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(7) { ["url"]=> string(67) "files/doc/imgs/list/1558089314_604b6820feb49db07cd3e645c55ba4ab.jpg" ["title"]=> NULL ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1558089314) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "604b6820feb49db07cd3e645c55ba4ab.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8499/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8499/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8499/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8499/portrait" } ["alt"]=> NULL }
    News |

    EU Safety Authority decides not to appeal landmark transparency judgement, cementing GreensEFA victory in favour of the environment, public health and the right to know

    It’s official. After years of legal battles with the EU Food Safety Authority against their decision to keep essential documents hidden from the public, victory is ours. By ‘ours’, we are referring to the public’s health, the people’s right to know, and the human right to live in a safe and thriving environment.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(39) "files/assets/imgs/list/pesticides_1.jpg" ["title"]=> string(10) "pesticides" ["copyright"]=> string(12) "Pgiam istock" ["updated_at"]=> int(1555500624) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "338c4f753cbddc21d5b6b89be369f1f2.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8450/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8450/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8450/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8450/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(10) "pesticides" }
    Pgiam istock
    pesticides
    Press release |

    Parliament approves greater transparency on approval of pesticides and GMOs

    Public interest and people's health is more important than protecting the secrets of chemical giants or not embarrassing the European Food Safety Authority. The complete lack of transparency in the authorisation of pesticides, genetic engineering and food additives, will finally be addressed.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(48) "files/assets/imgs/list/dual_quality_products.png" ["title"]=> string(21) "Dual quality products" ["copyright"]=> string(21) "Dual quality products" ["updated_at"]=> int(1553255359) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "0826d8fb5d521ae0262d0f2cfba73d93.png" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8290/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8290/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8290/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8290/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(21) "Dual quality products" }
    Dual quality products
    Dual quality products
    Press release |

    Product quality/Unfair Commercial Practices Directive

    Last night, 'trilogue' negotiations between the European Commission, Council and Parliament were concluded on changes to the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive, part of the new deal for consumers released by the Commission last year, aimed at tackling among others the unfair practice of so-called “dual quality” by companies operating a…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(46) "files/assets/imgs/list/cows_field_mountain.jpg" ["title"]=> string(19) "cows field mountain" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1549987511) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "219ee49dad7d017f8e21ae68e7481f48.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8176/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8176/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8176/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8176/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(19) "cows field mountain" } cows field mountain
    Event |

    CAP: Fund farms, not factories

    The event will shed light on the CAP, its interrelations with the treaties of the EU, and how we can tackle the issue of factory farming. It is organised in three different panels: the first one on the implications of factory farming, and how the lack of a legal definition is hindering the design of a CAP that works in accordance with oth…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(39) "files/assets/imgs/list/pesticides_1.jpg" ["title"]=> string(10) "pesticides" ["copyright"]=> string(12) "Pgiam istock" ["updated_at"]=> int(1551957658) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "338c4f753cbddc21d5b6b89be369f1f2.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8229/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8229/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8229/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8229/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(10) "pesticides" }
    Pgiam istock
    pesticides
    Press release |

    ECJ ruling a victory in the fight for health, transparency and the environment

    The European Court of Justice has ruled that the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) must publish all studies around the cancer risks of glyphosate.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(58) "files/assets/imgs/list/eating_well_for_a_fuller_future.jpg" ["title"]=> string(31) "Eating well for a fuller future" ["copyright"]=> NULL ["updated_at"]=> int(1551891977) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "366fb517e8e9ca4a8675cbf73746afc3.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8225/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8225/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8225/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8225/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(31) "Eating well for a fuller future" } Eating well for a fuller future
    Publication |

    Eating well for a fuller future

    Eating is not just a physiological act by an individual, it is also an action that carries great social and environmental weight. Today, our protein-rich diet, which is sustained by animals fed within an intensive, low-cost meat and fish industry, has significant impacts on the planet, our health, other countries and animal welfare.
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(41) "files/assets/imgs/list/secret_science.jpg" ["title"]=> string(14) "secret science" ["copyright"]=> string(0) "" ["updated_at"]=> int(1551358598) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "6fd17cd0f888819f1111685576f76485.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8217/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8217/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8217/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8217/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(14) "secret science" } secret science
    News |

    European Court of Justice to decide if transparency over cancer studies should override commercial secrets

    On the 7th March 2019, the European Court of Justice will deliver its verdict in a landmark case pitting the public interest in transparency against the commercial interests of private companies. The case was brought by four Greens/EFA MEPs in May 2017, after EFSA claimed that it had used unpublished studies by Monsanto, Syngenta and Chem…
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(59) "files/assets/imgs/list/biodiversity_forest____texasmary.jpg" ["title"]=> string(32) "Biodiversity Forest © texasmary" ["copyright"]=> string(12) "© texasmary" ["updated_at"]=> int(1549388509) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "1551a52eefe2eb709505626208c24449.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8147/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8147/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8147/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8147/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(32) "Biodiversity Forest © texasmary" }
    © texasmary
    Biodiversity Forest © texasmary
    Event |

    Forests at the heart of Sustainable Development

        This conference has been organized under the auspices of the European Parliamentary Alliance on the Fight against Hunger. Opening remarks: MEP Benedek Jávor (The Greens / EFA)   Opening keynotes: Karmenu Vella, European Commissioner for Environme...
    array(8) { ["url"]=> string(53) "files/assets/imgs/list/20150908_ep-024532_ras_074.jpg" ["title"]=> string(22) "strasbourg building ep" ["alt"]=> string(22) "strasbourg building ep" ["copyright"]=> string(34) "© European Union 2015 - Source EP" ["updated_at"]=> int(1547804715) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "a54e092a6cb330fe8595b6aef955fc06.jpg" ["fname"]=> string(30) "20150908_EP-024532_RAS_074.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8095/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8095/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8095/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8095/portrait" } }
    © European Union 2015 - Source EP
    strasbourg building ep
    News |

    Greens/EFA Debriefing

    GREENS/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the special committee on pesticides, glyphosate, gender equality and taxation policies, Brexit, the Romanian presidency, nuclear decommissioning, rights and values, …
    array(7) { ["url"]=> string(39) "files/assets/imgs/list/pesticides_1.jpg" ["title"]=> string(10) "pesticides" ["copyright"]=> string(12) "Pgiam istock" ["updated_at"]=> int(1547648342) ["file_name"]=> string(36) "338c4f753cbddc21d5b6b89be369f1f2.jpg" ["urls"]=> array(4) { ["jumbo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8084/jumbo" ["list"]=> string(50) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8084/list" ["photo"]=> string(51) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8084/photo" ["portrait"]=> string(54) "https://extranet.greens-efa.eu/api/image/8084/portrait" } ["alt"]=> string(10) "pesticides" }
    Pgiam istock
    pesticides
    Press release |

    EU Parliament adopts strong recommendations to better protect health and the environment

    The European Parliament has just called on EU governments and the European Commission to make the authorisation procedure for pesticides more transparent, to take decisions based on independent scientific evidence, to test pesticides and pesticide active substances more rigorously for health and environmental risks, and to re-asses the pr…