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    Study |

    My home is an asset class

    In this report by Daniela Gabor and Sebastian Kohl, we explore the growing importance of institutional landlords such as Blackstone, focusing in particular on the mechanisms through which European legislation has accommodated their strategies to transform housing into asset classes. We use data to map the complex financial ecosystem behin…
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    Press release |

    Large investors playing monopoly with Europe’s homes

    New data published by the Greens/EFA Group reveals the amount of housing being bought up and controlled as investment assets by large firms across Europe. The study 'My home is an asset class: The Financialization of Housing in Europe' shows how investors, facilitated under the capital markets union, are rapidly buying up significant amou…
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    Opinion |

    Who (really) owns your city? How corporate landlords are using homes to make money

    Ernest Urtasun Kim Van Sparrentak
    Opinion by Ernest Urtasun & Kim Van Sparrentak
    Greens/EFA MEPs, Kim van Sparrentak and Ernest Urtasun, throw open the doors on Europe’s housing crisis and find out who’s really in control of our homes.
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    Press release |

    Rethinking mobility means prioritising rail and active travel

    The European Commission presented its legislative package on sustainable and intelligent mobility. This package includes a revision of the Trans-European Transport Network, a proposal on Intelligent Transport Systems, an Urban Mobility Framework, and an action plan to promote long-distance rail passenger transport in the European Union, i…
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    Event |

    Ask us anything (on climate)

    Tuesday 14 December is going to be a big day for climate in the EU: On this day the European Commission will publish a big chuck of legislative proposals on Fit for 55, the European climate package. Our MEPs Jutta Paulus, Marie Toussant & Bas Eickhout are ready for your questions.
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    Press release |

    Taxonomy: Greens/EFA warn against greenwashing

    The European Commission formally adopted the first delegated act on the list of criteria for sustainable investment, "Taxonomy". Greens/EFA call on the Commission not to let investments in gas and nuclear power pass as sustainable. Greenwashing and the Green Deal do not go together.
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    Event |

    Overcoming the COP26 Gaps: A Transformed EU External Action for a Climate-Just World

    The event will present the findings of an E3G report commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament. The study shows how the European Green Deal can be mobilised to secure an EU foreign policy aligned with the Paris Agreement and capable of accelerating the transition towards a climate-just world for all.
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    Study |

    Paris aligned EU external action for a climate just world for all

    The study - commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament - shows how the European Green Deal can be mobilised to secure an EU foreign policy aligned with the Paris Agreement and capable of accelerating the transition towards a climate-just world for all.
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    Policy Paper |

    EU nature restoration law

    The biodiversity crisis is upon us. One million species are threatened with extinction and the vast majority will be affected within the current human generation. A global target for the restoration of degraded ecosystems is envisaged to be adopted at the COP15 international conference on biodiversity in Kunming in 2022. To achieve the in…
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    Letter |

    MEPs send a letter to the European Commission on a European repair score

    According to an EU-wide poll, 74% of Europeans surveyed want environmental labels on electronic devices, while 90% of Europeans surveyed think that durability is important when choosing a new electronic device. One main barrier to consumers willing to purchase durable and reparable products was the lack of clear and comparable information…