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    Press release |

    European Parliament group presidents endorse Special Committee on Glyphosate

    Following a Greens/EFA initiative, the Conference of Presidents of the European Parliament endorsed the mandate of a Special Committee to analyse and assess the authorisation procedure for pesticides today. The decision will be endorsed by the next plenary.
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    Greens/EFA presidents on the Bulgarian Presidency and the visit of the Irish Prime Minister

    The Greens/EFA presidents look ahead to the debates on the Bulgarian Presidency and the visit of the Irish Prime Minister.
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    European Parliament agrees stricter rules for dual-use technology exports

    "The European Parliament has delivered on its promise to strengthen the EU's human rights policy by making exports of surveillance technology stricter", comments Greens/EFA rapporteur Klaus Buchner.
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    Energy efficiency will keep bills down while protecting the climate

    Greens/EFA MEP Benedek Jávor welcomes the passing of strong measures on energy efficiency: "It’s not just about keeping emissions down. It is also crucial to citizens’ health and to keeping energy bills down for citizens and businesses."
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    The EU must become a world leader on renewables

    The European Parliament has voted on its position for the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive, part of the European Commission’s Clean Energy Package. The report sets out targets for renewable energy for 2030 and calls for an end to the use of palm oil in biofuels.
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    Video |

    Debate on the future of Europe

    Philippe Lamberts challenges Irish PM on taxation & climate change
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    Press release |

    Single use plastics have no place in the EU economy

    Bas Eickhout and Davor Škrlec react to the European Commission's new Plastic Strategy: "There can be no room for unnecessary single use plastics in the European economy."
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    Video |

    We need gender equality when shaping climate policies!

    MEP Linnéa Engström defends her report on "Women, Gender Equality & Climate Change".
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    Video |

    Renewable energy

    Europe is currently negotiating its future energy policy for the next decade. In the European Parliament the Greens are responsible for the negotiations of its most important parts and are pushing for ensuring that energy comes only from renewable energy sources. Because, there is much more to renewable energy than meets the eye...
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    News |

    Greens/EFA Round up

    Greens/EFA priorities for the Strasbourg Plenary week included the adoption of the recommendations after the tax scandal of the Panama Papers; the Green report on European Strategy for low emission transport; Poland and the Bialowieza forest; another Green report on new legislation to regulate EU vessels outside EU waters; the EU summit …