icon

ADVANCED SEARCH

Press Releases, Opinions, Publications, Events and Videos

Filter
  • Agriculture and Fisheries
  • Climate
  • Culture
  • Transparency and Democracy
  • Economy
  • Energy
  • Environment
  • European Union
  • International
  • Mobility
  • Rights and freedoms
  • Trade
  • Society
    • array(8) { ["url"]=> string(66) "files/assets/imgs/list/powerplantnearfrankfurt_christoph_ermel.jpg" ["title"]=> string(40) "Powerplantnear Frankfurt Christoph Ermel" ["alt"]=> string(40) "Powerplantnear Frankfurt Christoph Ermel" ["copyright"]=> string(0) "" ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901076) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "c6768190fbe2eb5e6e60d427099d9738.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(43) "PowerplantnearFrankfurt_Christoph Ermel.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/2690/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/2690/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/2690/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/2690/portrait" } } Powerplantnear Frankfurt Christoph Ermel
    Press release |

    New EU rules governing state subsidies for energy

    The European Commission is preparing to review the guidelines for state aid in the energy sector. Even though the Commission's proposals will probably only be unveiled after the German Bundestag election on 22 September, the Greens have already obtained a draft version of the new rules. This draft t...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901091_2bd0502e8048c342435e162a40826009.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901091) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "2bd0502e8048c342435e162a40826009.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2718/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2718/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2718/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2718/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    World nuclear industry status report

    The Greens/EFA group today presented the new edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report (1) at the European Parliament. The report shows a record drop in nuclear electricity generation in the world in 2012 as well as rapid ageing of nuclear power plants. Commenting on the findings, Rebecca...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901092_afbc059acc49c9d8d93f253960285aae.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901092) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "afbc059acc49c9d8d93f253960285aae.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2721/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2721/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2721/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2721/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Publication |

    World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013

    Key findings of the 2013 edition include:a record drop of nuclear electricity generation in the world in 2012 ++ Rapid aging of nuclear power plants: almost half of the world fleet has operated for at least 30 years ++ In 2012, for the first time, China, Germany, India and Japan generated more power from renewables than from nuclear plant…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901100_1c5e95864ebcfb09ac88e8940ca7097d.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901100) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "1c5e95864ebcfb09ac88e8940ca7097d.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2728/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2728/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2728/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2728/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Event |

    International Release: The World Nuclear Industry Status Report 2013

    The Greens/EFA in the European Parliament will host the international release of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report, elaborated by a team of six experts from France, Japan and the UK under the direction of renowned nuclear expert Mycle Schneider. The Greens-EFA and the Heinrich-Böll Foundation US are co-sponsors of the project.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901100_80ac2128b05c448939c53d9333c6dcc4.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901100) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "80ac2128b05c448939c53d9333c6dcc4.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2727/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2727/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2727/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2727/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    News |

    State Aid for nuclear

    The UK government has been since months in lengthy negotiations with the French energy provider EDF, over subsidy payments for planned nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point C. These public subsidies, known as Contracts for Difference (CfD) are meant to cover the financing costs of the project, and need ...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901167_ba98c50a93965136366870e32125fdba.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901167) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ba98c50a93965136366870e32125fdba.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2836/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2836/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2836/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2836/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    News |

    Greens/EFA Round-up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary included asylum seekers, EU's housing crisis, rules on infant and baby food, Schengen, accounting transparency for extractive industries, illegal fishing, EU budget and the future framework, problematic EU passenger data rules, Turkey's worrying democratic backslide, nuclear safety and EU …
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901169_80ac2128b05c448939c53d9333c6dcc4.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901169) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "80ac2128b05c448939c53d9333c6dcc4.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2845/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2845/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2845/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2845/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    Nuclear safety

    The European Commission is today set to present long-awaited plans for revising EU rules on nuclear safety. The Greens expressed regret at the major shortcomings in the proposal, with Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms stating: "Today's proposals to revise EU nuclear safety legislation are s...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901211_0d921c2a8ad0bc1f0c7ae0a66586429a.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901211) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0d921c2a8ad0bc1f0c7ae0a66586429a.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2928/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2928/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2928/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2928/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU summit

    Commenting on outcome of today's summit of EU heads of state and government, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms stated: "This summit, which should have prioritised progress on long-overdue measures to tackle tax evasion and avoidance in the EU, has been overshadowed by the red herring of ene...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901212_ab5575f7fdddc0bd375d3aab90d33c45.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901212) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ab5575f7fdddc0bd375d3aab90d33c45.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2931/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2931/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2931/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/2931/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Press release |

    EU summit

    Ahead of tomorrow's EU summit and anticipated conclusions on energy policy and prices, Greens/EFA co-president Rebecca Harms said: “EU leaders must resist the urge to take a step back into our energy past. After all the recent progress we have made away from dirty fossil fuels and risky nuclear po...
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1481901320_ca213c5def8adee6160b7fd7bee7a6a9.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1481901320) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "ca213c5def8adee6160b7fd7bee7a6a9.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3036/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(57) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3036/list" ["photo"]=> string(58) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3036/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(61) "http://extranet.greens-efa-service.eu/api/image/3036/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    Event |

    Energising Europe and Spain sustainably

    WATCH THE RECORDED STREAM OF THE CONFERENCE - Friday 10 May 9:45-12:30WATCH THE RECORDED STREAM OF THE PRESS CONFERENCE Opening 09:45 Introduction & ModerationRebecca Harms, Co-President, Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament  Energy policy in Spain10:00-11:00 Ho...