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    Deforestation illegal-logging-amazon-brazil
    Press release |

    EPP creates chaos: Greens/EFA call on von der Leyen to withdraw weakened Deforestation Regulation

    Amid a dramatic breakdown of the electronic voting system which brings the vote into question, Members of the European Parliament voted on the Commission proposal to delay the Deforestation regulation. It’s deeply concerning that the EPP amendments were adopted as they eviscerate the EU’s deforestation regulation.
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    Press release |

    Valencia’s devastating floods

    The situation in the Valencian Country is devastating. All our solidarity with the victims and our thanks to the rescue teams who are working tirelessly. We will ask for an urgent solidarity debate and the activation of all emergency funds.
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    Logging trucks
    Press release |

    EPP must stop fanning the flames of climate catastrophe

    MEPs will vote on whether to use the urgency procedure for the Commission’s proposal to delay the application of the EU’s flagship regulation on preventing deforestation in supply chains. At the start of October, the Commission announced a postponement of the implementation of  this important regulation by 12 months. The law, which lays d…
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    Event |

    Plenary press briefing

    Greens/EFA Co-Presidents Terry Reintke and Bas Eickhout present the Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary session and the latest developments of the European news
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    News |

    Plenary Flash 21 - 24 October 2024

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary session are the urgent need for a ceasefire in Lebanon, the debate on recent events concerning migration, the Situation in Azerbaijan, violation of human rights and international law and relations with Armenia, deforestation and many more.
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    Press release |

    EFA STATEMENT ON THE HISTORIC ECJ RULING ON THE EU-MOROCCO TRADE DEAL.

    Luxembourg – The European Free Alliance group welcomes the historic ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) invalidating the 2019 trade agreements between the EU and Morocco concerning fisheries and agricultural products. This decision represents a significant victory for the Sahrawi peo...
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    Press release |

    Commission postpones groundbreaking deforestation legislation

    The Commission announced a postponement of the implementation of the EU regulation to combat deforestation by 12 months. “The postponement is taking place in the context of the greatest destruction of forests on the Latin American continent in recent years. It is a frontal attack on the Green Deal." said GREENS/EFA MEPs.
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    Greens/EFA welcome Commission’s Strategic Dialogue conclusions

    Commission President Ursula von der Leyen presented the Strategic Dialogues on the Future of EU Agriculture. Pending a detailed analysis, the Greens/EFA broadly welcome the conclusions of the report, especially those concerning resilience, the shift to healthy and sustainable diets, and the need to substantially invest in environmental pr…
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA welcome Council finally adopts historic Nature Restoration Law

    The environment ministers finally approved the Nature Restoration Law. The approval has for months been deadlocked in the Council, but following the announcement last night by Leonore Gewessler, Green minister for Climate and Nature in Austria, that Austria would vote in favour of the legislation, the Council was able to adopt this histor…
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    Press release |

    EU Parliament continues to support big Agri over small and medium farmers

    Members of the European Parliament approved the Commission's legislative proposal from the 15th of March to abolish, exempt or derogate from the environmental standards governing the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).