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    Press release |

    European Court rejects Commission's attempt to block anti TTIP citizens' initiative

    The General Court of the European Union has annulled the European Commission's decision to refuse the registration of the Stop TTIP European citizens’ initiative. "We owe it to the over 3,000,000 citizens that signed this ECI to finally make the European Citizens' Initiative a fully functional tool of direct democracy in Europe", says Gre…
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    Event |

    Making the EU Number One in Renewables

    As part of the 'Clean Energy 4 All' package, come and discuss with key actors the challenges and opportunities provided by the new renewable directive. Be active to contribute to a successful European energy transition towards a fully sustainable renewables-based economy. Join the Greens/EFA conference on 10th of May
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    News |

    Ensuring transparency, balanced participation and ethical decision-making in the UNFCCC

    This week kicks off the intersessional climate change conference in Bonn, Germany. When we see the climate crisis continuously escalating, the people negotiating our future need the best possible space to do it. They need a space free from the fossil fuel lobby. However, as reports regarding conflicts of interest and sponsoring of the CO…
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    News |

    Greens/EFA call on Juncker and Commission to rethink direction of Europe

    A scenario where the European Union becomes a continental space of freedom, security, democracy and human rights
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    News |

    Commission’s decision to withdraw Anti-Corruption Report Widely Criticised

    The European Commission was supposed to publish its second Anti-Corruption Report last year, but after a series of delays it has now been withdrawn and will no longer be published. Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans confirmed to the European Parliament last week that they had decided to scrap the report but promised to MEPs, who h…
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    Press release |

    Macron must be bold to prevent another far-right challenge

    While it is a deep relief to see the majority of voters standing together when democracy and rule of law are at stake, this is no time for complacency, says Philippe Lamberts.
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    News |

    Attack against civil society stalled until independent Court of Auditors Report

    A couple of weeks ago, we sounded the alarm in response to a controversial report, penned by the EPP group in the European Parliament, which attacked NGOs and civil society organisations in a biased and unconvincing manner.
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    Publication |

    Nuclear power in Europe

    More than half of Europe´s nuclear power plants (NPP) have been operating for more than 30 years. As they get older, NPPs become riskier: the material becomes brittle and security standards become outdated. While security relevant components may fail at any time and not all materials can be exchanged, thereby increasing the frequency of i…
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    News |

    The role of middlemen in the Panama Papers

    The PANA committee’s findings support those outlined by the Greens earlier this year, namely that so-called intermediaries such as banks, law firms and accounting firms help clients to set up offshore structures for dodging taxes or laundering dirty money.
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    © Collectif Argos
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    Video |

    Climate justice

    What is Climate Justice, and can we protect the planet’s most vulnerable people from climate change?