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    Jigsaw and money
    Press release |

    Long-term budget stronger on climate, biodiversity & rule of law

    Negotiators for the European Parliament, Council and Commission agreed on a text for the EU's seven year budget, the Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) for 2021-2027. The Parliament succeeded in gaining an additional €16 billion in top-ups for EU programmes such as EU4health, Horizon, Erasmus and Rights and Values, on top of the €1,074…
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    VDL CAP Green Deal
    VDL CAP Green Deal
    News |

    Update: Von Der Leyen promises to fix the CAP despite her refusal to withdraw it

    On Friday October 24, Bas Eickhout, together with more than 40 other Members of the European Parliament - supported by over 3000 citizens - sent a letter to Commission President Ursula von der Leyen asking her to withdraw the CAP proposal, since it no longer aligns with the Commission's priorities on climate and biodiversity. Last week w…
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    Lady Justice Statue - iStock.com/MarkusBeck
    Lady Justice Statue - iStock.com/MarkusBeck
    Press release |

    Rule of law mechanism deal reached

    Negotiators from the European Parliament, Commission and Council have just agreed on a deal on an EU rule of law mechanism. "This mechanism is not as strong as the European Parliament wanted and it will be a challenge, but we can make it work. The Parliament will keep the pressure up to defend the rule of law. " said Greens/EFA opinion r…
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    daphne thumbnail
    Video |

    Matthew & Andrew Caruana Galizia on Daphne Caruaga Galizia Prize

    3 years ago the Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered because of her work uncovering corruption in Malta. Now the EU will set up a journalism prize in her name, to honour her legacy and to protect journalists.
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    Video |

    Feminist Foreign and Security Policy presentation by Ernest Urtasun

    Time for the EU to give women a voice and a seat in foreign and security policy! Our MEPs Hannah Neumann and Ernest Urtasun want to ensure women's equal representation and involvement in political leadership and decision making.
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    Trees in Sequoia National Park/ CC0 Susan Yin
    Trees in Sequoia National Park/ CC0 Susan Yin
    Opinion |

    How Trees Can Stop Climate Change

    Trees are literally the lungs of the earth. They act as a ‘carbon sink’ absorbing carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and turning it into oxygen. After oceans, our forests are the world’s largest carbon sinks.
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    Event |

    Migration Pact – A better future for migration and asylum in the EU?

    On 23 September, the European Commission proposed a new Migration and Asylum Pact, which is meant to create a new balance between responsibility and solidarity and streamline the asylum process. There are many questions to be clarified and discussed to understand the European Commission’s proposal and its implication
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    Euro banknotes © Markus Spiske
    Euro banknotes © Markus Spiske
    Press release |

    Commission proposal welcome but falls short on ambition to fight poverty & inequality

    The European Commission has just released its draft directive on a European minimum wage. The proposal sets out minimum standards and uniform criteria for the level of EU-wide minimum wages. For the Greens/EFA group, the European Commission's proposal falls short of its stated ambition to fight poverty and inequality.
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    Press release |

    Anna Cavazzini elected new Chair of IMCO committee

    The Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee has just voted Greens/EFA MEP Anna Cavazzini as the new Chair, succeeding Petra De Sutter, who moved to the new Belgian government as Deputy Prime Minister.
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    News |

    A Greens/EFA take on the plenary session

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Digital Services Act, Artificial Intelligence, deforestation, gender equality in EU’s foreign and security policy, the state of the Energy Union, the Energy Charter Treaty, serious security threats through the sale of EU passports and visas and the T…