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    Ursula Von der Leyen
    Letter |

    Ongoing assessment of national Recovery and Resilience Plans by the Commission

    We MEPs from the Greens/EFA Group are convinced that a failure of the RRF to live up to the expectations of EU citizens will undermine our common European objectives. We believe this view is fully shared by the European Commission. To ensure that the RRF’s impact is lasting, sustainable, and fairly distributed across societies, the priori…
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    Press release |

    US to temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines - Quotes from Ska Keller & Philippe Lamberts

    President Joe Biden announced that the US will temporarily suspend intellectual property rights for Covid-19 vaccines. The Greens/EFA urge for the European Parliament to take a clear position in the next sitting.
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    Hemicycle Brussels
    News |

    Plenary flash 26 - 29 April 2021

    During the plenary session, the European Parliament will debate and/or vote EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement, Chinese counter sanctions on EU entities, MEPs and MPs, EU-Turkey relations, Russia - Navalny, Ukraine border and Czech Republic diplomatic conflict, Covid certificate, digital taxation, ...
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    European Council
    European Council
    Press release |

    European Council Summit: quote from Philippe Lamberts MEP

    EU leaders will meet virtually for an EU Council Summit, to discuss among other things, the Covid-19 pandemic and vaccine roll out, and transatlantic relations with US President Joe Biden, who will join for part of the meeting. This summit is the first time EU leader sit together after China announced sanctions against several MEPs, inclu…
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    ©igor-ovsyannykov
    Barcelona
    Press release |

    Regions must play key role in Europe's recovery

    Catalan MEP Jordi Solé has called on the European Commission to ensure that regional and local governments are at the heart of Europe’s plans for economic recovery following the Covid-19 crisis. The EU is putting together a Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF) of some 672.5 billion...
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    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    News |

    Greens/EFA debriefing of the plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included: the EU’s Vaccination Strategy, the Economic Recovery and Resilience Facility, the de-facto abortion ban in Poland, the Circular Economy Action Plan, the report on ayslum border procedures, the situation in Yemen, and the nuclear power plant in Ostrovets.
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    Covid-19 vaccine/ CC0 Hakan Nural
    Covid-19 vaccine/ CC0 Hakan Nural
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA call for global & equitable access to vaccines & European containment strategy

    MEPs will debate the European Vaccination Strategy with Commission President Ursula von der Leyen. The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament are calling for global and equitable access to vaccines, among other measures. Read more.
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    Press release |

    RRF - Acting locally will be key to EU's Covid Recovery Plan

    Small and medium sized enterprises and sub-state and regional governments have a key role to play in making a success of the EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility, according to EFA President Jordi Solé. The 672.5 billion euro fund is the cornerstone of the EU’s Covid-19 economi...
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    Hemicycle Brussels
    News |

    Flash - Plenary session 8-12 February 2021

    During the plenary session, the European Parliament will debate and/or vote on COVID vaccines, new circular economy action plan, recovery and resilience facility, report on border procedures, Ostrovets nuclear power plant, combating human trafficking, ghost flights in Europe, de facto abortion ban in Poland,...
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    ©hassan-anayi
    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Greens/EFA debriefing of the plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included: presentation of the Portuguese Presidency, EU global Strategy for COVID-19 vaccination, Inauguration of the new President of the United States and the current political situation, report on decent and affordable housing, the EU Strategy for Gender Equality, debate on the situation in th…