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    Position Paper |

    Affordable and Accessible Medicines for All

    We need to alter the current innovation model for pharmaceuticals if we want to ensure accessible and affordable medicines for all. Ensuring access to all medicines for patients in need is a core human rights obligation, linked with the principles of equality, non-discrimination and transparency.
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    Press release |

    Europol reform and counter-terrorism agenda must protect people, preserve rights

    The European Commission presented, on 9 December, two new proposals, on the revision of Europol's mandate and the new counter-terrorism strategy. While the reform must protect people, it must also preserve rights.
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    Italian MEPs Rosa D'Amato, Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi and Piernicola Pedicini
    Italian MEPs Rosa D'Amato, Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi and Piernicola Pedicini
    Press release |

    Greens/EFA group welcomes four Italian MEPs

    On 9 December, four Italian MEPs, Rosa D'Amato, Ignazio Corrao, Eleonora Evi, and Piernicola Pedicini, joined the Greens/EFA group by unanimous acclamation. The Greens/EFA group now has 73 Members.
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    Trams and bicycles/ CC0 Tapio Haaja
    Trams and bicycles/ CC0 Tapio Haaja
    Opinion |

    How green will transport be in the future?

    Ciarán Cuffe
    Opinion by Ciarán Cuffe
    The European Commission adopted its strategy on Smart and Sustainable Mobility on 9th December 2020, which sets out a vision for the transport sector in 2050. Here is a quick overview of the main issues and what is missing.
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    COVID-19 virus
    Study |

    EU law in the 'first wave' : the legality of national measures to tackle the COVID-19 crisis

    COVID-19 has challenged not just the public health but also the legal structure of the European Union. This study aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the extent to which Member States have complied with or breached EU law in four key areas during the COVID-19 ‘first wave’
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    COVID-19 virus
    Press release |

    New study shows breaches of rule of law during first Covid wave

    Greens/EFA group MEPs working on rights and democracy, have released a first of kind legal study into the emergency measures taken by EU member states during the first wave of the Covid-19 pandemic, assessing the impact on the democracy and the rule of law, free movement of people, asylum and refugee protections and data protection.
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    Photo by Simon King on Unsplash
    Man standing near window with window blinds
    Press release |

    Human Rights: EU sanctions regime agreed

    The new sanctions mechanism is a big success, the European Parliament, and our group in particular, have repeatedly called for the adoption of such a regime. Our efforts now have finally paid off. With the mechanism, the EU will have a toolbox at its disposal allowing targeted, smart sanctions, such as asset freezes or travel bans.
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    Monitor showing Java programming/ CC0 Ilya Pavlov
    Monitor showing Java programming/ CC0 Ilya Pavlov
    Opinion |

    Terrorist Content Online Regulation

    Patrick Breyer
    Opinion by Patrick Breyer
    Preventing the recruitment of terrorists is an important objective. We want incitement to violence, glorification of terrorism as well as bomb-building instructions published by terrorist organizations to be removed from the Internet. But the means to achieve this goal, as proposed by the Commission and supported by Council, are problemat…
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    Wind turbines in sunflower field/ CC0 Gustavo Quepon
    Wind turbines in sunflower field/ CC0 Gustavo Quepon
    Opinion |

    6 ways to make EU industry climate neutral

    Michael Bloss Damien Carême Henrike Hahn
    Opinion by Michael Bloss & Damien Carême & Henrike Hahn
    We need a greener European industry, to keep our air fresh, our planet cool and to get a competitive, resilient and sustainable economy.
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    Young climate protesters holding signs/ CC0 Callum Shaw
    Young climate protesters holding signs/ CC0 Callum Shaw
    Opinion |

    The end of fossil fuels

    There are many obvious and urgent climate policies like implementing a greenhouse gas budget, reforestation, halting destructive trade agreements, putting the money where it should be. But why don’t we just stop all fossil fuels?