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    Press release |

    Europe needs a unified approach to assist refugees

    Catalan MEP and President of the EFA Group in the European Parliament, Josep-Maria Terricabras, together with a delegation from PEN International, a worldwide writers association dedicated to freedom of expression, have presented a manifesto for the protection of refugees in Europe, to Martin Schulz...
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    Commemoration of the centennial of the Armenian Genocide

    Tabled by Tamás Meszerics, Rebecca Harms, Heidi Hautala, Ulrike Lunacek, Michele Rivasi, Peter Eriksson, Bart Staes, Ernest Urtasun, Barbara Lochbihler, Indrek Tarand, Tatjana Zdanoka, Davor Skrlec, Bart Staes, Bodil Ceballos; Helga Truepel on behalf of the Greens/EFA Group The European Parliament,...
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    Press release |

    Mediterranean refugee tragedy

    Following the capsizing of a boat carrying refugees in the Mediterranean on Monday, which is believed to have led to up to 400 deaths, the Greens have called for a European sea rescue programme, financed by EU member states. Green migration spokesperson Judith Sargentini said: "The scale of thi...
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    Conflict minerals

    The European Parliament's trade committee today voted on draft EU legislation aimed at preventing conflict minerals through supply chain transparency. The vote improved the original draft law proposed by the Commission by creating binding transparency rules rather than a voluntary scheme. Howev...
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    News |

    TTIP and sustainable food production: water and fire?

    The currently negotiated and disputed free trade agreement (TTIP) between the EU and US could have deep impacts on how we produce our food. Even if there are not many policy areas that have a more direct impact on people and the planet, this was one of the issues that were largely left out in the TTIP-debate. That is why the Greens-Efa gr…
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    Video |

    No subsidies for new Nuclear Power Plants!

    Our MEPs Rebecca Harms and Molly Scott Cato join the demo in front of the EU Commission against nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C. The EU Commission authorised massive governmental support for the new plant. On the wish list for EU's 315 billion Euro investment plan, there are nuclear power projects which cost 80 billion Euros.
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    Video |

    Debate in the European Parliament on ISDS

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    Publication |

    Beyond Dublin

      The Dublin system is coming under increasing pressure. It sets out the criteria for deciding which European Member State has responsibility for dealing with an asylum application. The Dublin system has been widely criticised because it is unfair to both asylum seekers and Member States and b...
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    Press release |

    EU-US TTIP negotiations/ISDS

    <xml> </xml> EU trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström attended the European Parliament's trade committee today to present the conclusions of the EU Commission on the role of the controversial investor-state dispute settlement mechanism (ISDS) in the context of the EU-US TTIP t...
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    EU summit

    EU heads of state and government will meet for a summit on Thursday and Friday, with proposals for a European energy union and relations with Russia at the top of the agenda. Ahead of the summit, Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts said: "The energy union should be a f...