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    News |

    Debriefing of the July plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the rule of law and fundamental rights in Hungary and Poland, the presentation of the programme of activities of the Slovenian Presidency, the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030, the establishment of Antarctic Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) (...)
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    Study |

    The EU Commission has to cut funding to Hungary: the legal case

    Today, we are calling for the European Commission to trigger the new Rule of Law Conditionality Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2092 with respect to Hungary. Specifically, we are calling on the Commission to issue a written notification to the government of Hungary pursuant to Article 6 (1) of the Regulation, the first step in a process tha…
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    Press release |

    Slovenian Presidency must be constructive partner on climate, recovery & rule of law

    The European Parliament is debating the start of the Slovenian Presidency of the European Council, which began on July 1st. Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša has launched a 'war on the media' targeting national and international journalists, launched personal attacks against judges, and blocked the appointment of the country's candidat…
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    European Union
    Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
    Press release |

    Slovenian EU Presidency – ‘the last thing the EU needs is more division on fundamental values’

    As Slovenia takes over the Presidency of the Council of the EU for the next six months, EFA President Jordi Solé MEP said that ‘the last thing the EU needs is more division on fundamental values’. Slovenia holds the EU Presidency for the second half of 2021 and MEPs in Strasbou...
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    Event |

    Online Event: For a Green recovery!

    It has been almost a year since the European Council agreed on the Next Generation EU, a €750 billion recovery effort to help the EU tackle the crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. We see this event as an opportunity to share the Green proposals and practices to make the best use of the great potential of the RRF for the recovery and t…
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    European Union
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 05-09 July 2021

    During the plenary session, the European Parliament will debate the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights in Hungary and Poland, the programme of the Slovenian Presidency, the General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030, asylum and migration, The 70th anniversary of the Geneva Convention, the repression of the opposition in Turkey, .…
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    European Council
    European Council
    Press release |

    European Council Summit – Quote from Philippe Lamberts MEP

    Ahead of today's European Council Summit of heads of state and government, Greens/EFA Group President Philippe Lamberts MEP, comments: "The EU is based on fundamental rights, dignity, equality, the rule of law, human rights and respect for minorities. But these principles are being tramp...
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    Press release |

    EFA welcomes pardons for Catalan leaders, but recalls that the political conflict is not over

    The European Free Alliance (EFA) Group in the European Parliament has welcomed the announcement by the Spanish government of pardons for Catalan leaders imprisoned for their role in organising a peaceful and democratic referendum on self-determination in 2017. EFA Group President Jordi Solé...
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    Event |

    The Future of Europe: building the change we need

    It’s a once-in-a-generation opportunity for us to put forward game-changing policy and actively shape our political future. The Greens/EFA Group are kickstarting the democratic process by organising an event with the voices that matter the most: yours.
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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…