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    Press release |

    Fundamental rights

    The European Parliament today adopted a final legislative agreement, which establishes the presumption of innocence in criminal proceedings in EU law. After the vote, Green justice and home affairs spokesperson Jan Philipp Albrecht said: "The new rules adopted today will set out EU-wide minimu...
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    Video |

    Keeping Poland and Europe together

    The Greens/EFA Co-President Rebecca Harms called on the ruling majority to ensure full respect of the rule of law and to listen to the increasingly vocal movement of Polish citizens who oppose the changes threatening freedom of the media and the independence of the judiciary in Poland
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    Video |

    Situation in Poland - minority rights & Silesia

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    Press release |

    Situation in Poland - the Silesian minority

    President of the EFA Group in the European Parliament, Josep-Maria Terricabras, intervened in a debate about the situation in Poland to raise the issue of the country's Silesian minority and the denial of minority rights. The debate was held at the European Parliament in Strasbourg in the pre...
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    News |

    Silesia and the situation in Poland

    As MEPs hold a debate on the situation in Poland with Polish Prime Minister Beata Szydlo, MEPs from the EFA Group have highlighted concerns with Poland's treatment of its Silesian minority. The debate focusses on the state of the rule of law in Poland, following the election of the right wing...
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    Video |

    Real Driving Emissions

    Even if you are on the side of the car industry, you cannot accept that a technical committee is adjusting what we decided as co-legislators
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    Event |

    The Greens/EFA Co-Presidents' briefing

    Greens/EFA co-presidents Rebecca Harms and Philippe Lamberts present the key issues of the plenary session and of the European agenda for the Greens/EFA group
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    Video |

    Informal consultation with NGOs on Transparency and Democracy in the EU

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    Publication |

    Flawed Reactor Pressure Vessels in the Belgian NPPS Doel 3 and Tihange 2

    The nuclear power plant Doel 3 started operation in 1982, Tihange 2 started operation in 1983. Both PWR (pressurized water reactor)-type NPPs are operated by Electrabel, part of the French GDF-Suez Group. In the frame of ultrasonic inspections in 2012 thousands of flaws were detected in the base met...
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    News |

    Happy New (Tax) Year!

    And what a better gift to start 2016 than Monday’s announcement by the European Commission that Belgium will recover €700 million from 35 big companies that received an illegal preferential tax treatment in the past 10 years. It all started 12 months ago when Commissioner Vestager opened an inv...