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    ©mirko-fabian
    Tractor spraying on farmland
    Letter |

    Letter on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive to the European Commission

    Letter to express our deep disappointment and outrage at the postponement of the proposal for a reform of the Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive
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    Wheat field in Ukraine / CC0 diana-vyshniakova
    Wheat field in Ukraine / CC0 diana-vyshniakova
    Opinion |

    Putin’s war puts global food security at risk. Why abandoning the Green Deal is not the solution.

    Benoît Biteau Martin Häusling Sarah Wiener
    Opinion by Benoît Biteau & Martin Häusling & Sarah Wiener
    Ukraine’s food shortages require urgent humanitarian action. Efforts to derail the EU’s ambition on sustainable food will reduce yields and make us more vulnerable in the future.
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    Goliath film poster
    Event |

    Goliath

    The dramatic thriller Goliath tells the story of farmers fighting against toxic pesticides and a big multinational company. Join us in the European Parliament for a screening, together with the film crew and MEPs Benoit Biteau (Greens/EFA), Eric Andrieu (S&D).
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    CC0 Maksym Diachenko
    Sunset over the Carpathian Mountains, Ukraine
    Opinion |

    A law to heal our forests: why we need to restore nature now

    Ville Niinistö Jutta Paulus
    Opinion by Ville Niinistö & Jutta Paulus
    The European Commission proposed a new EU Nature Restoration Law to protect nature and ecosystems. But the new law is under attack. Read why here.
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    Picture of forest
    Letter |

    Call for a strong and ambitious EU Regulation on nature protection

    Given the recent developments and the interventions of several stakeholders, the undersigned MEPs are reiterating their call for a strong and ambitious EU Regulation on nature restoration. They welcome the Commission’s efforts to establish legally binding obligations on EU member states, spanning the period until 2050. In their view, thes…
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    Raimond Spekking (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    Wheat fields in Ukraine
    Letter |

    Food Security in light of Russia’s war in Ukraine and Strengthening the Farm to Fork Strategy

    For the Greens/EFA Group, the war in Ukraine and the associated geopolitical repercussions are a reason to strengthen our commitment to the European Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategies, as they are crucial to the future and the sustainability and security of our food system.
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    Event |

    European Water Forum

    On Tuesday 25 January, the European Water Forum will be held in La Rochelle, the meeting place for all those committed to sustainable water resource management in Europe.
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    © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    European Parliament
    News |

    Debriefing of the January plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the election of the President of European Parliament, the Digital Services Act, Animal Transport, the situation in Kazakhstan, the presentation of the programme of French presidency.
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    ©hassan-anayi
    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Plenary Flash 17-20 January 2022

    The plenary session will be marked by the commemoration for President David Sassoli. On the agenda of the plenary : election of the EP President, Digital Services Act, final vote on animal transport inquiry committee, the situation in Kazakhstan, the presentation of the programme of the French Presidency,...
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    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    European Parliament Building Strasbourg © European Union 2017 - Source : EP
    News |

    Debriefing of the December plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included measures for the external border with Belarus, the Digital Markets Act, the situation at the Ukrainian border and in Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, combating gender-based violence: cyberviolence, sexual and reproductive health rights in Poland, an EU ban on the use of wild anim…