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    © Albert Dobrin
    Romania protest
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    European Parliament vote on the Rule of Law in Romania

    The European Parliament has just passed a resolution on the Rule of Law in Romania with a large majority. Ska Keller, President of the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament comments: "This vote sends a clear sign from the European Parliament to the Romanian government that damaging the...
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    European Union
    Visit of German Chancellor Merkel
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    German government should stop blocking progress

    At the occasion of the visit of the German chancellor Angela Merkel to the European Parliament, Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts call on the German Chancellor to revive the European engagement of the German government and to unblock important files in the European Council.
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    Adriatic Sea - Blue Fish Plan: plenary vote on Tomašić report

    The November 13th Strasbourg Plenary vote on a blue fish plan for the Adriatic Sea saw two major winners, Croatians and industrial fishing, and two major losers: the Adriatic Sea and small fishermen.
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    JudithSargentini©Martin-Pluimers
    Press release |

    Hungary: Judith Sargentini to attend General Affair Council on Monday to present Rule of Law report

    "This is a small step in the right direction, but we are in a great hurry when it comes to Hungary. This meeting is a preparation for formal consultations between the European Parliament and the Ministers of Member States. We are dealing with an extremely serious situation in one of our own countries, which calls for swift and substantive…
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    Donald24 (CC0 1.0)
    Entry Exit
    Press release |

    Special committee to vote on final report 13/11

    Following the attacks in Paris, London and Brussels, the European Union has launched more than 250 anti-terrorist measures, ranging from the monitoring of passenger data to the entry and exit system. The Greens/EFA group are calling for alternatives to mass surveillance and repressive security policies.
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    @Erich Westendarp
    Pesticides
    Press release |

    Our hair, testimony of our overall exposure to pesticide residues

    Environmentalists in the European Parliament are launching a campaign on pesticide contamination. They used an independent institute that performed capillary tests for 30 pesticides reported as endocrine disruptors. Results: The laboratory detected one or more of these 30 pesticides for two thirds of the samples.
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    medicine
    Press release |

    A major step forward in the fight against antibiotic resistance

    The European Parliament adopted a new legislative framework for veterinary medicinal products and medicated feed, which are a step forward in preventing the rise in antibiotic resistance.
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    Rolf van Melis | CC
    Road Transport
    Press release |

    A new instrument to fight climate change and air pollution

    The European Parliament voted on a future EU-wide toll for trucks busses and vans, which will apply the Greens/EFA core demand for a 'polluter-pays' principle that would take into account CO2 emissions and road construction costs.
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    © sceka
    No arms for Assad!
    Press release |

    EU Parliament calls for arms export ban to Saudi Arabia

    Members of the European Parliament called for an arms embargo against Saudi Arabia on the initiative of the Greens/EFA Group. Ska Keller and Philippe Lamberts appeal to the EU governments to implement an EU-wide ban on arms exports to Saudi Arabia, which the Parliament has already called for three times since 2016 through Greens/EFA grou…
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    © Mlenny
    Arctic iceberg
    Press release |

    European Parliament demands EU governments do more to prevent climate catastrophe

    MEPs voted to call on EU governments and the European Commission to heed the warnings of recent report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and increase their ambitions to reduce CO2 emissions from 40% to 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels, ahead of the UN climate summit in December 2018, in Katowice, Poland.