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    News |

    Debriefing of the October II plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included COP27, rule of law and media freedom in Malta, alternative fuel infrastructure, general budget for the EU for 2023, Frontex discharge 2020, social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the energy crisis package
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    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Malte Gallee at a Code Rouge protest against TotalEnergies / Malte Gallee
    Opinion |

    Fighting TotalEnergies: Why climate activists shut down a giant fossil fuel corporation

    Malte Gallée
    Opinion by Malte Gallée
    Over 1000 activists from the Code Rouge/Rood coalition protested against fossil fuel giant TotalEnergies’ by blocking their sites in Belgium.
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    Press release |

    MEPs call for urgent action on climate change

    A cross-party majority of MEPs passed the resolution ahead of the COP27 in Sharm El Sheik. The resolution calls for world leaders to increase their climate pledges, for a loss and damage facility, and for  $100 billion in climate finance to be paid by the end of this year to countries and regions most affected by climate change.
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    Terry Reintke at the plenary
    Press release |

    The Greens/EFA call on Council to take decisive action on climate change

    The Greens/EFA call for a strong signal of unity and solidarity with Ukraine and demand answers to skyrocketing energy prices ahead European Council Summit. In addition, the Council must agree on concrete binding measures to limit global warming ahead of the UN Climate Conference in Sharm El Sheik.
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    News |

    Plenary Flash - 17-20 October 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: COP27, rule of law and media freedom in Malta, alternative fuel infrastructure, general budget for the EU for 2023, Frontex discharge 2020, social and economic consequences of the war in Ukraine and the introduction of a windfall tax
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    Publication |

    New ‘Pandemic-level’ Solidarity Fund needed in the face of pan-EU energy crisis & war

    The Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament therefore calls on the Commission to adopt proposals for the establishment of an EU Solidarity Fund based on joint borrowing and grants to Member states on the scale of the pandemic recovery fund, addressing high energy prices and the climate emergency
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA welcome windfall tax & call for an embargo on Russian fossil fuels

    The Greens/EFA Group welcomes today's EU Energy Ministers agreement on a windfall tax for excess profits from energy companies. The Greens/EFA Group call for a fair distribution of revenues from the windfall tax, an embargo on fossil fuels and uranium imports from Russia, a common EU-wide energy purchasing platform, support for households…
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    News |

    Plenary Flash - 3-6 October 2022

    On the agenda for the plenary session: energy prices and cost of living, rule of law conditionality regulation in the case of Hungary, common charger for electronic devices, repression of women's rights protesters in Iran, Ocean Governance and the protection of biodiversity
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    Study |

    Energy Poverty Handbook

    This second edition of the Energy Poverty Handbook expands upon the findings of the original Energy Poverty Handbook to consider the best practices that can be employed to tackle the issue, in parallel with the causes and effects of energy poverty.
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    Press release |

    Support Ukraine with courage, tackle energy crisis with decisiveness

    Commission President Ursula von der Leyen gave her State of the European Union address. In the annual address, she presented emergency measures in response to the energy crisis as well as expressed continued support for Ukraine.