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    Press release |

    Chinese car tariffs not enough - EU needs massive industrial investments

    Members of the European Parliament will debate the Council's decision to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles. For the Greens/EFA, "to guarantee European jobs, this firm approach on Chinese imports needs to go hand in hand with green industrial policy that ensures participation and wellbeing of workers".
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    Covid-19 vaccine/ CC0 Hakan Nural
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA welcomes ECJ ruling on access to COVID vaccine contracts

    The European Court of Justice (ECJ) issued its ruling on the lawsuit filed by five Greens/EFA MEPs requesting access to documents related to the joint purchases of Covid vaccines. The Greens/EFA Group welcome that today’s ruling clarified that the Commission unduly refused access to certain elements in the contracts.
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    Smokestacks in Hinsebergsvägen, Frövi, Sweden
    Press release |

    Deal on stricter air pollution limits: A bitter-sweet victory

    The Parliament and the Council have reached an agreement on the Air Quality Directive, which sets new EU-wide action to reduce pollution limits up to 2.5 times lower than current targets by 2030. However, the deal falls short of the limits recommended by the World Health Organisation.
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    News |

    Catalonia's Water Crisis: A sobering call for Climate action

    EFA President Jordi Solé intervened in plenary today on the dire situation Catalonia is. With water reserves plummeting to a precarious 16% in internal basins, emergency conditions have been imposed on 6 million inhabitants, marking a critical juncture in the battle against water scarcity in what is the biggest drought in history.
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    Press release |

    Vote on transition to electric trucks marks acceleration in emissions reduction

    Today, Members of the European Parliament have just voted to set strict CO2 limits for trucks and are calling for all new buses to be emissions-free by 2030. Following new CO2 targets for cars, CO2 targets for buses and trucks are set to be tightened in line with Europe’s ambition to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The Parlia…
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    Letter |

    Letter to Commission President von der Leyen on glyphosate

    The undersigned Members of the European Parliament are deeply concerned regarding the Commission’s proposal to renew the market licence of the active substance glyphosate for a period of 10 years, in light of new evidence that glyphosate-based herbicides can cause leukaemia in rodents.
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    Press release |

    MEPs vote in favour of harmful emission standards for motor vehicles

    A majority of conservative, right-wing and liberal Members of the European Parliament voted in favour of weak emission standards for motor vehicles (Euro 7 standard). The Euro standards set standards for pollutant emissions such as particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide from cars, buses and trucks.
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    Extraction of raw material
    Study |

    An alternative narrative on raw material access

    The global shift towards renewable energy, digitalization of our economies and societies and increased demand by defence and space industries, means that demand for raw materials is set to increase. There are therefore inherent tensions at play for the EU
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    News |

    Debriefing of the September Plenary Session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the State of the Union, air quality, energy transition, MEPs' code of conduct and the Critical Raw Materials Act.
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    Low waters of the Rhine river in summer 2022 / CC0 Bernd Dittrich
    Event |

    The impact of glyphosate on aquatic ecosystems

    Join us for the launch of the PAN Europe report on glyphosate in aquatic environments. We will discuss its impact and the potential risks of this herbicide. We will also share which policy recommandations the report puts forward.