icon

ADVANCED SEARCH

Press Releases, Opinions, Publications, Events and Videos

Filter
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Climate
  • Culture
  • Transparency and Democracy
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International
  • Mobility
  • Rights and freedoms
  • Trade
  • Society
    • array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1495615023_d4a885efe6586f8e19776a30b7aaf5b7.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1495615023) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "d4a885efe6586f8e19776a30b7aaf5b7.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6398/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6398/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6398/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6398/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Video |

    Trump’s European voyage of discovery

    To mark Donald Trump's first foreign trip as President, here's a hand-picked guide to Europe with some highlights he shouldn't miss. Map and directions included.
    array(8) { ["url"]=> string(68) "files/assets/imgs/list/istock_000006674892medium____don_bayley_2.jpg" ["title"]=> string(32) "Food and consumers © Don Bayley" ["alt"]=> string(32) "Food and consumers © Don Bayley" ["copyright"]=> string(13) "© Don Bayley" ["updated_at"]=> int(1495460836) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ff041357c5d7fb50599f807aca2bed79.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(43) "iStock_000006674892Medium © Don Bayley.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6389/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6389/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6389/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6389/portrait" } }
    © Don Bayley
    Food and consumers © Don Bayley
    Press release |

    Tackling food waste

    Plaid Cymru MEP Jill Evans has welcomed a vote in the European Parliament in favour of binding food waste reduction targets. MEPs are calling for an EU waste reduction target of 30% by 2025 and 50% by 2030 compared to the 2014 baseline. Plaid Cymru has previously called for large food retailer...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(40) "files/assets/imgs/list/windmills-sky.jpg" ["title"]=> string(13) "windmills-sky" ["copyright"]=> string(15) "@thomas-richter" ["updated_at"]=> int(1494319057) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "6c6fc6dd4f63cb962c3a5b3e68863c67.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6313/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6313/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6313/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6313/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(13) "windmills-sky" }
    @thomas-richter
    windmills-sky
    Event |

    Making the EU Number One in Renewables

    As part of the 'Clean Energy 4 All' package, come and discuss with key actors the challenges and opportunities provided by the new renewable directive. Be active to contribute to a successful European energy transition towards a fully sustainable renewables-based economy. Join the Greens/EFA conference on 10th of May
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(46) "files/assets/imgs/list/ice_melting_climate.jpg" ["title"]=> string(19) "ice melting_climate" ["copyright"]=> string(13) "©alex-talmon" ["updated_at"]=> int(1494332840) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "e6709224c8ba43271dd4c8638056fdc0.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6316/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6316/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6316/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6316/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(19) "ice melting_climate" }
    ©alex-talmon
    ice melting_climate
    News |

    Ensuring transparency, balanced participation and ethical decision-making in the UNFCCC

    This week kicks off the intersessional climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. When we see the climate crisis continuously escalating, the people negotiating our future need the best possible space to do it. They need a space free from the fossil fuel lobby. However, as reports regarding conflicts of interest and sponsoring of the CO…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1524150371_d808138c5798c6ed2ea5a98a341b666d.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1524150371) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "d808138c5798c6ed2ea5a98a341b666d.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7414/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7414/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7414/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/7414/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Publication |

    Nuclear power in Europe

    More than half of Europe´s nuclear power plants (NPP) have been operating for more than 30 years. As they get older, NPPs become riskier: the material becomes brittle and security standards become outdated. While security relevant components may fail at any time and not all materials can be exchanged, thereby increasing the frequency of i…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(49) "files/assets/imgs/list/40871.climate_migrants.jpg" ["title"]=> string(22) "40871.climate migrants" ["copyright"]=> string(18) "© Collectif Argos" ["updated_at"]=> int(1493805350) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "4d87d604289f1956d29bf01fb963fdc0.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6286/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6286/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6286/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6286/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(22) "40871.climate migrants" }
    © Collectif Argos
    40871.climate migrants
    Video |

    Climate justice

    What is Climate Justice, and can we protect the planet’s most vulnerable people from climate change?
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1491309819_41075db4d6fce0aa4baff1ba83f495f7.png" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1491309819) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "41075db4d6fce0aa4baff1ba83f495f7.png" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6202/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6202/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6202/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6202/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Video |

    Dieselgate scandal could have been prevented

    An independent agency would create much greater transparency, bringing any wrongdoing on the part of car manufacturers out into the open, and forcing the Commission to take action
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1491380738_1631d5b723372c5aa72d296c83a5995e.png" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1491380738) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "1631d5b723372c5aa72d296c83a5995e.png" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6205/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6205/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6205/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6205/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Video |

    Palm oil and deforestation of rainforests

    The European Parliament is showing the way forward on how to help protect the world’s rainforests from the devastation currently being caused by reckless palm oil production
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(66) "files/assets/imgs/list/european_union_energy_efficiency_rating.jpg" ["title"]=> string(39) "European Union energy efficiency rating" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1490175604) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "e21c213828b582f9f74ce208eb249b49.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(50) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6136/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(49) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6136/list" ["photo"]=> string(50) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6136/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(53) "http://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6136/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(39) "European Union energy efficiency rating" } European Union energy efficiency rating
    Press release |

    Pace of progress will be too slow

    Negotiations between the European Parliament, Commission and Council on the revision of EU energy labelling rules have come to a close. The Greens/EFA group welcomes a decision that will see consumers benefit from simplified energy labelling, but regrets the lengthy transition for so many products.
    array(8) { ["url"]=> string(51) "files/assets/imgs/list/sunflower__antonio-grosz.jpg" ["title"]=> string(24) "sunflower©antonio-grosz" ["alt"]=> string(24) "sunflower©antonio-grosz" ["copyright"]=> string(15) "©antonio-grosz" ["updated_at"]=> int(1489680937) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "914747f582f39be710cf510b561f64d1.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(28) "sunflower©antonio-grosz.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6118/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6118/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6118/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/6118/portrait" } }
    ©antonio-grosz
    sunflower©antonio-grosz
    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included: Mercury rules; Gender equality: still a long way to go on equality; Arctic policy; Animal welfare; Firearms control; LuxLeaks appeal verdict; Official controls in the food chain; Shareholders' rights; Conclusions of the European Council/Rome Declaration; Conflict minerals; Fishing…