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    Press release |

    Climate targets need action

    Agreeing on a target is important but only half the battle. What counts now is how the EU and Member States will work to achieve the targets. The long term budget is a litmus test for how serious they are.
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    European Union
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    News |

    What's coming up this week

    A look ahead to the plenary session in the European Parliament in Strasbourg and the Greens/EFA priority issues on the agenda
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    Woman with facial recognition graphic on face
    Event |

    Automated Discrimination?

    Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important yet invisible role in our everyday lives. The Greens/EFA Digital Working Group invites you to a hearing on 12 December 2019 to discuss the societal impact of automated decision-making processes with a special focus on discrimination.
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    Event |

    Our future : fair & healthy food

    Decades of yield maximization and export-oriented monocultures in a globalising economy have broken our food and agricultural chain. Business-as-usual has become impossible. But the tide is changing. More and more cities put agroecology in practice in concrete urban food policies. It is now time for a new EU policy that reflects and suppo…
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    5O housing solutions for the locked out in the EU
    5O housing solutions for the locked out in the EU
    Event |

    50 Housing Solutions for the Locked Out

    Widespread cuts in housing prices and social budgets mean more and more people are "locked out" of the housing market. A collection of 50 innovative and daring examples of housing solutions for the locked out in the EU will be presented during this event.
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    Public Domain
    Political map of the Middle East
    Event |

    North and East Syria/Rojava

    This conference will focus on the current situation in North-east Syria/Rojava, and on the implication of the Turkish state in it.
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    © Jaap Hart
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    Press release |

    Hungary and the rule of law

    The ability for the Hungarian people to live in a free and democratic European country is too important to push into the long grass. Nothing will change for Hungarian people without courage and political will from Member States.
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    Press release |

    A welcome and necessary step but now we need to see real action

    The Green Deal has serious shortcomings when it comes to agricultural funds and trade policy and these need to be addressed for a truly ambitious climate policy. The Green Deal needs clear and binding measures that limit global warming to 1.5c, herald the phase-out of fossil fuels, and protect biodiversity.
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    © Yury Kuzmin
    Green investment
    Press release |

    Taxonomy deal not agreed today by Member States

    The same day the Commission came forward with the "European Green Deal", Member States have not passed the Taxonomy deal agreed last Thursday. Member States will have another opportunity to revisit the deal on Monday.
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    News |

    The EU is not a cash machine for oligarchs and politicians

    On the occasion of the International Day Against Corruption, the Greens/EFA Group is publishing a series of recommendations on how to end the abuse of EU farm subsidies. Farm subsidies make up the biggest portion of EU spending and are an indispensable measure to protect European farmers, ensure food sovereignty, and promote healthy and s…