icon

ADVANCED SEARCH


Press Releases, Opinions, Publications, Events and Videos

Filter
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900582_0634c78f13d9c5d17d5ef2446963969b.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900582) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0634c78f13d9c5d17d5ef2446963969b.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1932/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1932/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1932/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1932/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

Schengen and border controls

The European Parliament’s civil liberties committee this evening voted on two key legislative files related to the EU’s Schengen border-free system, one related to the reintroduction of border controls (Weber report) and one on the evaluation of Schengen (Coehlo report). The votes come after las...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900585_8b8eaa85eae5e03cde0422a8c704f3aa.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900585) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "8b8eaa85eae5e03cde0422a8c704f3aa.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1942/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1942/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1942/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1942/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

Border controls and Schengen

EU home affairs ministers today decided their position on two key legislative proposals concerning the EU's border-free Schengen system. The Greens hit out at the decisions, which would undermine the essence of Schengen by making the reimposition of border controls and evaluation of Schengen a natio...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900596_ad89d31d98ed35bc7033707d0f8989c6.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900596) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ad89d31d98ed35bc7033707d0f8989c6.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1961/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1961/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1961/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1961/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
News |

Gender and Asylum

During 2010, over 257,000 asylum applications were made across the EU, 35 per cent of which were made by women or girls.  For thousands of these women, the experience of attempting to claim asylum was one hallmarked by crippling shame, anxiety and confusion. For this is a process where ...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900600_46299a56147ed9101715c4c69c0cf529.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900600) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "46299a56147ed9101715c4c69c0cf529.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1971/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1971/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1971/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1971/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

EU asylum policy

The European Commission today proposed changes to EURODAC, the European database on asylum seekers, to allow national law enforcement authorities - like the police - to access an EU databank with fingerprints. The Greens criticised the proposals and the manner in which they were presented, with Gree...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(35) "files/assets/imgs/list/efa_logo.jpg" ["title"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["copyright"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900611) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ad3022bb2f519724f121d45982c981e6.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/1979/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/1979/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/1979/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/1979/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(8) "EFA logo" }
EFA logo
EFA logo
Press release |

Switzerland criticised for immigration quotas

The European Parliament has heard harsh criticism of Switzerland's decision to introduce restrictions on immigration from central and eastern European countries. The issue centres on Switzerland's use of quotas on the number of residence permits it grants to nationals of Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, E...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900615_abb66cc276c4e02ada70dc5a506db6a4.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900615) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "abb66cc276c4e02ada70dc5a506db6a4.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1993/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1993/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1993/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/1993/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

Ukraine

The European Parliament today adopted a resolution on the situation in the Ukraine, highlighting the problems with human rights and political repression. Commenting on the outcome, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: "The EP has today strongly criticised Ukrainian president Yanukovich a...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900629_22f9d4350a849ec186b6ddeea796011f.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900629) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "22f9d4350a849ec186b6ddeea796011f.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2024/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2024/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2024/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2024/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Video |

Democracy and Football in Ukraine: The case of Yulia Tymoshenko

Greens/EFA Co-President Rebecca Harms welcomes that the case of Yulia Tymoshenko is finally being debated in an appropriate way, but urges the EU to go further and impose a political boycott of not just the football tournament, but of the Ukrainian President as well.
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900634_18014ebc04e5f72316babd406d4bc007.png" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900634) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "18014ebc04e5f72316babd406d4bc007.png" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2032/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2032/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2032/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2032/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Press release |

EU neighbourhood policy

The European Commission today presented its 'neighbourhood package', assessing the progress of the EU's 12 'neighbourhood countries' in the south and east. Commenting on the eastern neighbourhood countries, Green foreign affairs spokesperson Werner Schulz said: "While the Commission has set out...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900630_f2ad09549822111ce30de030a1b99ae7.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900630) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "f2ad09549822111ce30de030a1b99ae7.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2027/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2027/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2027/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2027/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
News |

Brussels Agenda

Highlights of the week for the Greens/EFA include reducing risk in EU banks, strenghtening EU economic governance, our conference on reindustrialising Europe,...
array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481900651_8be39d0ff77cf4c4c95580967f99912b.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481900651) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "8be39d0ff77cf4c4c95580967f99912b.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2065/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2065/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2065/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2065/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
Event |

Meeting today's challenges

The Greens/EFA event in Copenhagen focused on two challenges facing Europe : the ongoing Arab Spring and the EU's response and the way out of the crisis with green jobs.