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    Committee will provide answers to the serious questions raised by glyphosate scandal

    "Pesticides can have a serious impact on the quality of the food on our plates and the health of our environment. That’s why it is so important that the authorisation process is made fit for purpose," says Greens/EFA MEP Bart Staes.
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    Food and consumers © Don Bayley
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    Bisphenol A, an old artificial oestrogen, still allowed in out dated and industrial food packaging

    Have you ever heard about endocrine disrupters (EDCs)? If so, then you’ve probably also heard of BPA, aka « bisphenol A », one of the world’s most famous EDCs. But if you never heard about those chemicals that irreversibly affect the hormonal system, there’s no way you’ve escaped « BPA- free » labels on food containers for our little one…
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    ©sergey-zolkin
    sunflower©sergey-zolkin
    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary week included: Conservation of fishery resources and protection of marine ecosystems; Women, gender equality and climate justice; EU plastic strategy; No spyware for dictators: stricter rules for dual-use exports; Clean energy package: put Paris into practice; Priorities for the new Bulgari…
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    © Alexandra Buxbaum / Greenpeace
    glyphosate© Alexandra Buxbaum
    Press release |

    European Parliament group presidents endorse Special Committee on Glyphosate

    Following a Greens/EFA initiative, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament endorsed the mandate of a Special Committee to analyse and assess the authorisation procedure for pesticides today. The decision will be endorsed by the next plenary.
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    Greens/EFA presidents on the Bulgarian Presidency and the visit of the Irish Prime Minister

    The Greens/EFA presidents look ahead to the debates on the Bulgarian Presidency and the visit of the Irish Prime Minister.
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    Energy efficiency will keep bills down while protecting the climate

    Greens/EFA MEP Benedek Jávor welcomes the passing of strong measures on energy efficiency: "It’s not just about keeping emissions down. It is also crucial to citizens’ health and to keeping energy bills down for citizens and businesses."
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    Enshrining the Paris Agreement in EU law

    Claude Turmes and Michele Rivasi herald a "great victory for the climate and citizens".
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    Press release |

    Single use plastics have no place in the EU economy

    Bas Eickhout and Davor Škrlec react to the European Commission's new Plastic Strategy: "There can be no room for unnecessary single use plastics in the European economy."
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    ©elijah-hail
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary week included the adoption of the recommendations after the tax scandal of the Panama Papers; the Green report on European Strategy for low emission transport; Poland and the Bialowieza forest; another Green report on new legislation to regulate EU vessels outside EU waters; the EU summit …
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    Kebab
    Press release |

    Disappointing result for consumer rights

    The European Parliament has just voted on an objection to Commission proposals that would allow phosphates to be used as additives in products such as donor kebabs. The objection, which was co-tabled by Greens/EFA MEP Bart Staes, fell just short of the required absolute majority.