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    globe on grass
    Press release |

    French court ruling on climate action – L'affaire du siècle

    The Paris Administrative Court has ruled that the French state is liable for inaction on the climate crisis. "From now on, climate inaction will no longer be tolerated by the courts" declared Marie Toussaint MEP, Greens/EFA member of the Environment Committee, who initiated the 'Affaire du Siècle' (the case of the century) petition and li…
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    © Rauf Guliyev
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    Press release |

    Navalny sentenced - quote from Sergey Lagodinsky MEP

    The Moscow District Court has sentenced Alexei Navalny to three and a half years in prison for allegedly violating parole conditions. "This verdict and the crackdown by the security forces and judiciary show that Navalny and the demonstrators have hit a nerve. The Russian people need the backing of the European Union" said Sergey Lagodins…
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    Video |

    Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance In Public Spaces!

    This is not a sci-fi movie or the latest episode of a dystopian tv-show! Throughout the European Union, governments are already experimenting with highly intrusive systems of facial recognition and other biometric technologies. These technologies pose alarming risks for fundamental rights, fuelling mass surveillance and racial discrim…
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    Ggia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
    Syrian and Iraqi refugees arrive from Turkey to Lesbos, Greece
    Press release |

    New Frontex Scrutiny Working Group

    MEPs from the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee have agreed to set up a Frontex Scrutiny Working Group, to look into allegations around the EU's border security agency's role in the illegal 'pushbacks' of refugees. The working group will carry out a fact-finding investigation, gathering all relevant information an…
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    Surveillance Cameras/CC0 Milosz Klinowski
    Opinion |

    Ban Biometric Mass Surveillance

    Governments are experimenting with highly intrusive facial recognition systems and other biometric mass surveillance in public spaces in the EU. We think they have alarming consequences for fundamental rights and want them to be banned.
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    Event |

    Putting an end (at last) to neonicotinoids

    Despite their ban, neonicotinoids are still a scourge for bees, consumers and farmers.
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    Event |

    Face surveillance vs Facial Authentication: What is it and why should biometric mass surveillance be banned in the public space?

    Often when people think of facial recognition, they think about unlocking their phones with their face. Facial authentication is used to verify that someone is who they say they are, when for example gaining secured access to a building or traveling through a passport gate. This is a one-to-one comp...
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    Navalny
    Press release |

    Meeting of EU Foreign Ministers

    Commenting on today's virtual meeting of EU foreign ministers, Sergey Lagodinsky, spokesperson on Russia for the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament, said: "We in the Greens/EFA group condemn the arrests and brutal crackdown by Russian security forces against peaceful demons...
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    Caution nuclear radioactive/ CC0 Dan Meyers
    Caution nuclear radioactive/ CC0 Dan Meyers
    Press release |

    Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons - One step closer to a safer world

    The Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament celebrates the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, which bans the most destructive class of weapons of mass destruction.
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    European Parliament Strasbourg
    News |

    Greens/EFA debriefing of the plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included: presentation of the Portuguese Presidency, EU global Strategy for COVID-19 vaccination, Inauguration of the new President of the United States and the current political situation, report on decent and affordable housing, the EU Strategy for Gender Equality, debate on the situation in th…