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    European Union
    German Chancellor Merkel
    Press release |

    Green Deal and climate protection must be engine for jobs & recovery

    Ahead of the start of the German Presidency of the European Council tomorrow, the Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament are calling for the Green Deal and climate protection to be the engine for job creation and recovery and for the launch of a rule of law initiative.
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    Event |

    No community left behind

    The transition away from fossil-fuel-based economies is starting, and it has the potential to create new jobs and new resources for Europe. Join our MEPs Mounir Satouri and Henrike Hahn for this chat to discuss how to safeguard social and economic justice in the transition.
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    Fridays for Future demonstration European Council/Anuna De Wever/Adélaïde Charlier
    Fridays for Future demonstration European Council/Anuna De Wever/Adélaïde Charlier
    Opinion |

    The EU recovery plan

    In our previous blog, “Financing the green deal,” we have already briefly discussed the EU Recovery Plan. This plan was proposed by the European Commission to define the procedure of recovery in Europe after the COVID crisis. While it is mainly focused on rebuilding the economy, a lot of voices in and outside of the European institutions …
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    Green Budget
    Press release |

    The Commission & Council must match Parliament's ambition

    Only last week, the Parliament called for a total of 30% of the 2021 budget to be spent on climate change and 10% on biodiversity, but the EU Commission's proposal of 25% is very unambitious.
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    Paper work, Office Work, Contract signature
    Press release |

    Parliament pushes through EU-wide class action in deal on collective redress

    "This directive fills the legal vacuum in the EU consumer legislation. With such new ground breaking instrument European consumers will no longer be left on their own, like in the Volkswagen emission cheating scandal. Empowering consumers and citizens is the way of the future." declared Heidi Hautala, Greens/EFA shadow rapporteur on the f…
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    Hong Kong Island Skyline
    Opinion |

    No feel-good summit

    Reinhard Bütikofer
    Opinion by Reinhard Bütikofer
    When Commission President von der Leyen and Council President Michel meet China's Prime Minister Li Keqiang today for an electronic version of the traditional EU-China Summit, there is only one question: feel-good summit, yes or no?
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    Pigs in a field / CC0 Pascal Debrunner
    Pigs in a field / CC0 Pascal Debrunner
    Press release |

    Victory for animal welfare – MEPs vote for inquiry committee on animal transport

    Today (Friday 19 June), after long-standing calls from the Greens/EFA Group in the European Parliament, MEPs have just voted in favour of setting up a committee of inquiry into animal transport.
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    Press release |

    Parliament report on conflicts of interest exposes flaws in system for managing EU funds

    Today (Friday 19 June), Members of the European Parliament will vote on the report into conflicts of interest in the case of the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš.
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    European Council
    European Council
    Press release |

    European Council

    The European Council summit has ended without any notable progress on the Coronavirus Recovery Plan.
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    © European Union 2015 - Source EP
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    News |

    A Greens/EFA take on the plenary week

    Greens/EFA priorities for the plenary week included anti-racism protests following the death of George Floyd, Hong Kong, sustainable investment/taxonomy, tax sub-committee, the Disability Strategy, the animal transport inquiry committee, investigation against the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic on the misuse of EU funds and potential…