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    Press release |

    EFA calls for more EU leadership against common challenges

    EFA President in the European Parliament Jordi Solé has called on the EU to step up its solidarity and face today’s major challenges with the same ‘leadership and determination’ shown during the pandemic. MEPs were responding to the annual State of the Union address by Eu...
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    Press release |

    EU Ethics Body essential to build trust in EU institutions

    The European Parliament will vote on the report "Strengthening transparency and integrity in the EU institutions by setting up an independent EU ethics body," from Greens/EFA MEP Daniel Freund. The report calls for the establishment of a single independent ethics body that would help tackle and prevent conflicts of interest, revolving doo…
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 13-16 September 2021

    During the plenary session, the European Parliament will debate the situation in Afghanistan, the annual state of the European Union, gender-based violence, media freedom and further deterioration of the Rule of law in Poland, Fit for 55 package, LGBTIQ rights in the EU,...
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    Letter |

    Fit for 55 in light of IPCC report

    The Greens/EFA Group has written to the Commission President and Vice-President Frans Timmermans calling for a massive step up in the pace of concrete climate action.
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    Study |

    Why should we make EU public procurement more transparent?

    The aim of this study is to describe and analyse benefits and costs of increased transparency, interoperability, and machine-readability of public procurement data in the European Union. A special focus is given to the subsequent usage of machine learning algorithms in investigating fraud and corruption in public procurement.
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    Event |

    Gender equality and the just transition

    ​​​​​​​There cannot be a just and successful transition forgetting women. If we want the green transition to be just, we need to ensure gender equality in practice. Join our event to see what leading voices on the ground and in industry have to say about making sure that we achieve equality at all levels.
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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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    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...