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    Opinion |

    State of emergency at the French-Italian border

    The European border and coast guard agency (FRONTEX) has allegedly assisted and took part in pushbacks of asylum seekers into the sea, which is contrary to the international law and to the Geneva Convention. While we obtained the implementation of an inquiry into the agency’s actions at the EU’s external borders, we do not forget that EU …
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    Catalonia Protest
    Press release |

    EFA reaction to waiving immunity of Catalan MEPs

    "Ultimately, Catalonia’s future will be determined by the people of Catalonia" - Solé The EFA Group in the European Parliament has responded to the outcome of a vote in the European Parliament to lift the parliamentary immunity of three Catalan MEPs involved in Catalonia...
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    European Union
    Hemicycle European Parliament Strasbourg
    Press release |

    Conference on the Future of Europe

    The Presidents of the European Commission, Council and Parliament, will sign a joint declaration kicking off the process for the Conference on the Future of Europe. The Conference will be the first opportunity at comprehensive reform of the EU in more than a decade. It will include randomly selected citizens' assemblies as a key component…
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    Press release |

    Vote to declare EU LGBTIQ Freedom Zone

    Members of the European Parliament will debate a resolution to declare the European Union an LGBTIQ Freedom Zone, initiated by Greens/EFA MEP Terry Reintke, as Co-Chair of the LGBTI Intergroup in the European Parliament. LGBTIQ persons experience discrimination on a daily basis in the European Union. The resolution will be voted on Wednes…
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    deforestation
    Press release |

    Austrian government rejects EU-Mercosur Agreement

    The Austrian Vice-Chancellor, Werner Kogler, has rejected the signing of the EU-Mercosur agreement. The Austrian government stresses that the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement is in contradiction with the objectives of the Green Deal and the Paris Agreement. The Portuguese EU Presidency had announced that it would attempt to complete the r…
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    Press release |

    Greens/EFA rejects the waiver of immunity of three Catalan MEPs

    The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament believes that the political conflict in Catalonia and Spain needs to be resolved by political means, and that an important condition for this to succeed is to avoid the continuous judicialization of politics. The Group fully supports the so-called 'Dialogue Table' established between the Cat…
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    Opinion |

    Call on the European Commission to urgently propose a directive to prevent, respond and end gender-based violence

    On International Women’s Day, we call on the European Commission to propose a comprehensive and inclusive directive to prevent, respond to and end gender-based violence online and offline.
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    Press release |

    Climate action will bring over one million new jobs

    The new study: The 2030 Climate Target - How more climate action boosts the economy, commissioned by the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament calculates that there could be over one million new jobs in the renewable energy and e-mobility sectors, if 60% of emissions reduction targets are met. The Greens/EFA group are calling for em…
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    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
    Person with raised fist during protest/ shutterstock
    Opinion |

    Why the EU urgently needs to act on gender-based violence

    Terry Reintke
    Opinion by Terry Reintke
    Gender-based violence (GBV) is one of the most systematic and widespread human rights violations in the world, claiming thousands of lives every year even before the pandemic. Under COVID-19, it has surged worldwide into a shadow pandemic. It’s time the EU moves from empty words to concrete actions.
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    Euro bank notes / CC0 Markus Spiske
    Euro bank notes / CC0 Markus Spiske
    Press release |

    Pay Transparency

    The European Commission has presented its proposal for a directive on pay transparency. The aim of the proposal is to achieve more equal pay between women and men. The proposal for a directive will apply to all employers with more than 250 employees and The Greens/EFA have long demanded transparency on the pay of men and women.