent subcommittee on tax a victory for tax justice

    The European Parliament’s plenary session has voted to support a standing subcommittee to look at tax transparency and to tackle tax evasion and avoidance.
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    HK PROTEST
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    EU must not tolerate encroachment on autonomy

    Ahead of tomorrow's (Thursday 18 June) plenary debate and vote on the resolution on the situation in Hong Kong and national security law (Friday 19 June), Greens/EFA, along with EPP, S&D, Renew and ECR, call on EU governments and the European Commission to make it clear to China's leadership that the EU is not prepared to respond with "bu…
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    Black Lives Matter Protest
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    Parliament must vote for clear stance against racism

    Following the tragic murder of George Floyd and protests in the US and around the world, the European Parliament will (today) debate and (Friday) vote on the Resolution on the anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd.
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    Covid-19 frontline workers
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    Commission agrees to additional protections for frontline workers

    Member States will be required to include written instructions for workers in order to protect them in the workplace. The Commission will report back to the European Parliament on this revision by the end of 2020. This follows the demands of the Greens/EFA group to improve protections for frontline workers potentially exposed to the virus…
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    Hong Kong Island Skyline
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    Hong Kong

    The EU foreign ministers must strongly condemn Beijing's attacks on Hong Kong’s autonomy. For the EU, as a community of values, such a restriction of civil liberties is unacceptable.
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    People in a busy street © Ruby Doan
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    European Commission seizes the momentum of the Franco-German initiative

    Today (Wednesday, 27th May), the European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the new Recovery Plan under the umbrella of the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
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    Biodiversity Forest © texasmary
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    EU Commission proposals must kick-start agricultural reform

    Today (20 May), the European Commission has just released its "Farm to Fork" and Biodiversity strategies. The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament applaud the fact that the Commission has not caved into calls to delay these strategies, and is moving forward to help tackle the loss of species and seems to be pursuing a more sustaina…
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    Reindustrialising-Europe
    Press release |

    Franco-German proposal good base for recovery, but more needed to ensure success

    The French and German governments proposed an initiative for a recovery plan for the consequences of the Corona crisis includes recovery bonds and grants for the EU countries that were hard hit by the crisis, as proposed by the European Parliament last week. However, with a planned volume of €500 billion, the plan falls short of the €2 tr…
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    Budget
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    'Discharge' vote on EU spending

    This week, the European Parliament has voted on the so-called 'Discharge' procedure, signing-off on the spending for 52 European institutions and agencies for 2018. The discharge is a key opportunity for the Parliament to scrutinise the spending and functioning of European institutions and agencies.